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external surface of the mass are five shallow hollows, which ¢ 
sti tute the i pont walls of the loculi. To thes greet the antherial 
walls of the debaks the dissepiment , sigh according to 
the height at which mame — is made showing more or less 
a ee ner walls, ie owever, _ = 
One sees the green comes tissue run t for a considerable 
distance upon the inner walls of the par dcaine a papillary 
lin The outer surface of the valve, epid for the mo 
part, pertains to the stamen. ear osite the angle of the 
stigmatic valves the green cells are seen to form a single columnar 
layer, whose free ends form the papille lining the stigmatic cavity, 
which at this level presents a more oval s 
column, which in its turn is bounded externally by a deeper- 
coloured layer of columnar cells, which, opposite the stigmatic 
cavities, come closely up to the layer lining the stigmatic cavity, 
ut it 
stylar paltry over which the five meet, lying in contact with it. 
The euculli bear on either side a small lateral process, which forms, 
with that of adjoining cucullus, an avenue of approach to the 
stigmatic slit. The stigmatic valves gape below. Pollinia ovate, 
the i i strai 
masses still in their isl sept loculi. As soon as the polli 
are drawn out, the spring, ing into play, clamps the pair 
pollinia firmly upon the Cems s leg; the tuberculated surface o: 
the clasping area of the ee on aiding the grip. 
Asclepias sulphurea Schlechter (1046). ah ab habit. Flowers 
ellow, simple, globose, 
green, agreeably scented. Cuculli -y : 
hollow. *Pollinia slightly flattened and approaching fly-wing type. 
Retinacula slender, kneed close to um. Stigmatic beat 
thin-edged, gaping poor ie the edges are everted. Nom 
salience viewed in 
Xysmalobium Rrowkiani S. Moore Seca (see p. sie! ro 
erect. Corolla-lobes green, lanceolate, with everted edges. Cuculli 
tae 
