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portion, and colour. a,a,a, the tuberous ringed part im- 
mediately above ground, with) the curved: shits) b, b, b, b, 
germinating, the common peduncle with its pedicles and 
partial frugiferous pedicels. ` : 
Fig. 2. The partial panicle with its germs acd flower viewed. in 
front. a,a, the double calyx. b,b, the spathous bracts. 6,6;C6, 
the three divisions of the outer and lower border of the 
corolla, the middle largest, and their extremities turned up 
slipperwise. d, the second or staminiferous division: at the 
base of this the hornlets seem to project from the mouth of 
the tube horizontally. e, the expanded rhomboidal division. 
of the upper border, with its pinky ramification. . 
Fig. 3. The back view of the corolla.: 5, the- "germen. | csc, the 
projecting pair of Rom i.e. 3d -— Ath kidney of the 
upper border. : 
Fig. 4. The tube only of the corolla, with thei inner bays: eios 
and stamen bearing division of the upper border. a,b, show 
the two pair of antherous lines in situ, and the sheath above 
for the stigma c, this last being turned to one side. | 
Fig. 5. The same without the calyx. The second division and 
hornlets a little magnified. "Phe anthers 05 th: raised up: Tue = 
. deflected, to show the sheath more fully. . :6 i 
Fig. 6. The second division a, of the upper : "border; ioi, 
showing the upper part of the style stigma and anthers in situ, 
lying on its inner surface, and the style ascending through 
the orifice b of the tate straitened bs: th icc basis. of | 
the hornlets. 2 i 
Fig. 7. 8. The naked pistilla, one with the sensed appendices 
| aalittle separated, the ot her with the same in igitur 
Fig. 9. A half-grown germ d 
and its 3-dentate border l 
