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Rhopalocnemis Jungh. char, emend. Spadices hermaphroditi 

 et dioeci. Flores masculi, involucrum tenue apice irregulariter 

 derumpens. 



Androeceum indivismn columniforme apice plus minusve glo- 

 bose, saccos polliniferos numero vario sat magno in parenchy- 

 mate sine ordine immersos ferens. 



Sacci polliniferi forma ellipsoidea pariete homogeno intus 

 tapeto persistente vestito, degeneratione texturae connectivi in 

 uno irregulariter dehiscentes. 



Flores feminei, ad gynaeceum reducti. Carpella 2 — 5, saepis- 

 sime duo , styli liberi filiformis solidi , decidui transverse dissecti, 

 stratum externum e cellulis majoribus, parenchymate interne 

 e cellulis minoribus parietibus valde incrassatis exhibentes (tela 

 conductiva, Hooker). 



Stigmata minuta vix dilatata papillis e cellulis epidermidis 

 elongatis formatis. Ovarium uniloculare, placenta central! primo 

 libera cavitatem ovarii parvum relinquente demum cum car- 

 pellis omnino concrescente. 



Ovula nulla. Sacci embryonales numero carpellorum e cellula 

 subepidermali placentae oriundi. 



Achenium fere totum ex endospermo existens. Testa nulla. 

 Embryo valde minutus baud differentiatus ex divisionibus paucis 

 ovi formatus. 



Rhizoma tuberosum carnosum rugosum amyliferum. 



Spadices ex tubero oriundi cortice derupto vaginae ad in star 

 basi-cinctae , stipite laevi vel vulgo squamis parvis obsesso 

 cylindrici. squamis magnis hexangularibus peltatis adpressis 

 vestiti. Flores palleis filiformibus cincti. 



Although the authors have not seen specimens of the genus 

 Corynaea, there seems to be no doubt, after the description 

 and plates of Hooker, who first established that genus that 

 Corynaea can not be upheld as a separate genus, after the 

 discovery of the hermaphroditic inflorescences of Rhopalocnemis. 

 The only difference based on the less regular vagina of Corynaea 

 certainly being of no generic value. 



Consequently the genus Rhopalocnemis has to be extended 



