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The augmentation of both perianth and sexual organs calls 
to mind the ,classicall” terminal flower of Digitalis purpurea 
(Penzie III, p. 118). 
AMARYLLIDACEAE. 
Haemanthus multiflorus Martisn. 
Legit J. J. Smira in suo horto, Oct. 1919. 
Premature inflorescence. Normally the inflorescence springs 
from a disappearing leafwhorl, viz. from gne of its withered 
leaves. In the present case it springs from a leafwhorl in its 
first stage of development together with the normal one. So 
there are by way of exception two inflorescences on the same bulb. 
LILIACEAE. 
Asparagus officinalis Ih. 
Legit Dr. A. Ranr ,at the door” Sept. 1920, Buitenzorg. 
Fasciation of the stem. Width ad the base 6 c.m., somewhat 
less at the top. Length 3 d.m. Splits up into innumerable branches. 
PALMAE. 
Cocos nucifera L. 
Legit R. Navaprporra, Tjiandjoer. 
Apocarpy of the nut. Fig. 23. 
Il. One of the cells has come to development, the two others 
being rudimentary. 
II. Two of the cells are present, the third whether quite 
absorbed or.... lost. 
Narapiporra, a native draughtsman, to whose artistic abilities 
we owe numerous drawings, found native children playing with 
»apocarpous” coco’s and was just in time to save a few of these 
for a longer future. 
id. id. 
Dedit Miss, A. pz Vaiss, Buitenzorg, 1921. 
a. Several big nuts without seed and filled with fibres. Length 
about 2 d.M., diameter 1.4 d.m. 
