244 Mr. Brown on the Female Flower and Fruit of Rafflesia Arnoldi, 



a small nucleus like that of the general tissue and of the outer portion of the 



column. 



SapriAj Griffith in Proceed. Linn. Soc. p. 2 1 7. 



Char. Diff. Gen. Flores dioici. Perianthium 10-fidum ! duplici serie imbricatum, co- 

 rona faucis indivisa. 



Columna apice dilatato concavo e centro conum indivisum exserenti. 



Antherm sub apice dilatato columnae, simplici serie adnatse, 2-3-cellulo88e, poro unico 

 dehiscentes. 



OwariwTM inferum, placentis indefinite nuraerosis (parietalibus, ovulis anatropis, Griffith). 



Sapria Griffithii. 



Sapria Himalayana, Griffith, loc. cit. 



Loc. Nat. In radicibus Vitis v. Cissi cujusdam in sylvis umbrosis Montium Mishmee jugi 

 Himalayani, anno 1836 detexit D. Griffith. 



Brugmansia, Blume, Flor. Jav. 



Char. Diff. Gen. Flores hermaphroditi. 



Perianthium 5-fidum, laciniis bi-trifidis, aestivatione valvata apicibus arete inflexis. 

 Columna superne dilatata apice excavato indiviso. 



Antherce sub apice dilatato simplici serie adnatse, poro duplici dehiscentes ! 

 Ovarium adherens, placentis indefinite nuraerosis (parietalibus Blume). 



Britgmansia Zippelii, Blume, Flor. Javce, p. 15. tabb. 3-6. 



Loc. Nat. In provincia Buitenzorg Javae occidentalis, primus reperit Hortulanus Zippel. 

 Blume, loc. cit. 



HYDNORE^. 



Chab. Tbib. Perianthium trifidum, aestivatione valvata. 



Stamina tubo perianthii inserta. 



Antherce numerosEe, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, connatae in annulum trilobum cujus 

 lobi perianthii laciniis oppositi. 



Ovarium inferum : Stigma sessile depressum trilobum, lobis singulis formatis e lamellis 

 pluribus appositis ad ovarii cavitatem usque distinctis ibique placentiferis ! Pla- 

 centa ab apice ovarii (stigmatis lamellis) pendulac, subcylindraccce, undique ovulis 

 numerosissimis orthotropis tectae. 



Pericarpium calvum, carnosum, cavitate placentis undique seminiferis pleno. 



Semina : Embryo globosus in centro ! albuminis cartilaginei. 



