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Hovurruynta corpata. Corpate Hovur- 
TUYNIA. 
Tee 
Class and Order. 
. TRranria TRIGYNIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Arowez ? ) 
Generic Character. 
Spatha tetraphylla. Spadix oblongus staminibus nudis 
epigynis tectus. Capsula unilocularis, polysperma. Re- 
ceptacula 3, parietalia. ae 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Hovrruyntia cordate. 
% 
Hovrruynia cordata. Thunb. Jap. p. 234. 1.26. Willd. 
Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 290. Wall. in Fl. Ind. ». 1. p. 360. 
£. pe iO. 
Potypara conchinchinensis. Lom. Coch. v. 
Descr. Root perennial, somewhat thick and. creeping, 
throwing out a few fibres. Stem from three or four inches 
to two or three feet high, according to Dr. Watticu, erect, 
mostly simple, zigzag. glabrous, in our specimens, bearing 
remote alternate leaves. Leaves cordato-acuminate, entire, 
glabrous, nerved, more or less deeply notched at the base: 
Petiole more than half as long as the leaf, furnished at the 
= with a membranaceous, brown, somewhat ciliated s¢i- 
_ Peduncle terminal, solitary, single-flowered. Spatha re- 
sembling a corolla, of four ovate, spreading, white elliptical 
leaflets, inserted immediately below the oblong spadix, 
which consists of several naked closely-placed flowers. 
Germen somewhat ovato-triangular, terminating in three 
recurved styles, with an opening (as in Resrpa) between 
_ the base of the styles. Stamens: Filaments white, inserted 
upon the angles, near the middle, of the germen. Anthers 
Sone So oblong, 
