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Tepaudus. Petala ovata, 1'" longa, basi truncata, gestivatione leuiter 

 imbricata. Filaraenta capillaria, demum antliera paulo longiora- 

 Anthera) oblongo-ovales, dorsifixse, §'" longse. 



Panax mollis tnmcuni aculeatum producit et petala purpurea. 

 Leeam aliquo modo in memoriam vocat. 



Panax Murrayi petala producit lanceolato-ovata, 1|'" longa, 

 ante expansionom valvata ; filamenta perbrevia ; antheras ovatas, 

 fere lineam longas, basi amplius qnam apice lobatas. 



Panax cissodendron. 



Moore et Mueller. 



Arborescens, glabcry foliis simpliciter pinnatis, foliolis valde 

 incequilateris herbaceis oblique ovatis vel lanceolato-ovatis integer- 

 rimis vel repandulis acuminatis conspicue petiohilatis utrinque 

 virentibus, paniculis amplis, pedunculis ultimis fasciculatis v. fre- 

 quentius racemosis, pedicellis umbellalis infra apicem v, prope 

 medium articulatis, petaUs lanceolatis, styloforum staminigerorum 

 brevi subulato indiviso. 



In insula Lord Howe's Island. 



Arbor minor. Folia speciminis unici visi paucijuga. Foliola 

 circitcr 3" longa, subtus paulo pallidiora sed non glaucescentia | 

 nervus excentricus, quo latus superius folioli valde dilatatur. 

 Panicula spithamam longa et lata. Peduuculi ultimi \-V longi. 

 Articulus pedicelli superior V" longus (forsan germen abortivum 

 habendus); inferior 1-2'" longus. Limbus calycis truncatus. Pe- 

 tala saltem \\'" longa, basi truncata. Filamenta antheris paulo 

 breviora. Antherse circiter lineam longse, oblong^e, basi emargi- 

 natae. Stylus ^" tantum longus. Fructus omnino incognitus. 



Genus hujus plantse ob fructum absentem hodie non affirmandum, 

 forsan Hederse membrum. Planta pluribus notis Panaci Murrayi 

 non absimilis. 



Orchide^. 

 Saccolabium Macphersonii, 



(Sect. Cleisostoma.) 



Majus, foliis elongate lanceolari-oblongis, spicis densifloris, 

 bracteolis fere deltoideis germine multo brevioribus, sepalis roseis, 

 exterioribus cuneato-obovatis interiora cuneato-oblonga paulo 

 superantibus, labello calycem fere aequante, calcare saccato fere 

 oblongato obtuso lobum terminalem cordato-deltoideum triplo 

 excedente^ capsula oblongo-cylindracea acute 6-anguIata. 



Ad sinum Rockinghami ; Dallachy. 



Rhizoma fibras multas validas agens. Folia fere disticha, plana, 

 5-8" longa, circiter pollicera lata, coriacea, supra basim compli- 

 catam pevsistentcm articulata, apice oblique obtusa, nervo mediano 



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