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basi (ovulis abortivis) angustato, seminibus perfectis 6-12 ad hilum 
angustatis. 
Folia 4 poll. longa; foliola pollicaria, 4-5 lin. lata; petiolus infra 
foliola brevissimus. Zegumen 2-3 poll. longum, 6 lin. latum; ovula 
18-20, quorum semper 8-12 basin versus abortiva. Flores non 
vidi.— Crescit rarissime in provincia Goensi, ad pedem jugi Syha- 
drensis. Fructum maturum reperi mense Aprili. 
This is a small tree not unlike the Ayati; it is called by the few 
natives who are acquainted with it “ Looratee." At the time of dis- 
covery the leaves were all young, and covered on both sides, but par- 
ticularly the underside, with yellow and fulvous hair. 
Nat. Ord. AROIDE®. 
TYPHONIUM. 
T. bulbiferum; 5—6-unciale, foliis 2 cordato-hastatis mucronulatis mis- 
tinerviis subtus nitentibus longe petiolatis, petiolis folio triplo lon- 
gioribus striatis apice bulbiferis. : 
Scapus ex folii basi vaginante petiolo triplo brevior, solitarius. Spatha - 
anguste linearis, apicem versus alternata, hyalina, pallide rosea, 
inferne tumida, convoluta, superne plana, patens.  Spadiz spathæ 
æquilongus, filiformis, attenuata, pallide flava, 5 poll. longa, folia 
æquans. Antherarum sessilium loculi subsphærici, poro simplici ter- 
minali dehiscentes. Pollen hispidus, roseus. Stylus nullus; stigma 
annulatum, papillosum, ovarii apicem cavum cingens ; ovaria pauca, 
15-20, biserialia, obconica, unilocularia, ovulum unicum erectum 
stipitatum fundo affixum. Genitalia rudimentaria supra ovaria car- 
nosa colorata (flava), uniserialia, acinaciformia, patentia. Tuber pisi 
magni magnitudine, cylindricus, basi truncatus.— Crescit in Concano 
australiore; fl. Junio. 
The bulb, or more properly tuber, produced on the apex of the petiole, 
sufficiently distinguishes this species from all hitherto described. This 
tuber is about two lines in diameter, dark-coloured outside, solid, and 
white internally, and no doubt capable of reproducing the species, like 
those on the leaf of Ledebouria hyacinthina. The genus TON also 
produces bulbs on the petioles. 
Nat. Ord. LYCOPODIACEZÆ. 
LYCOPODIUM. 
l. L. (Selago) empetrifolium ; caule tereti pendulo dichotomo, foliis 
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