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TUPISTRA* nutans. 

 Nodding Tupistra. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. AroidEjE. § ? ? Taccece. 

 TUPISTRA.— Supra, vol. 9. fol. 704. 



T. nutans ; spica petiolis breviore obtusissima nutante, floribus densissimfe 

 approximatis campanulato-pateriformibus unibracteatis. — Wallich MSS. 

 Planta acaulis, foliosa, solitaria, omnibus partibus Icevissima. Rhizoma 

 carnosum, pallidum, crassum, propter cicatrices insertionum foliorum an- 

 norum prceteritorum transversim et subparallele annulatum, indivisum, 

 perpendiculars, rectum, deorsum attenuatum, et Jibras radicales exserens 

 crassiusculas, teretes, albicantes, leviter ramosas. Folia circiter sex, omnia 

 radicalia, erecto-patula, obscure bifaria, apice nutantia, oblong o-lanceolata, 

 extrorsiim attenuate- subacuminata, basi acuta, vix undulata, subplicata, 

 coriacea, secus nervorum tractus oblique lineolata, supril atro-viridia, lucida, 

 subtus pallida, tamen nitidula, costdque elevatd crassd, pedalia, sesquipe- 

 dalia, quin bipedalia, evolutione convoluto-infundibidiformia. Petioli bifarie 

 suberecti, foliis pluries breviores, tri-quadripollicares, cylindrici, profunda 

 sulco suprd exsculpti, deorsum valde ampliati, basi latissimd bifarii im- 

 bricantes rhizomatisque superiorem partem arete amplectentes. Scapus cen- 

 tralis, e vertice rhizomatis, erectus, teres, petiolis scepiius brevior, tripolli- 

 caris, pallidus, pennam anserinam crassus, apice incurva subincrassatd 

 spicigerus, nud.us salvd basi involutd, bracteis duabus membranaceis ipsum 

 longitudine cequantibus, sursilm omnino liberts strictis subconvolutis, oblongo- 

 lanceolatis, aliquot interpetiolaribus emarcidis latioribus jjlerumque inter- 

 jectis. Spica terminalis, cylindrico-oblonga, obtusissima, bi-tripollicaris, 

 pollicem et ultra lata, nutans, detniim omnino decurva scapoque parallela, 

 floribus tecta densis, inodoris, ex viridi fuscescentibus, minutim purpureo- 

 punctulatis, sessilibus e rachi angulo recto divergentibus, sujfultis bracted 

 solitaria, membranaceu, ovatu, acutd, lineas tres longd, basi latd, fundo floris 

 adpressd extrorsiim patente, demu?n reflexd, itifmis paucis nunc vacuis per 

 apicem scapi vagis. Perianthium campanulato-pateriforme, carnosum, semi- 

 pollicem longum, fundo conico acuto albicante subanguloso, limbo paten- 

 tissimo sex-fdo : lacinice ovatce, obtusce, basi leviter irnbricantes, subtus 

 virides, suprd purpureo-punctulatis lineis duabus marginalibus, tertidque 



* The meaning of this word is not explained by its author, and we are 

 unable to discover it. 



