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250 EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.
F/"£j-. 11. Viola Rotbomagensis. Violacecp.. Magnified.
Pistill surrounded with five stamens united by fringes, two
of the stamens having each a basilary appendage; style
turbinate ; stigma globular, perforated, operculated.
Fig.\2. Scutellaria alpina. LabiatcB. Pistill magnified,
and cut longitudinally to show the insertion of the ovaries
and style.
a. Gynophore, which supports four ovaries.
h. Nectary beaked.
c. Style cut off.
Fig. 13. Asphodelus annuus. AsphodelecE. Stamens and
pistills magnified. Stamens unequal, three long, three
short, alternate; filaments fusiform, enlarged, and vaulted
at their base.
a. Anthers heartshape; stigma three-lobed.
Fig. 14. Jatropha pandursefolia. Fuphorbiacece. Stamens
of the male flowers, having at the base a nectary
composed of five glands.
a. Androphore divided into ten filaments, five long and
five short.
Fig. 15. Tamarix Gallica. Tamariscince. Stamen mag-
nified.
a. Anther,
I. Filament dilated at bottom.
Fig. \6. Ricinus inermis. EuphorliacecB. A part of the
branched androphore, magnified.
Fig. 17. Borrago laxiflora. Boraginea: Stamen magnified,
as seen sideways.
a. Anther awlshape.
b. Filament appendiculated.
Fig. 18. Begonia dichotoma. Family doubtful. Stamen
magnified, having the filament enlarged at the tip.
a. Lobes of the anther two, adnate on the side, parallel,
distant.
Fig. 19. Zygophyllum Morgsana. RutacecB. Stamen
magnified; filament appendiculated at the base; appendix
doubly tootlied ; anther oval, vacillating.
Fig. 20. Tradescantia Virginica. Commelinece. Stamen
magnified ; filament bearded at the base ; anther two-lobed^
lobes kidneyshape, adnate laterally, cut transversely to
show the two cells of each lobe.
Fig. 21. Erica comosa. Ericinece. Stamen magnified,
seen sideways ; anther having two basilary crests.
Fig. 22. Mahernia pinnata. TiliacecB. Stamen magnified
and seen sideways; anther arrowshape; filament kneed
and glandular in the middle.