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Inner border or labium, very large; when expandéd, three 
inches broad, and.two and three quarters long, somewhat 
three-lobed, the two lateral semi-circular and incurved into 
a tube; the middle one smaller, more projected, curled, and 
sometimes bifid; from the base on each side an incurved, 
sharp spur. Filament about as long as the large, broad, deeply 
bifid, obtuse, two-lobed anther. Nectary of Kénig ; in most of 
the other plants of this order, I have found this parito consist 
of two distinct bodies, here it is of one, very thick and shert, 
with its truncated.apex tuberculate. Germ inferior, obovate, 
hairy, three-celled, with many ovula in each, attached to cen+ 
tral receptacles. Style toward the apex, hairy. Stigma ris- 
ing erect through the bifid apex of the anther, funnel-shaped, 
hairy. Capsule obovate, spheroidal, size of a very large 
gooseberry, armed with short, sharp, stiff, slender bristles; 
when ripe nearly dry, and yellow, three-celled, three-valved. 
Seeds numerous, ovate, oval, or obovate, immersed in a large 
portion of a soft pulpy matter, which in the immature state 
form distinct arils; on each side, and round the apex a 
groove, Integuments two, brown, and rather thin. Peris- 
perm cartilaginous, cloven at both ends by a brown spongy 
fissure, but deepest from the apex. Vitellus, the centre of 
each of the superior limbs of the perisperm, is occupied by a 
small, thin, oblong body of a clearer colour ; and widely dis- 
tinct from both embryo and perisperm. Eubeon the upper 
part crescent-shaped, with its horns projecting into the limb 
of the perisperm, and in some degree into the vitellus. Ra- 
dicle inferior, projecting straight from the convex, or under 
side of the crescent, with its base to the umbilicus, 
Obs. This is the most beautiful plant of the whole genus, 
even surpassing. A. nutans, which I believe the Dotnet 
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