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the larger vertical of which are elevated when the seed 
is dry, so as to give it a rugose or shrivelled appearance ; 
when moist in the berry, or previous to germination, 
these outer coverings are so distended as to be quite 
smooth. 
The embryo is extremely minute, nearly globular, sit- 
uated at the end opposite to the chalaza, enveloped in a 
somewhat fleshy and cartilaginous albumen, the radicle 
turned towards the foramen. With exceeding strong 
microscopic powers, I could not discover any signs of 
internal organization in this embryo; it rather resembled 
the sporule of ferns. "The sepals, petals and stamina 
are persistent, even after the ripe berry has fallen from 
the stem, showing the absence of all articulation. 
This species is gifted with a delightful fragrance, 
somewhat resembling that of the Tuberose, but more del- 
icate. It flowers in June, and seems to prefer damp, 
shady places. 
Figure 1. represents a deviation from the usual struc- 
ture of this species; the original plant is in my possess- 
ion, alive: the specimen dried so that ali the parts are 
exhibited, I have placed in the Society’s Herbarium. It 
has a fourth stigma which is not quite so large as the 
other three, eight stamens and anthers, with one half of 
the third petal antheriferous ; there is likewise an ad- 
ditional segment of the perianth, one half of which is 
green and sepaloid, the other half white and petaloid, the 
division distinctly marked; its situation is between the 
verticillus of sepals and petals, as that of the antherifer- 
ous petal is between the verticillus of petals and stamens. 
I could not discover any difference between the pollen 
of the antheriferous petal and the other. It will be seen 
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