describe their plants as tetrandrous ; those which we 

 examined were certainly triandrous. 



Plate A represents the lower part of the stem, and 

 the flowers of the natural size. Plate B exhibits a di- 

 minished figure of the plant, together with dissections of 

 the male flowers ; of these the upper left figure is the 

 head of flowers ; that beneath it is a single floret torn 

 open, shewing the position of the stamens and rudiment ; 

 the upper right figure is that of several male florets in their 

 natural position ; the lower on the same side are a stamen 

 and the rudiment of the ovarium. 



The brief description given by Dr. Blume of his Cono- 



distinguish 



that 



cephalus suaveolens is not sufficient to 



species from the present; it is probable, however, that it 

 is a different plant. 



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