By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 



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The Male Parent. The Hybrid. The Female Parent. 

 of the tube extending towards the which in the female rises from the two projections, the lower one 

 shaft, and nearly filling up the side of the tube, and in that is short and turned downwards, the 

 cavity. thick, and though double not di- upper inclining upwards, and 

 vided, in this is divided into two converging to the shaft : from 

 separate rims, the lower is rather the extremity of this last projec- 

 longer and turns downwards, the tion rises a pale green membrane 

 upper is shorter, and converges formed into a hollow cone, reach, 

 to the shaft, but does not reach ™g nearly to the situation of the 

 it ; the membrane rising from its fo "rth series of rays, this mem- 

 extremity corresponds to that in brane is pale green, fringed at the 

 the female, it is very slightly co- top, and slightly tinged with pur- 

 nical, being nearly upright ; it is pie. 



terminated by a series of rays, 

 more than a quarter of an inch 

 long of a deep purple colour 

 closely embracing the shaft, and 

 ascending to a level with the sum- 

 mits of the fourth series of the 

 rays of the crown, which they 

 nearly resemble. 



The Shaft, short, half the length of The Shaft similar to that of the ft 



The Shaft two thirds the length c 



pVair round, thick, white, male"in all points, but smaller. the petals, pentagonal below 



without spots, having the 



round upwards, 

 slightly spotted with purple. 

 Filaments greenish and spotted. 



Filaments pale green. 

 Snifters large and greenish. 



Ovary roundish, oblong, pale green. Ovary oblong, whitish, glaucous. Ovary narrow, oblong, djghtly glai 



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