977 
: ASPIDISTRA. punctata. 
Largeflowered Aspidistra. 
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OCTANDRIA MONOGYN1IA. 
Nat. ord. Ano1pEx 2? 
ASPIDISTRA.—Supra, vol. 8. fol. 628. 
A. punctata; foliis longé petiolatis, perianthio 8-fido. 
Herba acaulis, rhizomate epig@o, prostrato, corrugato, iridis more. Folia 
erecta, pedalia, lanceolata, cartilaginea, plana, acuminata, atro-viridia, obso- 
lete 7-nervia, utrinque glaberrima, concolora, margine tenui pallido, petiolo 
rigido, compresso, semiterete, canaliculato, circa 3 uncias longo. Flores 
solitarii, radicales, ex humo vix elevati; scapo brevissimo, squamis inflatis 
membranaceis ovatis acuminatis purpureo punctatis vestito, quarum due ad 
ipsam basin perianthit applicentur et ejusdem tubum fere adequant. Peri- 
anthium cernuum, campanulatum, carnosum, extis pallidée viride, tubo 
hemispherico, limbo erecto tube longitudine, laciniis 8, ovatis, obtusis, 
intis obtuse bicarinatis, scabris, purpureo-lurido densissime punctatis. 
Stamina 8, in medio tubo inserta, laciniis perianthit opposita. Antheree 
sessiles, parve, lutee, oblonge, biloculares, antice longitudinaliter dehis- 
centes, per connectivum crassum carnosum tubo ~perianthiit accreta. 
Pollen luteum, sphericum, subopacum. Ovarium parvum, superum, ovatum, 
tetragonum, superficie glabriusculd punctatd, 4-loculare, 4-spermum, ovulis 
placenta centrali facie totd internd affixis. Stylus brevis, turbinatus. 
Stigma maximum, clypeatum, carnosum, album, totum orem perianthit occu- 
pans et antheras superincumbens, circumscriptione orbiculari, obtuse 8-gono, 
disco radiis 4 a centro radiantibus ante angulum marginalem dichotomis. 
For the opportunity of publishing this new species of 
the singular genus Aspidistra we are indebted to the 
Horticultural Society,.in whose garden our drawing was 
made, in March last. It was imported from China, for the 
‘ociety, by Mr. Parks, in 1824. 
paler, and divided into 8, not 6 segments. The leaves are 
also seated upon longer petioles. 
