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connivens, extus profunde bipartitis, laciniis subintegris. Inter 
bisepalum ? sepalis apice bifidis. Corpus centrale ovulum ? 
nudum carnosum, apice 3-denticulatum (an foramen) soli- 
um. 
Diandrum esse conjicio, filamento vasorum fasciculi 2 la- 
terales ad sunt, nec centralis ut in filamentis monandris et 
anthera vere didyma e loculis 2 omnino discretis. Descrip- 
tio generis (Sprengelii) pessima, Jussuea a Linneano exceptum 
valde incompleta. 
. I am as yet ignorant of the nature of the envelopes of the 
female flower. The central fleshy ovate body appears to be 
a naked ovule, the obsolete denticalations arising from the 
margin of the foramen, The nature and structure of the 
two envelopes indicate them to be perianthial. 
l. Female flower, outer perianth laid open. 
2. Ditto outer perianth removed. 
3. Ditto ovule? removed inner perianth open. 
4. Ovule, or solid central body. 
Has. In sylvis. Pulo Gewen, Mergue: Nov. 1834. 
2. Gnetum scandens Roxb. Pl. CCCLXXXVI. A. Fig. III. 
Scandens, pendensque, fol. oblongo-lanceolatis obtuse acu- 
minatis coriaceis repandis, supra atroviridibus nitidisque sub- 
tus reticulatis. Inflorescentia terminatis, spicis paniculata 
dispositis, oppositis 13 uncialibus, viridibus. 
Annuli arcte involucrantis, integri, flores pillis monili- 
formibus cellulosis albis immixti: fzminei superi pauciore- 
ue. Basis ima cujusque verticeli, pilis ejusdem formis den- 
sissimis occupata. Per. masc. l-phyllum, obconicum, apicem 
versus carnosum, virideque fissureque. Stam. 2 hypogyn. 
am. omnino in tubum cellulosum connat. Anth. 1-2 locu- 
lares, pollen Jeve. 
Fem. per. exter. celluloso-membranacea, connivens, apice 
2-fidum. Inter. minus 2-partit. laciniis acuminatis. per. ex- 
terne obtectum, nucleus centralis, apice truncat. 
