Curcas Adiis. 2G3 



loviter bisulcata, sulcis ad basin decurrcntibus ibiquc divcr- 

 <^entibus et cvanl<li^, poris niinutls irrcgularibus longitudina- 

 litcr subseriatis cxsculpta, 0,9 poll. lunga, 0,45 — 0.40 pull. 

 crassa, albuminosa; testa subbgnoso-crustacca, extus brun- 

 nea, spongioso-mcnibranacea e ccHulis complanato-cylindricis, 

 apice pa[)uluso-prominulis, arctissime sibi adpressis (cf. Sclild. 

 1. c. p. 2()0 fig. 72, a.) liyalinis, contcntu(?) minute granu- 

 loso, rubiginoso foctis, poros supra dictos, intus ccllulis glo- 

 bosis, hyalinis vestitos regularitcr radiatim cingcntibus, cae- 

 terum irrcgularitcr dispositis ; viedio e cellulis irrcgularitcr 

 polygonis, versus faciem testac intcrnam sensim dimiuutis, 

 intimis minimis, omnibus cytoblastum sat magnum (cf. Schld. 

 1. c. 259 fig. 67) aut potius massam gelatinosam, hyalinam, 

 grumosam eas ipsas saepc dimidias et ultra implcntcm con- 

 tlncntibus; intus c strato cellularum quam extcrius crassiore 

 cyllndricarum, subcurvatarum densissimarum, rufarum lignosa 

 et linea duplici intcnsius colorata, c ccHulis dcnsisslmis bre- 

 vibus cyllndricis confurmata, a cclluHs intcrnis mlnutis se- 

 juncta; nucleus ovato-oblongus compressiusculus , 0,6 poll. 

 longus, 0,45 poU. latus, 0,3 poll. crassus, membrana candida 

 tcnui facile solubili, ncrvis intus prominulis, longltudlnalibus, 

 dichotomis pcrcursa tectus, e impressionibus nervorum nunc 

 dcscriptorum ab apicc radiatim leviter sulcatus, albidus, gla- 

 Lcr lucidulus ; alhumen nuclciun fornians pcrlphcricum, em- 

 bryoncni cingcns corneum bipartibile totum albidum, e tela 

 ccllulosa granulis minutis, globosis, hyalinis, tincturac Jodli 

 upe aureis (an Amyloid?), nec hlacinis foeta; emhnjo lucidus, 

 candidus valdc complanatus centralis, 0,55 poll. longus; m- 

 (licula in scminis extremitate supcriore versus hilum spcctans 

 crassa, cylindrica brevis, apice conico, 0,12 poU. longa, 0,06 

 poU. crassa ; cottjledoncs valde applanatac, palmatim 5-ncrviae, 

 ncrvis crassiuscidis dichutomis, applicativae, ovato-subrotun- 

 dac, basi cordatac, 0,52 poll. longae, 0,4 poll. latac; piuniula 

 minutissima. — Pcr totum annum florcs fructusque gcrit. — 

 lb46. 



