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whole inner face, running down in a gradually widening line 
from the place where the convolution becomes less. 
This plant is worth noticing from the apparent total inco 
poration of the filaments with the tube of the corrola, as well 
as from the change in color of this, from green to yellow at 
the point of attachment of the anthers. Then the whole in- 
ner surface of tube is roughish. ie 
[In Alpina allughas Pl. DCXVII., Fig. 
situs, and transverse section of the ovarium, on the right of 
Fig. V.) there are some appearances as if the labellum was 
made up of the three stamina that ought to be opposed to 
the outer perianth. 
The two abortive stamina alternate with the anticous of 
the outer perianth, or in other words, are opposed to the 
two lower ones of the inner perianth. 
If this is correct the lateral inner stamina will be repre- 
seated by the rounded lateral lobes of the labellum, the anti- 
cous one will be marked out by the two dark red lines, and 
it will be bipartite as in the posticous perfect one. 
There is as much reason for supposing the carpellary leaves 
to be reversed as there is in Cucurbitacea. 
Supplementary cells exist in Funkia, the habit of which 
is entirely Amaryllideous Pl. DCXVII. Fig. V. 
(partis 
Of the nature of these slit-shaped cells I am not certain, 
but from the disposition of the central tissue as regards the, 
ovuliferous cells, I am almost disposed to treat them as Sup- 
plementary. : 
I must however observe that no trace of them exists in 
the style, which appears to entirely belong to the fertile 
ones. 
It is also obvious that they may be nothing more than 
the spaces between the carpellary leaves not filled up, al- 
though it would be more likely from analogy to find out 
such interstitial spaces towards the circumference, than to- 
wards the centre. . : ee 
