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arcuatim recurvi. Spicse longse, saepitis 2 — 3 aggregatse 

 quandoque solitarise, nunc ramefie absque cicatrice folii 

 delapsi, nunc axillares, indivisse sed e glomerulis alternis 

 3 — 4 floris formatse ; rachi tereti pedicellisque flosculorum, 

 perianthio brevioribus, extus pubescentibus. Plores parvi. 

 Perianthium exterius abbreviatum, 5-lobura lobis rotun- 

 datis; interius aestivatione valvata altfe 5-fidum; laciniis 

 planis, lanceato-linearibus, acutis, intiis glabris, supra 

 medium recur vis. Stamina 5: filamenta laciniis perianthii [M3 

 interioris alternantia, ejusdem tubo inserta, filiformia, 

 lacinias limbi sequantia v. superantia. Antheree versatiles, 

 ovales ; loculis parallelis, approximatis, longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentibus. Rudimentum pistilli parvum, pubescens. 

 Pern, perianthii, ut in Masc. interioris, laciniis apice re- 

 curvis. Ovarium ovatum, pubescens, uniloculare, bio- 

 vulatutn ; ovulis collateralibus, ab apice cavitatis pendulis. 

 Pericarpium drupaceum, oblongum, ipsa basi perianthio 

 interne indurato vix aucto subtensum ; putamiue crasso- 

 pergameneo, rugoso (pulpa succulenta eduli, D. Horsfield). 

 Semen .... 



My remarks on the affinities of Sarcostigma are 

 annexed to the account of the following genus, lodes. 



Tab. XLVII. Mg. 1. Flovi'ering branch of a female 

 plant of Sarcostigma Horsfleldii. Fig. 2. Part of a male 

 spike ; both of natural size. Fig. 8. A male flower, mode- 

 rately magnified. Fig. 4. A male flower with quaternary 

 division; probably a rare occurrence. Fig. 5. A stamen, 

 to show the mode of dehiscence and insertion of filament. 

 Fig. 6. The outer floral envelope or calyx. Fig. 7. A 

 female flower, magnified in the same degree as the male ; 

 to show the expansion, recurvation, and external pubes- 

 cence of the segments of the inner perianthium or corolla. 

 Fig. 8. An ovarium, slightly magnified and cut open to show 

 the two pendulous ovula. Fig. &. A drupe, nearly ripe, 

 natural size. 



