GIANTS. 



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In the accompanying 

 woodcut, the central 

 spadix rising out of 

 the bell - shaped cup 

 should be near six feet, 

 so that the figure is 

 reduced to one twenty- 

 fifth of the height of 

 the original, which has 

 been named Amorpko- 

 phallus Titanum. 



The monarch of 

 flowers, in respect to 

 size, is that first dis- • 

 covered by Sir Stam- 

 ford Raffles, and named 

 after him, Rafflesia. It 

 is a large fleshy para- 

 site, growing on the 

 roots of other plants, 

 without leaves, and 

 consisting entirely of a 

 single enormous flower, 

 "of a very thick sub- 

 stance, the petals and 

 nectary being but in a 

 few places less than a Fig^o- Giant Arum {AmorpJa- 

 quarter of an inch phtdlus Titanum) greatly reduced. 



