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The plant from which the present figure was drawn, was discovered in the island of Grenada, by 
Charles 8. Parker, Esq. to whom we have great pleasure in inscribing it, as a testimony of the grateful sense 
“ we entertain of the obligations conferred upon us, by the valuable additions he has enabled us to make to 
the knowledge of Scitaminean Plants. 
REFERENCES. 
eC 1. General bracte, enclosing a fascicle of flowers. 
2. Partial bracte, inclosing two flowers. 
3. Inner opposite quadriform bracte, peculiar to this genus. 
4. Partial bracte opened, showing the opposite interior quadriform bracte, the calyx, 
and two flowers, one of which is frequently barren. 
A single flower separated. 
Do 
The flower magnified, showing the exterior and interior limb of the corolla. 
The filament, anther, style and stigma separated, and more highly magnified. 
Saas 
. The seed vessel magnified. 
