characterized, that we cannot say whether the present spe- 
cies rightly belongs to any of them. It inhabits Granada, 
in South America; was imtroduced by Mr. Lopnigzs, to 
whom the Edinburgh Botanic Garden owes the possession 
of it, whence our figure and description were taken in June, 
1829. The native country of this is so remote from that 
of Peru, where Ruiz and Pavon found their Cartupovica 
latifolia, that it is highly probable the two species will 
prove different. Humsoxpt’s L. palmata, from the river 
Magdalena, and Porreau’s L. subacaulis almost equally 
agree with our plant, as far as can be judged from the 
short characters we have of them. 
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Tas, 2950. Plant, reduced to one quarter of the natural size. Tan. 2951, 
Fig. 1. Scape and Spadix ; some of the Leaves of the Spatha being cut away : 
nat. size. 2. Portion of the Spadix, exhibiting a Male and a Female Flower. 
3. Pistil and Sterile Filaments. 4. Lobe of the Pistil to show the Stigma, 
5. Section of the Germen.—Fig. 2. to 5. more or less magnified. : 
See e 
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