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Ayres collected by Burmeister, which is not alluded to by Mr. Miers. 
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De Bary’s observations are very remarkable, and differ in several points 
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from those of Bro th a view, therefore, to the settlement of 
the matter, the Ke imen was submitte partial dissection 
the hands of Profs. Oliver and Dyer, with the result of con- 
, the perianth-segments being 
prolonged inwards so as to form a sort of fold at the base where they 
commence ; in the African Hydnore they are simply valvate. De 
Bary describes the staminal column as solid, with the three anthers on 
its surface ; at the base of this are three large canals leading to the tube 
of the perianth (= cavity of the ovary, Miers), and immediately beneath 
are three pairs of ‘‘ staminodes” (= ovuliferous placentw, Miers), 
The author had nothing to add to this; the tissue of the ‘‘ staminodes”’ 
could not be determined. Beneath them, in the lower portion of the 
ube in the Kew specimen, is a hollow cone attached all round to the 
such structure is to be seen in De Bary’s figures, and the author was 
the lining membrane detached. The stigmatic surface is described by 
De Bary as forming the floor of the tube, and the placenta-plates as 
passing directly from it straight downwards. The examination of the 
Kew plant revealed a tissue of some thickness, composed of spherical 
cells, above the commencement of the plates; the surface had no 
markings, and the tissues were indistinguishable. Microscopical 
in 
, Showed the e@ sinuous ad of straight, on 
section, and the ovules are buried within the pl 
cental tissues as deseri by that author. In conclusion Dr 
00 ade some remarks on the anomalous position of the 
Mr. Miere gave an account of finding the specimen by him; he 
could not dig whole flower, which was bu 80: 
He gave the specimen to Brown, probably after the publication of his 
paper on Hydnora, or the la would not have c m na 
Dr. Trimen stated that in spite of their anomalous position he con- 
sidered the ovular nature of the immersed bodies ea The 
