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 VOHIRIA TENELLA. 



Vohiria tenella ,• caule aphyllo unifloro, coroll£E tubo brevi, laciniis 



lineari-lanceolatis. (Tab. XXV. B.) 

 Vohiria tenella. Guilding's MSS. 



Has. In solo humido, Montis Sancti Andreae, Insulae Sancti Vin- 

 centij rarissime. Rev. L. Guilding. 



Omnibus partibus V. aphyllce similis, sed minor, magis tenera, caulis 

 articulis paucioribus multoque longioribus, corollse tubo breW 

 (styloque similiter abbreviato) laciniisque angustioribus, colore 

 roseo. Fmctus est capsula, corolla marcescente tecta, bivalvis, 

 valvis apicibus unitis marginibus intro-flexis et utrinque tectis 

 seminibus numerosissimis minutissimis, arillatis, arillo longo ut 

 in seminibus generis Orchidis. 



A. Vohiria aphylla. Fig. I. {nat. size.) Pz^. 2. Upper portion of the 

 stem and calyx. Fig. 3. Upper portion of the tube of the co- 

 rolla, containing the stamens. Fig. 4. Pistil : {magnijied). B. Vo- 

 hiria tenella. Fig. 1. [nat. size.) Fig. 2. Capsule, burst, but still 

 covered by the withered corolla. Fig. 3. Seeds with their 

 arillus : magnified. 



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