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walls of the cup a sweet fluid exudes, and this may possibly re- 
present a hidden store for such armed insects as possess the 
sagacity to tap it. In old flowers the cup is frequently to be 
seen scarred. 
m. 
0. 1346, female flower. The calyx is as in the male flower. 
The petals are narrower, here they are mere strips. There are 
five rudimentary stamens, whose filaments form a tube surrounding 
the gynophore ; their free anther-less portions surrounding the 
ovary-like tentacles. The staminodia of the male flower are here 
stigma is beset with short glandular hairs. The perianth persists 
around the stalk of the fruit, which is a leathery, three-valved 
capsule, about the size of a small hen’s egg. Each of the many 
TRYPHOSTEMMA APETALUM Bak. fil. var. seRRATUM Bak. fil. 
Fruits, No. 1347. The three valves of the capsule probably fly 
is fragile and easily snaps, and may possibly break before dis- 
ruption of the capsule occurs. 
Note.—The numbers refer to the specimens sent herewith to 
the National Herbarium 
(The determinations in this portion of the paper have been 
made by Mr. EK. G. Baker, who has added some footnotes to which 
his initials are attached.] 
Salisbury, Rhodesia, Noy. 29th, 1908. 
(To be continued.) 
