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exserted beyond the calyx, about one-half as long as the petals. 

 Anthers relatively large, oblong-ovate, 2-lobed. 



This description indicates the appearance which the remains 

 present in this particular specimen, and it may or may not cor- 

 rectly describe the flower as it was originally. Where the parts 

 are crushed together the order of superposition cannot be deter- 

 mined, so that the definition of the parts and their relative posi- 

 tions as indicated in the figures may represent merely present 

 appearances and not the original conditions. 



Apparently it was a 4-merous flower with 8 stamens, and there 

 is an indication of what may be a portion of a style, or perhaps 

 a broken filament, extruding from between two of the anthers. 



Fig, 



2. Pheiianthera petalifera, enlarged about 7% di 



iameters. 



The peculiar spatulate appendages which are questionably re- 

 garded as attached to the divisions of the calyx-tube, may per- 

 haps represent the tips of these divisions and not separate organs, 

 or they may be expanded filaments. There is one almost perfect 

 petal, shown on the right hand side of the figures, while on the 



