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tween the cotyledons, which are in their young stages very 
divarcate. 
Huic genus proximum constituit planta cujus mas. hucus- 
que tantum visa. Scandens teuer, petiolis canaliculatis margi- 
nibus canalicule dense ciliatis, foliis ternatis, foliolis laterali- 
bus binatim divisis, cirrhis hinc petiolis adnatis simplicibus vel 
bipartitis, floribus masculis paniculatis, paniculis compositis 
folia szepius longe excedentibus, calyce 5-partito, laciniis bre- 
vibus obtusis. Petalis lanceolatis acuminatissimis, stamini- 
bus monadelphis, filamentis omnino connatis, antheris unilo- 
cularib. 
Pl. DOXV. 
1. Male alabastrum very young. 
2. Ditto more advanced. 
3. Ditto a little before expansion. 
4, Ditto one sepal removed from the base of its free portion. 
5, Stamen of ditto lateral view. 
6. Ditto front view. 
7. Ditto back view. 
8. Pollen. 
9. Ditto immersed. 
10. Lateral view of male flower. 
11. Ditto vertical view. 
12. Stamina of ditto and the base of the calyx and corolla. 
33. Very young fruit. 13a. ditto long section, one ovula in 
135. Ovulum, 13c ditto long section, 13d ditto its em- 
bryonary sac with its long membranous tube, 13 ditto 
with apex of nucleus. 
14. Young fruit, 
I5. Ditto nearly mature. 
16. Ditto mature dehisced. 
17. Ditto upper portion with the seeds in situ. 
18. Seed outer view, 18a ditto inner, 18, ditto lateral. 
19. Ditto long section. | 
20. Embryo. 
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