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XXVIII. CYCLANTHE^. 



Carlutlorica lanixrfolia. 

 Inflorescence. 



C. lati/olia. 

 Spadix b:aring fruits and stamens. 



Carludnriei. 



Seed cut vertically 



(mag.). 



Carlndoricx. Portion of inflorescence, 



showing the four stain modes and 



the bundles of stamen*. 



C. palmata. 



Group of young fruits crowned 

 by the scales. 



C. palmata. 

 Oroup of fruits 

 seen from above. 



alternate-distichous, coriaceous, entire or 2-3-5-partite ; nerves parallel or oblique, 

 flabellate. SPATHES 4- to 3-phyllous, imbricate. SPADIX monoscious, cylindric. 

 FLOWERS densely covering the spadix; the $ grouped in 4 bundles accompanying 

 the (Carludovica), or ? and $ in alternating spirals (Cyclanthus). FLOWERS : 

 PERIANTH multifid ; lobes very short, irregularly 2-seriate, imbricate in aestivation 

 (Carludovica) , or (Cyclanthus). STAMENS in 4 bundles opposite to the lobes of the 

 perianth ; filaments short, slightly dilated (Carludovica), or fragile (Cyclanthus) ; anthers 

 oblong or linear, 2-celled, dehiscence longitudinal. FLOWERS $: PERIANTH 

 (Cyclanthus), or of 4 fleshy valvate herbaceous or coloured scales, each with a long 

 caducous filament (staminode) at the base, the remains of which are inconspicuous 

 (Carludovica). OVARY 2-4-lobed at the top, 1 -celled, oo-ovuled, with 4 parietal 

 placentas ; stigmas small, sessile, with 2 antero-posterior lobes (Cyclanthus), or linear 

 and answering to the placentas (Carludovica) ; ovules anatropous, sessile (Carludovica), 



