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In the centre of this flower is fituated a leafy flyle*, 
of a convex figure, projecting outwards, and facing 
the corolla as in Fig. e , the top of which is a mem- 
branous foliacious fligma, which refleds downwards 
to proted the male fperm, and forms (as it were) a 
caliptra or lap, under which are inferred two yellow 
globular apices (containing the farina) without fila- 
ments, which are the flamina of the flower. 
Fig. f. explains a front and fide view of the flyle 
by itfelf, (the petal and calyx are feparated from thefe 
figures:) the bafe of it is a gibbous flefhy fubflance, 
which fhews apparently two bodies of nedaria, of a 
crimfon-red colour, fee Fig. g. 
The magnified figure above Fig. h y reprefents the 
infide, and defcribes the parts more diftindly j whofe 
leafy fligma is laid open, to expofe to view the in- 
fertion of the two apices : beneath thefe globules ap- 
pears a crofs line, on which is placed, on each fide, 
a imall pointed leaf. From the corners of this flefliy 
nedarium thus magnified, come forth two threads, 
Fig. /, hanging downwards: they are of equal length 
with the peduncle, of a fkinny fubflance, and of a 
bloody-red colour. 
The germen, which is twifted like a fcrew, repre- 
fents the footftalk, which fupports the flower. Fig. k : 
this fwelis into an oblong, oval flriated unilocular 
feedveflel, Fig. /, which contains an innumerable 
number of dufl-like feeds, as the open longitudinal 
fedion Fig. ;;;, reprefents. 
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