388 ACCOUMT OF THL MALE PLANT, &C. 



Masculi Flores. 



Racemi axilbrcy, 5(jlitaril, compositi, pilosi, folio breviores. Pe- 



dunculi pdT{'ia\ci altenii, floribus sessilibus. 

 Bracte^ lanceolat.-v;, ciliatae, deciduae. 

 Calvx Peria7ithii(in he\^\)hy\\vm ; tbliolis sequalibus, tribus exteri- 



oribus, tribus interioribus ; obloiiais, obtusis, glabris. 

 Corolla bexapetala, tiiinuta, Petala cuneato-oblonga, concava, 



carnosa, obtusa, stamina ambientia. 

 Stamina, Filamenta sex, corolla paulo louglora. Anthera qua- 



drilobff!, quadriloculares. 

 PisTiLLUM nullum. 



EXPLAJSATION OF THE FIGURES. 



Fig. \. The extremity of the shoot that flowered in 

 1807, rather smaller than the natural size. 



'2. The whole root, about one-third of the natural 

 size only. 



3. One of the bracteae. 



4. The underside of one of the flowers. 



5. The upperside of the same. These three arc 

 magnified. 



tj. One of the petals more magnified than the last 

 three. 



/. The underside of one of the stamina, in the en- 

 larged apex of which the four poUinifcrous pits arc 

 seen. 



