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Rh REFERENCES TO THE FIGURES.

. XIX. Fig. 1. A seed in the earliest stage of germination yet observed.

2. The same more advanced.

3. Its seed-coat removed to show the vitellus of Brotero adhering.

4, 5. Still more advanced.

6. An anther.

7. The same splitting and discharging its yellow pollen: I find no difference between this pollen and that of other Lycopodiums, which has been regarded as seed.

8, 9. Upper and under surfaces of a capsule, the latter showing its pedicellus.

aaaa. The part described for stigma by Brotero: it is thinner and more transparent than the rest of the capsule.

10. A capsule burst naturally, with its four seeds.

11, 12. Two views of a seed more magnified, the latter showing its hilum and three-radiated mark.

13. A transverse section, filled with white grumous albumen?

14. One of the reticulated areas of the cuticle, highly magnified, in the centre of which, while young, there is a succulent bristle green at the point. XXV. Some