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J am indebted to Dr. F. W. Pennell, now of the Philadelphia 
Academy of Sciences, for helpful criticism and advice, for 
assistance in looking up the literature, and for access to a speci- 
men of 7inantia Pringlet. 
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. 
Explanation of plates 10 and 11 
PLATE 10 
Plant of Commelinantia anomala (Torr.) Tharp, pitt typical appearance 
of a flourishing specimen in bloom. The specimen is somewhat wilted causing 
the spathe to fold slightly. The linear-spatulate basal es. characteristic 
of plants during winter months, have disappeared by the time the stems 
have reached this stage of maturity. Scorpoid racemes seen in profile. Scale 
in inches. 
PLATE II 
eg 1. Inflorescence of C. anomala, its the position assumed by each 
it comes into bloom. The spathe is somewhat wilted, causing it 
= t0 voll “slightly at the edges. er ‘metric. 
Fic. 2. Dissected flower to show f part 
Fic. 3. Stamens from a bud several hours before anthesis; magnified hie 
diameters. The filaments have not attained nearly the length of those in an 
shape of mature anthers, and also the nature of the pubescence of filaments 
well shown. 
