131 
OROBANCHE.E. 
JEGINETIA. 
ZEginetie indica, Pl. CCCCLVIII. Fig. 16. 
Parasitica, pedunculis 6, 12 uncialib. ima basin squamigeris 
ochroleucis, striis tenuibus purpureis; flor. solitario terminal. 
nutant, extus albidis cellulosis, intus atro-sanguineis. 
Cal. spathaceus lateri inferior a medio usque ad apicem 
Cor. subinfundibulif. medium infra angustato, deorsum 
curvato fauce inflata ad limbum constricta, limbo 5-fido, 
laciniis obtusis erectis, 1 antica (inferiore) paulo majore. 
Stam. didynama tubo apicem versus inserta, filam. subulata, 
sanguinea, Antherz l-loculares inter se cohzrentes, longit. 
dehiscent. connectivo albo, paris superioris breviorisque, hine 
in processum dentiformem elongato. 
Stylus deorsum curvatus crassus subulatus, stigma maxi- 
mum peltato-capitatum luteum papillosum viscosum, medio 
foveolatum. ^ Ovarium 1-loculare placentis 4, parietalibus 
sinuatis! Ovulis numerosissimis. 
à Capsula calyce spathaceo obtecta stylo apiculato, Placentis _ 
&nuatis aureis! Semina 00 albida testa laxa e cellulis inflatis 
ovatis, fibro spirali notatis, nucleo central. cellulis nonnulis 
interjectis superpositisve efibrosis corpusculis crebris amyla- 
eas, Pl. CCCCLVIII. Fig. 16. 
Has. Mergue. In sylvis precipue Bambusaceis. 
Palar Maimayve, Oct. 1834. 
No trace exists of the spiral fibres before impreg. See fig. a. 
'aken before that operation. 
