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leisure to compile, in the manner just described, those 

 twelve large volumes which Linnjeus himself pro- 

 nounces accurate* 

 i» Ta'raca : 

 Vulg. Tarac. 

 Linn. Amomutn, 



Cal. "Perianth spathe-like, but sitting on the germ; 

 tubular, one-leaved, broken at the mouth into few 

 irregular sharp toothlets ; downy, straited -, in part 

 coloured, in part semi-pellucid. 

 Cor. One-petaled, villous. Tube short, funnel- 

 form. Border double. Exterior three parted j 

 coloured like the calyx y divisions oblong, striated* 

 internally concave, rounded into slipper-like bags -, 

 the two lower divisions equal, rather deflected ; 

 the higher somewhat longer, opposite* bent in a 

 contrary direction, terminated with a long point, 

 Interior, two-lipped (unless the upper -Yip be called 

 the filament) ; under-Y\p revolute, with a tooth on 

 each side near the base ; two-parted from the mid- 

 dle 3 divisions axe-form, irregularly end-nicked. 

 Nectaries, two or three honey-bearing, light brown, 

 glossy bodies at the base of the under lip, just 

 below the teeth ; erect, awled, converging into a 

 small cone. 

 Stam. Filament (unless it be called the tipper lip, 

 ef the interior border} channelled within, sheathing 

 the style ; dilated above into the large fleshy an- 

 ther, if it can justly be so named. Anther oblong 

 externally convex and entire, internally flat, di- 

 vided by a deep furrow; each division marked 



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