448 Dr. Wallicii on a new Genus of Plants. 



The membrane lining the excavation at the top separates spon- 

 taneously (the styles remaining attached to it), as well as the 

 tube of the torus ; so does also the calyx, remaining attached to 

 the apex of the scape. The character of the genus must there- 

 fore be modified in the following manner : 



Tubus tori, annulus stylorum (cum membranâ foveam ovarii 

 tegente) et calyx maturitate seorsim decidui. Bacca ma- 

 tura delabens in carpella numéro loculorum correspon- 

 dentia, indehiscentia ? lateribus oblique rugoso-sulcatis, 

 carne mollissimo, ferè exsucco, farinaceo-grumoso, ex albo 

 rubicundo. 



HaNGOON, August .'31, 18'26. 



EXPLANATION OF TAB. XVIII. 



Fig. 1. A flower; — natural size. 



Fig. 2. Longitudinal view of a flower; — magnified. 



a. Apex of the scape. 



b. The thalamus, c.c.c. Sepals, d. Corollaceous to- 



rus, e. Limb of the same. f. Fertile stamens. 

 g. Sterile stamens, h. Section of the ovarium. 

 i. Ovula. J. Radii or ducts connecting the stig- 

 mata with the cells of the ovarium, k. Styles. 



Fig. 3. Ovarium with the corollaceous torus removed, and sur- 

 mounted by the stigmata ; — magnified. 



Fig. 4. Corollaceous torus separate. 



Fig. 5. Fertile stamen. 



Fig. 6. Sterile ditto. 



Fig. 7- Ovarium divided horizontally, to show the cells; — en- 

 laroed. 



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XX. Ob- 



