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THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. 



[Vol. XXV. No. 28"*. 



long. !• lower 3'cllo\v, 1-1 .Um. across. Sepals 5, reflexed, 

 oblong, obtuse, concave, ])Ilosc dorsally, with 3 main nerves, 

 about Gmni. long, deciduous. Petals 5, patent, oblong, obtuse 

 at the apex, shortly attenuated and shortly unguiculate at the 

 base, several-nerved, 7-8Jmm. long ; scale of the gland ovato- 



FlG. I. 



oval, subbifid or rounded at the apex. Stamens numerous, 

 shorter than the sepals, about 4-5mm. long; filaments filiform; 

 anther broad-linear, shorter than the filament, about 2mm. long. 

 Ovary-cluster globose, about 5— 6mm. across ; ovaries many, 

 compressed, glabrous, ovate, attenuated into a subulate style 

 above ; style shorter than the ovary, recurved at the top. 

 Achene- cluster globose, large, about 1-lJcm. across, viridescent ; 

 achene sessile, very compressed, obovate or oval, glabrous, 

 smooth, subalately carinate on both margins, 6— 7mm. long 

 including the style ; stylar beak subulate, attenuately acuminate, 

 shorter than the achene ; receptacle small, conical, very thinly 

 pilosulate, about 4mm. long. 



