than the pistil. Ovary thick, fleshy, truncate, one-celled ; 
ovules two, basal; stigma sessile, linear, channelled. 
Fruit unknown.— W. B. H, 
Fig. 1, a cluster of flowers from the spadix; 2, a flower, showing pistil and 
two stamens; 3 and 4, ventral and dorsal views of a stamen; 5, section of 
pistil, showing basal ovules; 6, an ovule; 7,sketch of the Kew plant, about 
ay Of natural size:—all other figures enlarged, 
