a 
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- hinc generi proximum. 
f 
50 ASCLEPIADEA. 
Florifera Kulwing, Dec. 1834. 
“Nec vera Dischidia ob coronz foliolom difformi quamvis 
7. Dischidia complez Gr. 
Volubilis locofoliorum, ascidiis magnis, oppositis, subreni- 
formibus, compressis, gaudet. 
These ascidia are very complete, presenting a rather small 
orifice near the petiole, the outer margin of this orifice being 
inflexed and formed into a second pitcher much smaller 
than the outer one, opening on each side by an oblique aper- 
ture, deeply lobed or furrowed on the upper carinate or lower 
side, a transverse section makes it very reniform. » 
The cavity of the outer pitcher crammed with radicles, the — | 
inner surfaces of both lurid purple with i inconspicuous white — 
ak 
: 
culis longis, 3-uncialibus apice dilatatis, verisimiliter 
perennant. Flor. breviter pedicellatis subumbellatis albidis, 
(ante anthesin tantum visi). Cor. tubo subglobosa, faux vix. 
coarctata, lamina estivatione valvata, depresso-inflexa car- 
nosa, brevia lata ovata, 
Faux pilis subclausa. : 
Corone foliol. e plicata (simplicem,) eruribus longissimis an- 
gustis apice dilatatis transverse conniventibus vel recurvis. 
Columna antherarum truncat. stigma vel styli apicem 5-go- - 
num excedens. 
Pollinia subobovata, caudiculis dilatatiss. extrorsum con- 
duplicato-concavis, basin massular. quasi 4 amplectent. mare 
gina interiore carinatis, et in mucrona ultra antherse basin 
producta. 
Pollinia appear furrowed along anterior faces. 
Ovaria ?. 
Has. In arboribus Malacca, 
A very distinct species, although in some others, there is 
Sheedency to an inner pitcher. 
> Char, 
Dischidia complex. Aphylla ascidiis subre- 
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