12 ICONES PLANTARUM. 



spiculas breves strictas secus ramulos aphyllos alternas laxo dispositi, 

 rhachi gracillinia, x^i P^^^' I'^^gi'j flavescentes. BracleiB et hracteolce 

 ininuta3, ovatse, obtusge, scariosae, persistentes. Perianthii scariosi seg- 

 menta oblonga y. rotundata, obfcusa, concava. Stamina 6, inclusa, 

 filamentis subulatis ima basi connafcis ; anther® miuutce, apiculate. 



Ovarium ovoideum elHpsoideum v. oblongum, stigmfttibus 3 revolutis ; 



ovula Dumerosa, funiculis elongatis. Utriculits oblongus, stigmatibus 



coronatus, exsertus, scarioso-coriaceus, denium longitudinaliter ruptus, 



1- oo-spermus. Semina oblique lenticularia, testa atra nitida Isevi; 



embryo semi-annularis, albumen farinaceum cingens, radicula infera. 

 J. D, H. 



Fig. 1, 2. Flowers. 3. Utricle laid open. 4. Stamens, 6. Perianth aud utricle, 

 6. Seed. 7. Embrj'o. All enlarged. 



Plate 1415. 



EPHIPPIANDRA MYRTOIDEA, Lctie 



T 



Mo^'IMIACE^. 



E.myrtoidea, Bme. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. iv. vol. Ix. 



{opecies umca.) 



4 



Hab Central Madagascar, in forests of tbe province 

 Gowdof, Dr. Parser, Baron 1263, 1355. 



ignosis 



ram 



bus obscure pilosis. Folia opposita, breviter 

 integerrima, rigidula, glabra, veiiis primariis 



masc 



paryis 



periantliior 





/< 



snpposed, but mraoicous -J. fi B ?'»"'■ "™' d^oi^i^s as Decaisne 



Fig. 1, 2. Male Sowtn in bnj ■! if .1 



5. A vertical «e«ion of He seei 6 An iSb """"'■ *" '^ f™''""' 



