72 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
PuaTe 1392. 
RAJANIA HASTATA, Linn. 
DIOScOREACEA. 
ta, Linn. Spec. Pl. 1461, foliis hastatis v. triangulari-lanceo- 
latis, floribus masculis subsessilibus, samaris parvulis.—Plum. Descr. 
Fi 
l. Amer., i. 98 
West Indies, San Domingo, Plumier ; ites 
Weight n. 1712, and apparently the same, Bahamas, L. Bra 
Glabra, dioica. Caulis tenuis, alte volubilis. Folia variant, nune 
e 5-7 a. Racemi ue sexus axillares, tenues, 
pollicares, ag 3 Vv c osi, solitarii v. 2-3-fasciculati ; 
mascu. a basi floribundi, floribus subconfertis brevissime pedi- 
latis v aeeaiibear feeminei longiores floribus distinctius pedi- 
cellatis 8 : Perianthiwm late campanulatum, expansum 14 li 
iametro, ad medium 6-fidum. Stamina 6, su equalia, tubo infra 
lobos affixa lisque multo breviora. Pistilli rndimentum tr 
floris pulvina : Perianthium supra ovarium masculo 
minus, 6-partitus, can age enagesis 0 v. minuta. Stylus 
breviter columnaris, apice stigmata 3 2-fida patentia divisus. 
Samara cum ala oblique te, 5-7 lin. longa, 2-3 lin. lata, uno latere 
prope basin carpelloram abortivorum radimentis quasi articulata. 
Semen vag ts planum, latum ; eneere parvus inter albuminis 
laminas arcte inclusus, a ie parum remotu 
Three species of Rajania have been well re. by Plumier as to 
the general outline, a the details of structure have never been since 
represen The e flowers are precisely those of the typical forms 
of Dioscorea, and from male specimens alone two or three Brazilian 
true Dioscoreas have been published as Rajanias. This Snipe = 
to be ae limited to the West Indian Islands.—G. Brn 
. Male flower. 2. The Tayi Gare opened out. 3. Stamens. 4. Female flower. 
Fig 
5. Sele. 6. Fruit (samara). Se . The same, longitudinal Soca, “ibe 
one lamina of the albumen and the em ye 
