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case, the plant cannot be represented under its right name in hap s 
herbarium, as the description of Parapodiwm costatum does not at “all 
agree with Xysmalobiwm orbiculare. But the peculiar and very dis- 
tinct structural characters of Parapodiwm seem not to have been 
understood by Schlechter, since — Jahrb. xx., Beibl. 51, p. 41) 
he has redescribed Parapodiwm costatum, E. Mey., as the type of a 
sai genus, under the name of Diboawia lurida. 
e position of Parapodium, in my opinion, should be immediatel 
the Aysmalobium, some species of which the fold of Parapodium 
now known much resemble in habit.—N. E. Bro 
z.1, part of corolla and corona, seen from within; 2. androecium and corona, 
seen eek without ; 3, a pair of pollen-masses, Ad/ enlarged, 
