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the Order, bas South American ones, The only jene e d the principal one “of 
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, Sessile or on vn shortly free filaments. Stigma 3-, 5- or 6-lobed. 
Capsul e sakiy 6-celled and tie in 6 valves from the base upwards, 
the pedicel itself also splitti limbers or rarely erect herbs or 
undershrubs. Flowers axillary, solitary or in clusters or racemes, 
Perianth very large in some species not Y stet. 
The genus is widely distributed over the warmer and temperate regions of the globe. 
Of en. five Australian species one is a common South Asiatic one, the other four are 
Woody climbers, with coriaceous reticulate leaves. 
Leaves much visis deeply cordate at the base. eig od 
lip broadly triangular . A, deltantha. 
vare obtuse or scarcely ‘acuminate, scarcely cordate at the b Pid 
ers unknown 2. A. prevenosa. 
EA trailing 
Leaves 1 to 2 in. long, oblong or ovate, cordate . UU A. pubera. 
ves 2 t 5 in. long, linear d linear lance olate . B d "Thozetii. 
mes or pakir: Ea . « 0, A, indica. 
‘shini ng shen paired 3- or boul and very strong y reti- 
rneath. 
E stipitate, the upper portion as long as the utricle 
mois ripis the 1 re a lip forming an ani pn obtuse- 
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