FROM NEW ZEALAND, ETC. 427 



Rhizoma pallidum, intus laxe cellulosum, in exemplaribus meis parvum, simplex, magnitudine nucis 

 Avellance, superficie cellulis hyalinis papillosum, pustulisque conglobatis conspersum. Pedunculus 

 solitarius, 2-3 unc. longus, ob squamas supcriores amplas obpyriformis, basi volva brevi rhizo- 

 matis 3-4-lobi cinctus. Squamxe sicco atro-rubrae v. piceoe, nervis subparallelis, inferiores laxe im- 

 bricatae, j-y unc. longae, oblonga;, obtusae ; superiores sensim majores ; supremac maximac, 1^ unc. 

 longae, valde concava;, subcymbiformes, vix coriaceae, imbricate. Cajntulum 6 poUicare. Flores 

 erecto-patentes, pedicellis receptaculo non immersis ? cum pedicello sub ^ unc. longi. Perianthii 

 lobi antici et postici oblongi, obtusi, laterales lineari-oblongi. Capiiulum anthcriferum oblate sphae- 

 ricum, apice depressum, loculis polliniferis sub 20-30, parallelis, supra verticem capituli continuis. 

 Pollen triiobum, minutissimum. Capiiulum $ valde immaiurum globosum, bracteolae clavatse ; 

 floribus stipitibus bracteolarum sitis. 



The exogenous root on which this species grows appears soft, and swells out into de- 

 formed, spongy, lobed branches when attacked by the parasite. In all my three specimens 

 the rhizome is simple and small, but probably only small specimens were gathered; 

 their surface is covered with a layer of lax, transparent, empty, prominent cells, giving the 

 whole a minutely papillose appearance. Prominent pustules or lenticels also occur in the 

 rhizome, formed of 4-6 rounded radiating lobes. There is a considerable quantity of 

 balanophorine in the cells of the rhizome ; not enough, however, to give it a very waxy 

 texture. 



The most remarkable character of the species are the very large concave scales of the 

 peduncle, which greatly exceed the capitulum, and, imbricating, arch over and entirely 

 conceal the flowers. 



Balanophora globosa has also been found on liina Balou in Borneo by Mr. Low ; his 

 specimens, which are male, have the flowers almost an inch long and half an inch broad. 

 The lateral lobes of the perianth are much narrower than the others, and the anthers are 

 many-celled. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 

 Tab. LXXV. 



A. Dactylanthus Taylori, H. f. 



Fig. 1. cJ spike, nat. size. Figs. 2 and 3. Stamens. Fig. 4. Pollen: — all magnified. Fig. 5. 2 spike, 

 nat. size. Figs. 6, 7 and 8. 2 flowers, magnified. 



B. Balanophora Harlandi, H. f. 

 Fig. 1. cJ, and Fig. 2. 2 plant:— both nat. size. Figs. 3 and 4. cJ flower. Fig. 5. Pollen. Fig. 6. Young 

 2 flowers and bracts : — all magnified. 



C. Balanophora Lowii, H. f. 

 Fig. 1. Young 2 plant. Fig. 2. Full-grown d : — both of nat. size. Fig. 3. d flower. Fig. 4. Pollen. 

 Fig. 5. Very young 2 flower and bracts : — all magnified. 



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