P l a t e XIII. FLORIDEÆ.
M i c r o c l a d i a . Fig. 1. A Branch of M. glandulosa, with capsules.
2. Part of an entire plant, with ternate granules in the branchlets ;
natural size. 3. Portion of a Branch with a capsule. 4. Capsule
removed from the involucre. 5. Seeds. 6. A Branchlet with ternate
granules in the swollen ends. 7, Granules. 8. A portion
of a Branch, to shew the reticulated appearance ; magnified.
O d o n t h a l i a . Fig. I. A Branch of 0. dentata, with capsules. 2. A
Branch with pod-like Receptacles ; natural size. 3, Capsules on
their common peduncle. 4. Capsule. 5. Seeds. 6. Pod-like
Receptacles, containing ternate granules. 7. Ternate Granules;
magnified.
R h o d o m e l a . Fig. 1. A branch of R. pinastroides, with capsules.
2. Ramuli, with pod-like Receptacles ; natural size. 3. One of
tbe Ramuli, with capsules. 4. Seeds. 5. Pod-like Receptacles,
containing ternate granules. 6. Ternate Granules. 7. A portion
of a Branch, to shew the external ai'ticulated appearance. 8. A
portion of the same, longitudinally divided, to shew that the articulated
appearance is occasioned by the parallelism of the cellular
structure ; magnified.
B o n n e m a i s o n i a . Fig. 1. A Branch ; natural size. 2. A portion of a
Branch, shewing the arrangement of the capsules and ramuli.
3. A Capsule. 4. The pedunculated compound Seeds, in their
young and mature state. 5. A portion of the Stem, to shew the
reticulation ; magnified.
P l a t e XIV. FLORIDEÆ.
L a u r e n c i a . Fig. 1. Termination of the Frond of L . pinnatifda,
with capsules ; natural size. 2. Portion of one of the Ramuli,
with capsules. 3. Seeds. 4. Ramuli, with ternate granules.
5. Ternate Granules; magnified. Fig. 6. A plant of the cylindrical
variety, with disk-like receptacles ; natural size. 7. A portion of
one of the branches. 8. A section of one of the disciform Receptacles.
9. One of the extraordinary bodies with which the receptacles
are filled; magnified.—Fig. 10. A branch of a plant, with
large spurious capsules; natural size. 11. One of the Ramuli,
with similar capsules. 12. One of the same capsules, discharging
from the orifice the bodies with which it is filled, and which precisely
resemble those in the disciform receptacles; magnified.
Fig. 13. A small Branch of L. dasyphylla ; natural size. 14. One
of the Ramuli, with capsules. 15. Seeds. 16. One of the ramuli
with ternate granules. 17. Ternate Granules; magnified.
G a s t r i d i u m . Fig. 1. A Branch of G. ovale ; natural size. 2. Portion
of a Branch, with capsules. 3. Capsule. 4. Seeds. 5. Ramuli,
with ternate granules. 6. Ternate Granules. 7. One of the
Ramuli elongated, and contracted in the manner of G. kaliforme ;
magnified.
G r a c i l a r i a . Fig. L Tuft of G . erecta, with capsules. 2. Tuft
with pod-like Ramuli containing, granules; natural size. 3. Termination
of one of the Fronds, with capsules. 4. Capsule. 5. Seeds.
6. One of the pod-like Ramuli. 7. A transverse slice of the same
organ, shewing the structure and the manner in which the granules
are imbedded. 8. The oblong simple or at most binate
granules; magnified.
P l a t e XV. FLO R ID EÆ .
P h y l l o p h o r a . Fig. 1. Part of a plant of P. ruhens, with capsules ;
natural size. 2. Capsule. 3. Part of a capsule divided. 4. Seeds ;
magnified. 5. A portion of a Frond, with peltate, nemathecia-
bearing leaves ; natural size. 6. One of the peltate leaves removed,
and viewed from beneath, shewing the mass of nemathecia at its
base. 7. Filaments or nemathecia ; magnified.
C h o n d r u s . Fig. 1. Plant of C. crispus, with capsules; natural size.
2. Segment, with capsule. 3. A Segment and Capsule vertically
divided. 4. Seeds ; magnified.
S p h æ r o c o c c u s . Fig. 1. A small Branch of S. coronopifolius, in
fructification ; natural size. 2. Portion of a Branch, with capsules.
3. A Capsule. 4. A Capsule divided. 5. Seeds. 6. A portion
of a Branch, to shew the venation ; magnified.