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eleven processes differing froin eaoh other slightly iu size 

 and form, the suminits of which are eiitire and hispid, the 

 hairs miich reserabling pistillary projectioiis. One of the pro- 

 cesses is In the centre , the other t^n arranged around it at 

 about au equal distanre hetween it and the raised edge." — - 

 „The anthers , which are of the sarae form , with pores and 

 cells, lihe those of the other spccies described , are ten in 

 number, and are also siispended from the nnderside of the 

 Upper edge of tlie coluinn, in open cavities formed in the 

 lower part or base of it; both edges of the open part of 

 these cavities are covered with hairs resembliug those on the 

 lips of the processes on the disc, and that part of the tube 

 of the perianlh opposito to these openings is studded with 

 thick, capillarj hairs, earh terminated by what is apparentlj 

 a glandulär knob. " 



Si cum his coraparamus quae de R. Rochussenii mare 

 1. c. in Diario [iidico Horli Bnitenzorgensis Hortulani com- 

 mnnicaveraiit, dubitari fere posset, an haec ab R. Cumiiigii 

 spccifice sit distincta. Flus expanßus slatuitur 14 '/2 centim. 

 in diametro, ilacpie circiter sexpoilicaris; perianthii laciniae 

 6 '/2 centim. longae , 8—9 latae; fancis dianicter ö'/o cen- 

 tim. Coiumnae centralis pars iiiter basis annulnm et verti- 

 eis discum 2 centim. Discns 7 centim, in diam., suprapro- 

 cessubus styUformibus fere orhalus, unico tantiim, lineam 

 longo, in lenfro oljvio. are.i (plaga) stellato - rubra in mcdio 

 disco snbalbido eleganter picta , radiis 5 singulis 2Y3 cent. 

 longis; margo disci elevatns, saturatins coloratus. Perian- 

 thium intus verrucis capilei/alisy 1 — 6 liii. longis, 1 lin. 

 crassis, cylindraceis, infernc longioribiis oblectum. Floris 

 color satnrale ruber, verrnculis in siiperficie scgmentorum 

 perianthii obviis adhuc saturatioribus, quam eae in R. Patina 

 öbservatae, multum miuoribus. Ex icoue ab auctoribus pro- 



