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ASPIDISTRA punctata. 
Large-flowered Aspidistra. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Aroide* ? 
ASPIDISTRA.—Suprd, vol. 8./of. o/8. 
..punctata; folii. longb petiolatis, iridic more. Folia 
Herba acaulis, rhizomate e P , ? M ?£ r0S *™‘°’ acum i, m t,L atro-viridia, obso- 
recta, pedalia, lanceolata, carti agin ’ P ’ ■ teavi vallido, petioio 
7 -icrvia, utrinque glaiemma, L S o. Flores 
igido, compresso, semUerete, canahculato, c squamis inflatis 
olitarii, radicates, e* humo vuc elevat ; ^qnarum dL ad 
lembranaceis ovatis acummatis purpurea pane«£*; vesting 
osam basin perianthii appUenur etejusd^ ^ 
nthium cemuum , campanulatum carnosum ex P ^ ^ o6 * MS «, 
lemispharico, limbo erecto ' ** * O p u rp ureo-lurido densissimt punctatis. 
ntus obtuse bicannatis, scabi , P ? • ant in opp0 sita. Anther® 
Stamina 8 , in medio tube inser ^ P an ticZ longitudinaliter dehis- 
\essiles, parvee , lutece, oblong*, bUocu^res ,^ »' rianthii accreta. 
rentes, per connectivum cr Ovarium varvum, superum, ovatum, 
Pollen luteum, sphcericum, su opacu • _ . 4 -loculare, 4 -spermum, ovulis 
letragonum, superficie glabnus P Stylus brevis, turbinatus. 
olacentae centrali facie to 1 album totum orem perianthii occu- 
Stigma maximum, car /10 ^ ^ or biculari, obtus't 8 -gono, 
For the opportunity of publishing this ne ''' r S P 6 ?jf S .i?p 
nade, in March last. It was imported from China, 
Society, by Mr. Parks, in 1824. 
Tt differs from A. lurida, formerly published in this 
It differs irom sa me as Macrogyne 
vork and which is s^d to flowers> whic h are 
-onvallaruEfolia of Link in its The leaves are 
mler, and divided into 8, not b segment, 
dso seated upon longer petioles. 
