248 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



midio brevior, erectus, quinquepartitus laciniis lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis, acutis. Corolla basi plana, ultra medium quinque- 

 .. fida laciniis patulis ovatis, medio utrinque sinu magno in- 

 flexo insculptis. Filamenta crassa coalita in tubum germina 

 involvens cylindricum. Anther a quinque membranaceae, 

 biloculares, lateribus stigmatis incumbentes. Grana poUi- 

 nis geminata ad angulos stigmatis annexa. Corona e cor- 

 pusculis quinque crassis, compressis, dorso filamentorum 

 adnatis, stigmate brevioribus, basi acuto patente recurvis, 

 apice trilobo incumbentibus. Germina duo supera. Styli 

 duo breves, subulati. Stigma unicum, capitatum, stellato- 

 pentagonum, acutangulum, medio supra convexunl. Fol- 

 liculi duo, uno tamen plerumque abortiente, ovales, hinc 

 gibbosiores, pulverulento-tomentosi. Parietts crassissimae, 

 carnosae. Receptaculum fungosum, lineare, planum, hinc 

 parietibus adnatum, undique seminibus papposis imbri- 

 catum. 



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Corpusculum C.gigantea. Corpusculuin C.procera. Corpusculiim C.Aeia. 



AVANACOE SeU CiT AVANACU, p. 57- Jig- 32. 

 Pandi Avanacu, p. 60. no fig. 



These two are mere varieties, such as usually occur in plants 

 that are much cultivated : and Commeline in his observation is 

 perfectly justifiable in saying, " inter se admodum magnitudine 

 differt ratione soli et loci in quo crescit. In quibusdam locis fit 

 arbor, in aliis vero non excrescit ultra quatuor quinqueve pe- 

 dum altitudinem." When sown thick on a poor soil, 1 have seen 

 it ripen its fruit within the year from being sown, and not rising 

 above three feet : it was ploughed down immediately on pro- 

 ducing its first crop ; but, when planted on a good soil, with 



plenty 



