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gulariter ена ob distincta, Spadix breviter stipitata basi 
feminea pauca gerens, interdum uniseriata. 
Acedunt anthere abortive, et sine spatho ullo nudo, Pars 
sterilis apicatis o. 
Ovaria oblonga, obsoleto-costata. Stylus sub o. Stigma 
maximum-discoideum centro foveolatum luteum fungiforme. 1, 
locularia. Ovulum unicum appenso-pendulum anatropa, fori: 
men infer. 
Anthre steriles albze varie lobatze, fertiles simili modo dense 
congiste, et sine ordine evidenti. subcuneatz, loculo adnatis 
cellulosis, connectivo dense carnoso; viewed vertically they 
look as though they would open by two pores, from the cells 
reaching to the apex of the connectivum, the locelli are quite 
distinct, they therefore probably open by pores. Pl. CLX XIII. 
Fig. 
Pollen omnid lanceolate. gorged with very mobile gra- 
nules. 
Fructus 1-sperma, | seriata, but rather disturbed from want 
of room. Costate 
Stigmata are байо terminal, and a good deal exposed from 
destruction of the spathe. Immature specimens have only been 
yet seen, it is certainly allied to Cryptocoryne with which in 
habit it is exactly similar. It appears to agree with the 
character of Aglaonema, except in the plurality of ovules. 
Fol. vernatione involuto-convoluta. Petioli basi vaginantes 
apice canaliculato ceterum Mretinacutos 2-3 pedali. Lamina an- 
gusto-lanceolata, acute c кн plana 
lata, infra convexa, venis indistinctis, secondariis obliquis i in- 
ferne distinctiuscule transversis annectentibus guasi immersis. 
It is so like Cryptocoryne with which it was brought to me, 
that I cannot distinguish the leaves of the two when mixed, 
CyRTOSPERMA. 
1. Char. Generis. 
Spatha aperta, persistens, withered. Perianth 5-7 вера, 
