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



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

 column. 



Sapria, Griffith in Proceed. Linn. Soc. p. 217. 



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

 rona faucis indivisa. 



Columna apice dilatato concavo e centro conum indivisum exserenti. 



Anthera sub apice dilatato columnae, simplici serie adnatae, 2-3-ccllulosa?, poro unico 

 dehiscentes. 



Ovarium inferum, placentis indefinite numerosis (parietalibus, ovulis anatropis, Griffith). 



Sapria Griffithii. 

 Sapria Himalayana, Griffith, loc. cit. 



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

 Himalayani, anno 1836 detexit D. Griffith. 



Brugmansia, Blume, Flor. Jar. 

 Char. Diff. Gen. Flores hermaphroditi. 



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

 Columna superne dilatata apice excavato indiviso. 



Anthera sub apice dilatato simplici serie adnata, poro dupliri dehiscentes ! 

 Ovarium adherens, placentis indefinite numerosis (parietalibus lihnne). 



Brugmansia Zippelii, Blume, Flor. Java?, p, 15. tabb. 8-6. 



Loc. Nat. In provincia Buitenzorg Javae occidental, primus repent Ilortulaiius Zippel. 

 Blume, loc. cit. 



HYDNORE^. 



Char. Trib. Perianthium trifidum, aestivatione valvata. 



Stamina tubo perianthii inserta. 



Antherce numerosae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, connate in ammdw* trilobum cujus 

 lobi perianthii laciniis oppositi. 



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

 pluribus appositis ad ovarii cavitatem usque distinctis ibiquc placentitis ! Pla- 

 centa ab apice ovarii (stigmatis lameilis) pendulre, subcylindracc.T, undique ovulis 

 numerosissimis orthotropis tectas. 



Pericarpium calvum, carnosum, cavitate placentis undique seminiferis pleno. 



Semma: Embryo globosus in centro! albuminis cartilaginei. 



