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256 EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.
PLATE THE FOURTEENTH.
Fruits.
Fig. 1. Quercus longeeva. CorylidecB. Glands cut
lengthways, coriaceous, one-celled, one-seeded ; seed pend-
ent, without a perisperm ; radicle adverse ; cotyledons large,
fleshy.
Fig. 2. The cupule of the same, with two abortive
glands.
Fig. 3. Carpinus ulmoides. CorylidecB. Nucule, or
calybion, boney, ovate, angular, with threadlike, longitudinal
ribs.
Fig. 4. Corylus tubulosa. CorylidecB. Cupule tubular,
cylindrical, jagged, toothed.
Fig. 5. Corylus sylvestris. CorylidecB. Nucule, or calybion,
parted lengthways to show the seed ; umbilical cord
rising from the base and ascending ; seed pendent.
Fig. 6. Cotyledon of the same, with the place in which
the embryo is seated.
Fig. 1. Anacardium officinale. Tereliniacece. Xylodium,
or carcerule, seated upon a fleshy receptacle.
Fig. 8. Tilia parvifolia. Tiliacece. Carcerule opened;
cells two-seeded.
Fig. 9. The carcerule of the same cut transversely, cells
five.
Fig. 10. Asarum Europeeum. Ariatolochice. Carcerule
cut transversely; cells six; partitions mcomplete.
Fig. 1 1 . Carcerule of the same opened, cells four-seeded,
seeds ascending.
Fig. 12. Embryo of tilia parvifolia; cotyledons leaflike,
three-lobed, toothed, incumbent.
Fig. 13. Adansonia Baobab. Malvacece. Amphisarca
cut transversely, cells ten.
Fig. 14-. A portion of the spongy, farinaceous pulp taken
out of the cells of the same, interwoven with thready
fi,bres.
Fig. 15. The point of the pulp dissected to show the
seeds, of the natural size.
Fig. 16. Gomphia nitida. Ochnacece. Sarcobasis five-
eremed ; gynophore ovoid ; eremes one-celled, one-seeded
seed straight, coated, without a perisperm ; embryo straight,
radicle opposite.
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