named Rafflesia. 
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hispiduli vel minute penicillati; limbus solutus reclinatus, e 
basi recurvata, subtus punctis parvis elevatis quandoque pilife- 
ris inrequali, adscendens, margine erecto-conniventi, indiviso 
tenuiter crenulato, substantia et superficie processibus disci 
similis, intus fasciculis vascularibus simplici serie dispositis et 
ad basin antherae singulae flexura notabili instructs (tab. 21. 
f. 2, 3, 7, 8. et t. 22. /. 6.). * 
Antherce (tab. 21. f. 4—8. et t. 22. f. 4—6.) simplici serie dis- 
positae, aequidistantes, 35 circiter, vix 40, sessiles, excavatio- 
nibus dimidiae recurvatae limbi, cum iis colli continuis, lata 
basi inserts, semiimmersae, apicibus deorsum spectantibus, in 
respondentibus cavitatibus colli receptis, ovato-globosae, pisi 
magnitudine, apice depressione unica centrali demum aperi- 
ente umbilicatae, cellulosae, cellulis indefinite numerosis, sub- 
concentricis, longitudinalibus, exterioribus versus apicem con- 
niventibus, passim conduentibus et quandoque transversim in- 
terruptis, plenis Polline (tab. 21. f. 9.) minuto, sphaerico, sim¬ 
plici, laevi. 
Pistilli rudiment a nulla certa; processus enim corniculati api- 
cis columnae staminiferae, in circulis pluribus concentricis dis- 
jiositi atque singuli fasciculo vasculari centrali donati, dubiae 
naturae sunt. 
To the foregoing description of Rafflesia it is necessary to add 
some observations explanatory of structure; and I shall also offer 
a few conjectures on certain points of the economy of the plant, 
and on its affinities. 
The great apparent simplicity in the internal structure of every 
part, especially in a flower of such enormous size, is in the first 
place deserving of notice. 
This observation particularly applies to the Column , which is 
found to consist of a uniform cellular texture, with a very small 
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