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is made very clear by the sections. In the lower portion of each 

 locule the wall is invaginated so as to be brought almost in con- 

 tact with the connective, to which it has evidently been joined by 

 a very short locellus-wall, the vestiges of which may still be seen 

 extending from the connective and from the invaginated margin 

 of the wall (figure 2, c). A little above this plane the furrow is 

 not so deep and sharp but more rounded and the vestiges of the 

 locellus-wall have almost completely disappeared. The wall then 

 breaks along the line of invagination and throughout the remainder 



Figure 3. Anther-structure of Strumpfia 



of the length the margins gape more widely until the thickened, 



sterile tip is reached. 



The third 



ipfii 



J 



* 



This genus is represented by a single species on the 



Antilles 



The androecium has been described as follows : *' Anthers sub- 

 sessile, wholly connate, nearly free from the corolla-base, forming 

 an ovate-oblong column, membranaceous at the top, a little ex- 

 ceeded in length by the corolla segments" (Grisebach). DeCan- 

 dolle says: "Antheris in tubum ovoideo-oblongum subpenta- 



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*Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. 2: 117. — DC. Prod. 4: 469. — Griseb. Fl. Brit. 

 W. Ind. 335. — Jacq. Stirp. Am. 218. — Lam. Illustr.//. 731, — Schnizlein, Iconog. 

 pL 127b.— Schumann; E. Sc P. Nat. Pfl. 4* : 104. 



