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Fig. 118. — Vitis palmata. — See page 340. 



Flowering Branch, natural size. 2. Flower Bud. 3. Male Flower, deprived o£ petals. 4- Female Flower, deprived of pet il?. 



5. Cluster oi; Fruit, natural si/e. 6. Seed. 7. Side view of seeil. 



to be compelled to add, in the power and disagreeableness of 

 its fetid odor. The discovery of this Aroid, in Sumatra, was 

 made by Dr. O. Beccari, a well-known botanist and traveler, 

 whose explorations in New Guinea, Borneo and Sumatra have 



done so much to enrich botanical ami liorticultural coUt-ctions. 

 To him we are indebted for a knowledge of the wonderful 

 Myrmecophilous plants, two of which, Hydnophytum and 

 Mvrmecodia, are in cultivation at Kew. He also sent home 



