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BOTANY. 
D ACT YLAN THUS, 11. g. 
“ Diocmn. Rhizoma tuberosum, lobatum. Pcdunculi plurimi, 
squamati, apice spadices plurimos gerentes. Flores in 
spadices dense conferti, inferiores dissiti. Fl. masc. 
Stamen solitarium sessile, filamento brevissimo, antbera 
2-loculari. Fl. fcem. Perianthium ovario globoso sub- 
sessili adnatnm, lobis 2-8 snbnlatis, stylo filiformi, stig- 
mate simplici. 
“ Dactylanthus Taylort, H. f, (Tab. LXXXY. A.) 
“ Hob. Nova Zelandia ad radices Fagi et Pittospori montibus 
prope Wanganui, alt. 4000 ped. (Rev. R. Taylor , M.A.) 
Nom. vern. Pua reinga (Flos Hades). 
“ Rhizoma magnitudine pugilli et ultra, tuberculatum, super- 
ficie celluloso, pustulis papillisve nullis, intus sicco rubrum. 
Pedunculi numerosi, 4-6 unc. alti, sicco fragiles, rugulosi, 
opaci, ferruginei, intus rufeseentes, squamis imbricatis 
laxe tecti, apice in receptaculum floriferum dilatati. 
Squamae oblongae, obtuse, lata basi sessiles, inferiores 
dissitae, \ unc. longae, brunneae, superiores sensim ma- 
jores, supremae inflorescentiam involucrantes, 1-2 unc. 
longae, lineari- oblongae, membranceae, albae medio sordide 
brunncae v. rubrae. Spadices (v. pedicelli fioriferi) 10-30, 
conferti, erecti, 1-2 unc. longi, cylindracei v. fusiformes, 
crassitie pennae cervinae, stipitati, basi nudi v. floribus 
deformatis bracteolati. Flores dense conferti. Masc. 
Stamen solitarium nudum, sessile, filamento brevissimo 
crasso ; anthera adnata, 2-locularis, transverse oblonga, 
rimis subverticalibus dcbiscens, loculis crassiusculis, in- 
feriores in spica imperfectae dissitae stipitatae. Pollen 
pallidum, globosum. Fl. foem. sicco nigri, sub unc. 
longi. Ovarium stipitatum, subglobosum. Perianthium 
supra ovarium paulo augustatum, deinbi-, rarius 8-parti- 
tum, a dorso compressum. cum stylo connatum ; seg- 
mentis respectu axegs lateralibus, subulatis, inaequalibus. 
Stylus cylindricus, teres, superne paulo inc. assatus, apice 
obtusus. — ‘ Planta viva odorem subgratum Melonis, sed 
demum ingratum humi spirat-’ — Taylor. 
“ For a specimen of tbis singular plant I am indebted to 
my friend the Rev. R. Taylor, of New Zealand, who brought 
