the surface penninerved, the interstices reticulated, the colour 
dark, full green, (not in the least glaucous). Peduacle solitary, 
short, scarcely longer than the petiole, very broad, flat, anci- 
pitate, bearing at the extremity three flowers. ‘The Zid or oper- 
culum I have not seen. Cupula turbinate, thick and leathery, on 
a very. short, but thick, pedicel, its breadth at the mouth rather 
greater than the length. Ovary immersed in the base of the 
cupule, its summit angled and radiated. Stamens very numerous, 
spreading: filaments pale yellow: anthers full yellow, almost 
orange. Style protruded. 
Fig. 1. Cupule and ovary :—magnified. 
