80 SOHAMIXF..T,. [Cl. 4. 



at the base: Limb double; outer, c, c, c, in 3 deep 

 segments, sometimes ringent; inner of two equal seg- 

 ments, (1, d, occasionally abortive, as in Amomum and 

 sJlphria, and a third larger, different in shape and 

 colour, constituting an ornamental Lip, e, often lobed. 

 Stamen 1, inserted into the tube of the Corolla op- 

 posite to the lip, its Filament, f, more or less dilated 

 and petal-like, often lobed and elongated beyond the 

 Anther, g, which consists of i2 lateral, parallel, di- 

 stant, oblong lobes, clasping the Style, h. Mr. Brown 

 has found 2 glandular bodies, rarely deficient, at the 

 base of the Style, which he considers as rudiments of 

 Stamens, making up, \\ith the perfect one, the num- 

 ber 3, and confirming his theory (93). Germen, i, of 

 3, more or less complete, ceils; Style, h, thread- 

 shaped ; Stigma, k, dilated, hollow, fringed. Cap- 

 sule of 3 cells arid 3 valves, in some instances pulpy, 

 with many roundish, sometimes tunicated, Seeds. Al- 

 bumen farinaceous. Embryo in the centre of the Al- 

 bumen, somewhat turbinate, sheathing the simple 

 Plumula (62 : 1) which arises from its base. 



Gsertner and Brown consider the tubular part of 

 the Embryo, in these plants, as a peculiar organ, 

 termed Vitdlus (G2 : 3), whose office is conceived bv 



the former to be the nourishment of the Embrvo. 



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though the Albumen is acknowledged to serve no other 

 purpose. The part in question seems to me nearly 

 analogous in form to the undisputed peltate Embryo 

 of J ///..?#, GtPrtn. t. n, in whose centre the point of 



