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tiiisculo Isevi aperturam inembranse internae attingente. 

 Sfi/his trigoiiiis strictus, infra villosus, diiiiidio superiore 

 glabro, altitudine starainum, iisdem paulo prcECOcior, exser- 

 tus nempe diiiii ilia adhuc iDclusa. Stigmata tria brevis- 

 537] sima acuta denticuliformia. Pericardium exsucciiiii, inde- 

 hiscens, villosum, basi styli aristatum, perianthio scarioso et 

 filameiitis emarcidis cinctum, abortione mouospermum. 

 Semen turgidum obovatimi retusum, integumento (testa) 

 simplici membraiiaceo aqiieo-pallido, liinc (intus) fere a 

 basi acutiuscula, rajjJie fusca verticem retusum attingente 

 ibique in chalazam parvam concolorem ampliata. Albumen 

 semini conforme dense carnosum album. Embri/o monoco- 

 tyledoneus, aqueo-pallidus subglobosus, extremitate infe- 

 riore (radiculari) acuta, in ipsa basi seminis situs, serai- 

 immersus, nee albumine omnino inclusus. 



Tab. C. fig. 1. KiNGi^ AusTRALispedunculus capitulo 

 florido terminatus ; fig. 2, capitulum fructiferum ; 3, sectio 

 transversalis peduncidi ; 4, folium : hae magnitudine natu- 

 rali, sequentes omnes plus minus auctge sunt ; 5, flos ; 6, 

 stamen: 7, anthera antice et ; 8, eadem postice visa; 9, 

 pistillum ; 10, ovarii sectio transversalis; 11, ejusdem 

 portio longitudinaliter secta exhibens ovulum adscendens 

 cavitatem loculi replens ; 12, ovulum ita longitudinalitei- 

 sectum ut membrana interna solummodo ej usque insertio 

 in apice cavitatis testae visa sit; 13, ovuli sectio longitudi- 

 nalis profundius ducta exhibens membranam internam et 

 nucleuni ex ejusdem basi ortum ; 14, bracteae capituli fruc- 

 tiferi; 15, pericarpium perianthio tilamentisque persisten- 

 tibus cinctum ; IG, pericarpium perianthio avulso filamen- 

 tormn basibus relictis ; 17, semen. 



Obs. I. — It remains to be ascertained, whether in this 

 genus a resin is secreted by the bases of the lower leaves, 

 as in Xanthorrhoea ; and whether, which is probable, it 

 agrees also, in the internal structure of its stem with 

 that genus. In Xanthorrhoea the direction of fibres or 

 vessels of the caudex seems at first sight to resemble in 

 some degree the dicotyledonous arrangement, but in 



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