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carnosi. Pedunculus axillaris, teres, 8-10 pollicaris, sub- 
asperus. Pedicelli terminales, breves, uniflori: bracteole 
ad basin pedicellorum, subpetiolate, subrotundate, pro- 
funde serrate, pubescentes. Flores racemosi. Calyx, 
laciniis erectis, serratis, pulverulento- pubescentibus, 
cum corolla deciduis. Petala purpurascentia, ad basin 
calycis laciniarum inserta, oblonga inferne attenuata, 
lineis viridibus notata, crassiuscula, extus pubescentia 
intus papillosa, apice fimbriato laciniata. Stamina 5: 
Filamenta brevia, basi subgibbosa, purpurea, Anthere 
5, distinctæ, erectæ, crassæ, virides, basi apiceque punctis 
roseis adspersa. Pollen oblongum, linea media longi- 
tudinali notatum. 
PLANTA FŒMINEA. Radix, Caulis, Rami, Stipule, Petioli, 
Cirrhi, ut in planta mascula. Flores axillares, solitarii. 
Cal. minimus, purpureus, caducus. Corolla patentissima, 
mari similis. Stylus brevis, subtrigonus, exsertus. Stigma - 
subcapitatum, 3—5-lobatum, pallide virescens, punctis 
crystallinis tectum. Ovarium attenuatum, 10-sulcatum, 
, viride, verrucosum, basi torulosum. Fructus maximus, 
carnosus. Dissepimenta filamentosa. Semina pollicem 
lata, compressa, orbiculata, subretusa, oleosa, esculenta, 
In statu germinationis Cotyledones planz, brevissime, 
flavescentes: Plumula maxima, Pd radiculis fili- 
formibus pubescentibus. ; 
Tas. LXXXI. Telfairia sane Fig. 1, Female flower. 
Fig. 2, Pistil, after the petals have fallen away, to show 
the triangular short style and the large lobed stigma. 
Fig. 4, Transverse section of the germen, showing the 
six cells, 
Tar. LXXXII. Fig. 1, Bud of a male flower. Fig. 2, View 
of the same, with the cal. segments expanded, and the 
unopened petals appearing. Fig. 3, Cal. of do. and a 
single petal to show the insertion of the latter :—nat. size. 
— Fig. 4, Tube of the calyx with stamens. Fig. 5, Tube 
laid open, to show more particularly the insertion of the 
