ON THE im 



FEMALE FLOWER AND FRUIT 



OP 



RAFFLESIA ARNOLDI, &c. 



Read June 17th, 1834. 



The principal object of the present communication is tg 

 complete, as far as my materials enable me, the history of 

 Maffiesia Arnoldi, the male flower of which is described and 

 figured in the thirteenth volume of tlie Society's Transac- 

 tions. 



The specimens from which this additional information 

 has been obtained, as well as those formerly described, were 

 received from the late Sir Stamford Raffles; and for the draw- 

 ings so beautifully representing their structure, I am indebted 

 to the same distinguished botanical painter and naturalist, 

 who obligingly supplied those already published. 



In my former essay some observations were made on the 

 affinities of Rajlesia, a subject on which I could not then 

 speak with much confidence. From such knowledge as I 

 possessed, however, I ventured to state that this genus ap- 

 peared to be most nearly allied to Asarince, and especially 

 to Cytinus, on the one hand, and on the other to Aphyteia 

 or Hydnora, an equally remarkable parasite of South Africa, 

 but the structure of which was at that time very imper- 

 fectly understood. 



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