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7. Do. (one too many!) laid open, to shew the slight 
cohesion of the filaments, and the 3 abortive ovaria, pis- 
tilla. 
8. Pollen viewed dry. 
9. Do. immersed. 
10. Abortive pistill. inner or ventral face. 
ll. Do. laid open along the ventral inflexion. 
Female flower. Fig. III. 
l. Female flower. 
2. Do. sepals removed. 2. Petal shewing the cellular pro- 
cesses, 
` 3. Pistilla glands and abortive stamina. 
4. Transverse section of ovarium. 
5. Long section of a pistillum. 
6. Transverse of do. shewing that the placenta occupies the 
„whole face of the cell, that part immediately corres- 
ponding to the ventral sutare producing abundance of 
cellular filiform articulated processes. 
| 4. Two Sr from the open flower. 
The same. 
Frutex scandens, foliis 3-foliatis, lanceolatis acuminatis 
terminali longius petiolutato, articulatis! Petiolo communi 
basi tumido. Racemis aggregatis, ramulos  brevissimos, 
*quamis scariosis tectis, terminantibus.  Pedicellis filiformi- 
bus basi bracteatis, rubescentibus floribus lutescent. 
Jepala 3, lanceolata acuminato-conniventia (stivatione 
valvata) venosa, 
Pet. 3 his alternantia duplo angustiora pauloque breviora, 
Sepalisque intus rugosula glandule hypogyne 6, oblongæ car- 
Dos integre, 3 vix exteriora sepalis, 9 interiora petalis op- 
posita, 
Stam, 6 filamentis basi in columna leviter coalitis bre- 
Vissimis, Anth. adnate, biloculares extrorse, l interdum 
