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yo ps aby gan its 3 succulent fibres. 
__ ¥, 64, An elastic Cord taken out of the ripe C 
_ with one of the seeds. as en 
~ MARCHANTIA conica. ‘The male flowers are sit- 
_ ting; In every other reSpect they so exactly resemble those 
of the precedin 
species, as to render any further descrip- 
ecessary ; but the female flowers have a 
Pi. xv. f. 65. A Disk of male florets cut down : 
Midasty.! 6 Oe 
f. 66. Six female flowers taken from the common 
 fruit-stalk, with the six styles bent back. 
f. 67, A ripe Capsule opened by the rolling back of 
the Valves (h.) shewmg the seeds fixed to the elastic 
Cords (i.) a 
_ ANTHOCE’ROS levi. The stamens, covered by the 
~ outer skin of the leaf, form spots of a yellowish green co- 
lour, and somewhat raised, As they approach to maturity, 
the skin bursts and contracts into an oval shape, forming 
a kind of calyx. Each of these spots contains three or 
more follicles of Stamens, of a reddish. yellow colour.— 
Each Stamen is furnished with its filament, and’surrounded 
by a jointed succulent vessel. At the same time the female 
flower assumes an elevated conical figure, supporting a Veil 
on its extremity, furnished with a very short Style, When 
ripe, it changes to a dark brown colour, divides into two 
valves, scattering its seeds with an explosive power. 
_ ‘The Anruoceros punctatumn resembles this species in 
its parts of fructification, | ; 
DL xvi. f. 68. A part of the leaf magnified, to shew 
one female, and four male florets, | abu 
