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and that the naked flowers were seated in a line upon the 
inner surface of the spatha itself, and on that part of it 
which appeared to correspond with 3 nerves which are more 
conspicuous on the back of the spatha than are the rest 
Again, I found the filaments of the stamens distinctly jointed 
upon a tubercle, from which they readily fall off; and these, 
as well as the sterile stamens (or peltate fleshy glands) occupy 
the central portion of the line of flowers, the pistils being ar- 
ranged along the outside of the line. From these, and other 
characters, I am induced to form a distinct genus of this plant; 
—Spathicarpa; a name intended to convey its most striking 
peculiarity; the spatha bearing the fructification. The term 
Spathantha is already applied to another genus, or I should 
have preferred it. 
I have figured and described the Caladium Seguinum (Exot. 
Fi. t. I.) as having the lower part of the spadix united to the 
spatha, which may be considered an approach to the structure 
of the present genus. 
Tas. LXXVII. Fig. 1, Portion of the spatha, with flowers 
Fig. 2, Back of a portion of the spatha. Fig. 3, Stamen. 
Fig. 4, Cell of an anther. Fig. 5, Tubercle, from which 
a stamen has fallen. Fig. 6, Pistil. Fig. 7, Seed: 
more or less magnified. 2 
so [TAR. LXXVIIL] : | 
JUNGERMANNIA BERTEROANA. . 
J. Berteroana ; caule subsimplici erecto, foliis bifariam 107 
- bricatis horizontalibus inzequaliter bilobis, lobis verticali- bei 
bus anguste seu oblongo-ovatis, majori spinuloso-067 
tato, minori majoris lobi pagine affixo integerrimo, age 
pulis parvis quadratis emarginatis integerrimis. - (Tae 
