elegant and stemless species, with single-flowered peduncles, is 
the 4. Thwaitesii, Hook. fil. et Thomson, given in ‘ Kew Garden 
Miscellany,’ vol. viii. p. 241. t. 4; this has deeply-pinnatifid leaves, 
resembling fronds of the well-known Fern, Blechnum Spicant. 
Fig. 1. Under side of a flower. 2. Upper side of ditto. 3. Portion of a fas- 
cicle of stamens, of which one is abortive :—magnified. 
