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ovary after fertilisation has taken place ; and those species of Dissochceia 

 at least with which Cogniaux places D. qidntupUnervis have the long 

 flexuose setre which characterise most species of this genus, whilst they 

 are very short in D. qidntnj^linervis. In fact, this species would 

 represent a very peculiar type of DissocJiceta if left in that genus— so 

 peculiar, indeed, that its deviation from the remainder of the genus 

 would be quite equivalent to the differentiation on which the genera of 

 Diasochcetece altogether rest. This alone would suffice to raise Disso- 

 chcEta qtdntupliformis to the type of a new genus, and it appears so 

 much the more justified, as there are now already three more species 

 known which follow the same type. As to the affinity of the genus 

 Malanthos (paXt] = axilla, dvdos ~ flower), I believe it lies more with 

 Medinilla than with Dissochceta.^0. Staff. 



I'ig, 1. Flower. 2. Cu^yx-tube and ovary, vertical section. 3. Larger, ?ind 

 4. Smaller anthers. All enlarged. 



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