150 AROIDE. 
Stamina, connectivo glanduloso, sulcato, apice loculos 2, ex- 
trorsum hiantes gerens. Ovulum l, anatropum, ascendens. 
Pericarpium subbaccatum, l spermum. Semen curvatum re- 
niforme marginato-cristatum, Albumen carnosum. Embryo 
curvatus, 
2. Cyrtosperma lacioides. Gr. Pl. CLXIX. 
Spatha navicularis acuminata per totam longitud. aperta, ve- 
nosa carnoso-coriacea extus fusco-purpurascens, venis ex- 
ceptis quze uti pagina interior ochroleucz oblique ascendentes, 
fructus shrivelled and withered. Spadix apice reflexa, varie 
torta, intus spathamzea breve pedunculata, spatha 4 brevior, 
sub-cylindracea, undique floribus tecta. Flores arcte conferti, 
sepalis 5. v. 8, cuneatis, apice depressis luridis concavis. 
Stam. totidem opposita. Filamenta complanata, connectivo. 
paullo angustius filamento oblonga, medio-sulcata, glandulo- 
sa, apice loculos 2, erectos, apice rima extrorsa demum com- 
pletehiantes. Pollen 1 plicatum glabrum. Ovarium oblongum 
angulatum apice quasi annulatum. Stigma discum papillosum, 
intra annulatum. Placenta a large longitudinal posticous pro- 
cess, bearing one ovulum towards its base, cavity filled with 
gelatinous cellular matter in which the ovulum is imbed- 
ded. Ovulum erectum anatropum, sub-hour-glass-shaped, (Pl. 
CLXXIII. Fig. I.a.) or excepting the raphal part, exactly dum- 
bell shaped. The apex of the inner body, which is the inner, 
tegument, is much dilated. The nucleus is reduced to a thin 
membrane, its long neck will be found in the centre of the 
endostome. 
Fructus oblongus cylindra basin spatha supra des- 
cripta stipata, lurido-tristis. Perianthio persistente lividis, 
elongatis alioquin immulatis. Carpella ejusdem coloris ni- 
mutua pressione angulata. Semen (nucifome) reniforme, 
curved round an intrant process marked on the back, which 
