Bridgesiane. N. O. Dioscoree. 
TAB. DCLXXVIII. 
Dioscorga PUSILLA, Hook. 
Nana herbacea, tubere subrotundo undique fibroso, ramis zi 
tentidus diffusis, foliis petiolatis cordatis retusis a ad 
7-9-nerviis, pedunculis axillaribus, masc. 3-5-floris, ie 
subunifloris vix folium superantibus, flore foemineo basi | 
bracteato. Z 686. 
AB. About Valparaiso, Bridges, n. 166. Cuming, n. : | 
(or 886 ?) lee 
Radix: tuber subrotundum, copiose fibrosum. Caulis mr 
subpalmaris, filiformis, ramosus 3 Tamis diffusis, vix yee : : 
tibus, flexuosis. Folia alterna, petiolata, subr otundo-cor . 4 
Pedunculi axillares, solitarii; masc. 2-5-flori, pedicellis elon x 
gatis gracillimis, 
apice sub ovario 
Anthere subrotunde, Ovarii rudimentum nullum ee . 
perianthium: supra ovarium abortivum crassiusculum, ie : 
draceum : Styli 3 patentes subulati—Fem. Perianthii peer 
ovario adnatus, triangularis, elongatus, ni interns ae | BE 
limbus 6-partitus ut in masc. Staminum rudimenta ad ae 
limbi calycini. Styli 3 lato-subulati, patentes, basi in colum- 
nam uniti, ‘i this 
The smallest of all the hitherto discovered species of = 
extensive genus, and only known to me from the specimens 
Fig. 1. Female Plant ; nat. size. f 2. Flower. hes ie 
verse section of Ovary. f. 4. Vertical ditto. f. 5. P OFnOn . 
male plant. £6. Male flower.—All but f. 1 & 5, magnified. 
