56 ICONES PLAXTARUM. 



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ovnla in loculis solitariaj septo infra medium affixa, ampliitropa. 

 Fructus dldymus, lobis globoais carnosnlis, altero saepe minore v. im- 

 perfccto. Semina . . * . — J, D. Hooker, 



F 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Stamen, 4. Vertical section of ovary. 



Plate 1272. 



ACTINOSTROBUS PYRAMIDALIS, Mm. 



pyramidali 



Callitrls 



inferloribus sa3pe acicnlaribas elongatis suporiorlbus vel omnibus parvis 

 basi appressis, antherarum squamis rotundatis, strobills globularibas. 

 Parlat. in DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 444 : Benth. PL Austr. vi. 239. 

 actinostrobiiSf F. MuelL Burd. Exped. 19. 



Hab. Western Australia, Swan River, Preiss and oiliers ; K. Greoro-e's 

 Sound, Baxter ; Murcliison River, Oldfield, 



Folia acicularia ad ^ unc. long., erecta vel patentia. Amenta mas- 

 cula linearia, obtusa, ad 2^1in. long, ; antherarum cellulee 2-4. Strobili 

 vix I unc, long., interdum subsessiles. 



In the single cone submitted to examination some of the carpels 

 (ovules) came away with the scales ard were invariably sterile, while 

 the innermost ones, which remained on the axis, were all lar^-er tri- 

 quetrous and fertile. Is this a constant peculiarity ? S. Mooke. 



Fig. 1. Portion of branch with male inflorescence. 2 Two-celled anther. 3 4. 

 Front and side view of seed with subtending scale. 6. Young female cone. 6. Outer 

 ovuliforous scale of same (front view). 7. Inner ovuliferous scale. 



Plate 1273. 



ARISTOLOCHIA SOMALIENSIS, Oliv 



r 



Akistolochuce^. 



A 



somaliensis, Oliver, sp. noi\ Suffrutescens, repens v. scandens ; 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis coriaceis apice acutis v. obtusiusculis mucro- 

 natis leviter recurvis subtus valido longitudinaliter nervosis basi utrin- 

 que auriculato-uncinatis margine scabriusculis subsessilibus, floribus 

 axillaribus pedunculatis solitariis, bracteis ovatis ovario 3-4- dIo louiri- 



