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6. Transverse section of ovarium, corresponding in situa- 
tion with fig. 3, close to insertion of envelopes. 
. 4. Another of same much lower down, and below the 
ovula, 
8. An ovulum. 
9. The same outer tegument for the most part removed. 
ACTINOSTEMMA. 
Pls. DCXIV. DCXV. 
Planta dioica. Herbacea annua scandens. ' 
i Caules elongati, angulati sulcati, crassite penne corvine, 
_ parce puberuli, tenera succulenta plant fæminæ multo ma- 
gis evoluta. 
Folia alterna longiuscula petiolata, exstipulata, juniora cor- 
dato-hastata, 3-loba, lobis lateralibus, subbilobatis, grosse 
dentata, dentibus mucrona terminalis, dentibus basilaribus 
Singulis, vel binis utrinque glanduliferis, acuminata, saturato- 
| viridia utrinque ad venas puberulo hirta, basi palmata 3-venia, 
= venis lateralibus cito bifurcatis secondariis inconspicuis mutuo 
| . 4rcuatim anastomosantibus, pagina ceterum areolata reticu- 
LE lata, infera tantum stomatosa. 
| Petioli sesuncialis supra canaliculato-puberula. 
Cirrhi solitarii hinc basi petioli quasi adjecto, spiraliter 
torta, apice bipartita. 
Inflorescentia utriusqus sexus axillaris, mascula racemoso- 
Paniculata. Paniculis filiformibus elongatis folia fulcientia 
aliquoties excedentibus ab ima basin ramosis, ramo sæpe 
quante, sulcatis puberulis, ramis divaricatis racemosa pluri- 
ris, 
Bractea subulata minuta ad basin cujusque divisionis et 
cujusque pedicelli. 
icelli medium infra articulati, si solitarii semper hinc 
basin rudimenta alternis stipata, puberula parte infra articu- 
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