168 DEVELOPMENT OF THE OVULUM 
My view of their structure is, that the female flowers are 
reduced to naked ovula, which are protected by no scales. 
That each òvule consists of a primine, secundine, and nu- 
cleus, in which the quartine is developed at an early pe- 
riod, at least in G. Brunonia, that the Zercine is a subse- 
quent and rapid formation. The quintine is nof permanent 
but disappears subsequently. 
- The male flowers are in reality diandrous and mona- 
delphous. In an early stage the filament is divided and 
always has two vascular bundles. The anthers will thence be 
1-celled ; the cells always remaining distinct. However it will 
still be better to keep it in the class, Moneecia, order Mo- 
"andria. - 
Mergui : March 4th, 1835. 
Chenopodiaceae, sp. An. CHENOPODIUM. 
A Vronchoa — aac phar common all about the 
rivers ter and Ganges. Sepala 5, æsti- 
vatione valvata, apicibus subinflexis. Staminibus totidem op- 
positis hypogynis. Filamentis brevibus ima basi connatis, 
emum, antheris lapsis, elongatis, persistentibus. Antheris 
bilocularibus, polline globoso multi poroso. Ovario subturbi- 
nato, quasi costato vix semper apice depresso, margine post. 
depresso, cellulis fimbriatis. Stylos sub o. stigmatibus, linea- 
ribus setaceis 3 v. 4. Ovulo unico ascendento, foramen infra- 
spectante. Utriculo monospermo, depresso, pericarpio 
membranaceo, tenuissimo. Semino subreniformi quasi trans- 
verso, Testa brunnea coriacea. Tegumino nucleari basi 
vestiento tenuissimo. Albumino sacci embryonali. 
mbryo curvatus axilis. 
The flower is badly supplied with vessels, the ovary is 
quite destitute of them, except one cord which passes direct- 
ly into the ovule, the plicate appearance it presents may be 
mistaken for vessels. The stigmata are lax cellular grumous 
bodies, with scarcely any stigmatic tissue. The stamina are in 
the young state imperfectly vascular, but in the old filaments 
these are scarcely distinguishable, the anthers would seem 

