80 SCITAMINE.E. [CI. 4. 



at the base : Limb double ; outer, c, c, c, in 3 deep 

 segments, sometimes ringent ; inner of 2 equal seg- 

 ments, d, d, occasionally abortive, as in Amomum and 

 Alpinia, and a third larger, different in shape and 

 colour, constituting an ornamental Lip, e, often lobed. 

 Stamen 1, inserted into the tube of the Corolla op- 

 posite to the lip, its Filament, f, more or less dilated 

 and petal-like, often lobed and elongated beyond the 

 Anther, g, which consists of 2 lateral, parallel, di- 

 stant, oblong lobes, clasping the Style, h. Mr. Brown 

 has found 2 glandular bodies, rarely deficient, at the 

 base of the Style, which he considers as rudiments of 

 Stamens, making up, with the perfect one, the num- 

 ber 3, and confirming his theory (93). Germen, i, of 

 3, more or less complete, cells ; Style, h, thread- 

 shaped ; Stigma, k, dilated, hollow, fringed. Cap- 

 sule of 3 cells and 3 valves, in some instances pulpy, 

 with many roundish, sometimes tunicated, Seeds. 

 Albumen farinaceous. Embryo in the centre of the 

 Albumen, somewhat turbinate, sheathing the simple 

 Plumula (62: 1) which arises from its base. 



Gasrtner and Brown consider the tubular part of 

 the Embryo, in these plants, as a peculiar organ, 

 termed Vitellus (62 : 3), whose office is conceived by 

 the former to be the nourishment of the Embryo, 

 though the Albumen is acknowledged to serve no 

 other purpose. The part in question seems to me 

 nearly analogous in form to the undisputed peltate 

 Embryo of Musa, Gsertn. t. 11, in whose centre the 



