Phrynium. monai^dria monogynia. 3 



tapering to an acute point, and much shorter than the tube of the 

 corol. — Co/o/ one-petalled, irregular. Tm fee funnel-shaped, border 

 double ; exterior of three, equal, linear-oblong, recurved segments. 

 Inner elevated far above the exterior on a continuation of the tube, 

 and consists of five very unequal portions : the exterior two are larger, 

 obcordate, with waved, expanding maigins ; the third or middle one 

 stands opposite to the first two, is broad, obcordate, deeply emar- 

 ginate, and of a middling size between the two exterior, and two in- 

 terior segments ; on the inside near the base a semilunar body which 

 projects inward between the anther and stigma ; the inner two small, 

 and crown the mouth of the tube, closely embracing the stigma, and 

 anther, — Filament short, attached to the margin of the smallest seg- 

 ment of the interior border of the corol. Anther erect, simple, 

 ovate-oblong. In this species, as well as in P. capitatum, the pollen 

 consists of remarkably large round grains. — Germ inferior, villous, S- 

 celled, with one ovulum in each, attached to the bottom of its cell. 

 Style growing to the inside of the tube of the corol, and does noi ap- 

 pear until above its mouth, when it enlarges, into an infundib aliform, 

 hooked stigma, surrounded with a lobate, callous margin, aud direc- 

 ted in an oblique manner toward the face of the anther, a^ "• search 

 of it, though separated by a callous projection fiom t! ase of the 

 middle division of the inner border of the corol. — ('a^ broad-tur- 

 binate, size of a cherry, rugose, somewhat S-lobed, 3-ceUed, 3-valved, 

 opening from the apex. — Seed solitary, round, resting on a Jhiall, par- 

 tial, scaly aril. Integuments two: exterior soft and spongy; inner wn-' 

 ciform. — Perisperni conform to the seed, homy, tinged blue j a fis- 

 sure penetrates from the base pretty far up, separating the two ex- 

 tremities of the embryo. Vitellus ; none has been discovered in an 

 of the simple-anthered scitaminese which have been examined by me 

 — Embrj/o pure white, hooked, with the convexity upward, which 

 corresponds with the periphery of the seed. 



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