TAB. X V I I I .
Parts of the expanded flower of CRYPTOSTYLIS LONGIFOLIA;
from a drawing by Mr. Bauer in 1825.
1 A side view of a longitudinal section of all the parts of fructification,
and the labellum, of an expanded flower; magnified 4 diameters.
2. The parts of fructification of the same flower, seen from above ;
magnified 8 diameters.
3. The same parts with the anther lifted up, to show the natural
position of the pollen-masses after fecundation ; magnified 8
diameters.
4. Side view of the parts of fructification ; magnified 8 diameters.
5. Longitudinal section of the same; magnified 8 diameters.
6. The pollen masses with the stigmatic gland, seen from below;
magnified 8 diameters.
7- A group of pollen grains from the same flower; magnified 200
diameters.
8. A portion of the ovarium with the column and stigma, seen from
below ; magnified 8 diameters.
9. Some utriculi from the lining of the stigmatic canal; magnified
200 diameters.
10. Transverse section of the ovarium of the same flower ; magnified
8 diameters.
11. A ripe and burst capsule of the same plant; natural size.
12. A nucleus in its arillus: magnified 100 diameters.
13. The nucleus extracted from its arillus; magnified 100 diameters.