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At the earliest period each female flower often appears as two flagon-shaped bodies, con- 
nate from the middle downwards; and at that stage is evidently composed of two ovaria : 
when fully formed, and the scales are still attached to the capitulum, the styles are 
exserted far beyond the articulate threads, and are sharply bent down, so that the stigmata 
are in contact with the apices of the threads. "The utricular tissue of the capitulum is 
composed of hexagonal cells, each containing a loose inner coat, full of starch and 
endochrome. 3 
2. CORYNEA SPHJERICA (Hook. fiL); capitulo solitario globoso cavitate rhizomatis semi- 
immerso. (Tas. XIV.) 
Hab. Sylvis montanis Novæ Granadæ, alt. 5-8000 ped. (Purdie). 
Rhizoma deforme, lobatum, diametro 2-4 unciali, infra capitulum in cupulam hemisphæricam marginibus 
crassis obscuré lobatis ampliatum. Pedunculus brevis, crassus, nudus. Capitulum exactè globosum, 
2 unc. diametr., squamis peltatis hexagonis velatum. Flores masculi ut in C. crasso, sed perianthio 
breviore latiüs campanulato truncato obscuré trilobo. 
A very different species from C. crassa. The rhizome completely surrounds the root of 
the stock; and in a transverse section I find that the latter is sometimes so completely 
broken up, that the end which enters seems cut off from that which leaves the rhizome. 
(See Tas. XIV. fig. 14.) 
3. Conyx xA Purpret (Hook. fil.) ; rhizomate depresso horizontali lato lobato, pedunculis 
brevibus crassis, capitulis oblongis globosisve. 
Hab. Sylvis montosis Novæ Granadæ (Purdie), radicibus Cinchone : sylvis prope St. Juan del Oro, 
Peru (Weddell). 
I am indebted to M. Weddell for an excellent drawing and specimen of this very distinct 
little species, of which I had previously received a small example from Mr. Purdie. The 
rhizome forms a continuous broad flattened lobed mass enveloping large roots of Cinchona 
several inches to half a foot in extent, and is about 2 inch in average thickness. The 
lobes are but little elevated, and give off short white peduncles, 4-1 inch high, that are 
conical below and about 4 inch in diameter. The capitula are nearly globose or ovoid, 
about 1} inch diameter, are quite white at first, but covered with red-brown hexagonal 
peltate seales. "The flowers entirely resemble those of C. sphærica. 
There is sometimes a very obscure volva at the base of the peduncle. 
XIV. HELOSIS, Rich. 
(Tas. XV. & XVI.) 
Caldasia, Mutis, Sem. Nov. Granad. Lathræophila, Leandro de Sacram, 
Rhizoma horizontale, gracile, teres, ramosum, hic illic nodosum, ad nodos pedunculos (ramos floriferos) 
olucello annulari donati, rariùs 
emittens. Pedunculi erecti, basi v. medio v. infra capitulum inv Å 
omnind nudi. Capitula androgyna, filis articulatis operta, juniora Serie Pen herpa — 
Fr. å. Perianthium tubulosum, limbi lobis 3 valvatis, tubo intüs basi rudimento ovarn conico in- 
structo. Synema fauce perianthii adnatum. Anthere 3, introrsæ, in massam 6-12-locularem coadu- 
nate.  Fr.9 subsessiles. Ovarium: elliptico-oblongum, utrinque obtusum, compressum, limbo 
