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distinguishing point, except the colour of the flowers; indeed Herbert, in the 

 Botanical Register of 1845, described the Santa Maura plant as a variety of C. Cart- 

 wrightianus. (sativus, var. Cartwrightianus.J 



REFERENCES TO PLATE XXX. 



Fig. 1. Flowering-state of var. Smtndersianus, October 1st, actual size. 



Fig. 2. Interior of segment, actual size. 



Fig. 3. Flower of var. chrysobelonicm from Santa Maura, actual size 



Fig. 4. Vernal state, June 16th, with matured leaves, actual size 



Fig. 5. Diagrammatic dissection of scape, ovary, and spathes, actual size. 



Iig. 6. Stamens and Pistil, magnified two-fold. 



Fig. 7. Pollen Grain, magnified one hundred and fifty-fold. 



Fig. 8. Stigmata, magnified six-fold. 



Fig. !). Base of corni, actual size. 



Fig. 10. Conn tunics, magnified two-fold: a, main tunic: i, basal tunic. 



Fig. 11. Margin of leaf and lateral channel, magnified fifty-fold. 



Fig. 12. Section of leaf, magnified six-fold: c, February: d June 



