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Parts of the expanded flower of E P I P A C T I S GRANDIFLORA ;
from a drawing by Mr. Bauer in 1801.
1. Front view of a fully expanded flower ; magnified 3 diameters.
2. Side view of the same ; magnified 3 diameters.
3. Front view of the same flower forcibly expanded ; magnified 3
diameters.
4. Front view of the parts of fructification of the above flower ; magnified
6 diameters.
5. Side view of the same ; magnified 6 diameters.
6. Back view of the same ; magnified 6 diameters.
7- An anther separated, and the pollen mass removed from one cell;
magnified 6' diameters.
8. Transverse section of the anther; magnified 6 diameters.
9. The pollen mass of one cell of the anther; magnified 6 diameters.
10. A group of pollen grains ; magnified 200 diameters.
11. Some particles of the mucous substance of the stigma; magnified
200 diameters.
12. Transverse section of the column ; magnified 8 diameters.
13. Some utriculi from the lining of the stigmatic channel; magnified
200 diameters.
14. Transverse section of the ovarium ; magnified 8 diameters.
15. Side view of a longitudinal section of the parts of fructification and
the labellum ; magnified 6 diameters.
16. A ripe capsule with its bractea ; natural size.
17- A ripe nucleus within its arillus ; magnified 100 diameters.