further remark : but if it should be our fortune to have the op- 
portunity of figuring the Malortiea gracilis, we trust by that 
time Mr. Wendland will have published his views of the genus, 
and some further details relative to the two species. : 
Fig. 1. Reduced figure of Malortiea simplex, Herm. Wendl. 2. Leaf. 3. 
Spadix and spatha :—natural size. 4. Male and female flowers. 5. Male flower. 
6. Female flower. 7. Innerview of thecorolla. 8. Pistil. 9. Young fruit :— 
all more or less magnified. 
