ENHALUS. . 177 
lis przedita, vel potius styli 6, brevissimi profunde ad basi fere 
bipartite, lacineze &c. &c. 
Each pair of stigmatic surfaces is continuous with the con- 
ducting, or placental lines of the rostrum, and these lines ap- 
peared bilamellar. Each lacinia has 2 to 3 single vessels at 
the base, one central throughout. 
Fructus basi spatha divulsa (pushed or expanded) immulata 
suffultus ovatus longe rostrata, lineze impressionem et rumen- 
tiger vel fibrillose, exsuccus sub 6 locularis, loculis 4 
magis completis ? 
Semina plura (pauca) magna, 1 seriata conica vel pressione 
conico-angulata more ovulorum аха. Tegumenta bina, 
utrumque cellulosa membranacea tenue: interiori in super 
chalazam crassiove. Raphe lineata interdum cariniformis 
semi-completa. Albumen o. 
Embryo magnis forma exterioris seminis. — Radicula latus 
maxima, albida, chiefly distinguished by a white appearance, 
truncata medio quasi umbonata? vel umbilicata ? Cotyle- 
done subconica viridis hinc rima bilabiata, radicula prope labia 
separantur (labio altero exterior) exarata. 
umula recondita maxima valde completa: polyphylla, fo- 
liola exteriora e basin lineare oblonga rotundata apice serrulata, 
just like the apices of the mature leaves. 
Fragments of this are common enough on the beach near 
the race course at Singapore. I have also seen it on Pula 
Bissar beach, I have examined one male spatha, one female 
ditto and one ditto fruit. 
I have very little doubt that this is Enhalus L. C. R. Endl. 
Genera no. 1212 p. 162, four of the stigmata having been 
taken for barren stamina. The chief difference is in the fruit, 
which i$ described as compressed and drupaceous. 
The description in Willdenow, Tom. IV. Part II. p. 821. 
agrees remarkably well particularly as to the margination of 
the leaves, the undulation of the petals, and the stigmata, 
which are described as anthers. 
There is some discrepancy as to the germen, which he 
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