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arcuatim recurvi. Spicye longae, saepius 2 — 3 aggregatae quandoque solitarise, nunc rameae absque cicatrice folii delapsi, nunc axillares, indivisae sed e glomerulis alternis 3 — 4 floris formatae ; rachi tereti pedicellisque flosculorum, perianthio brevioribus, extus pubescentibus. Flores parvi. Perianthium exterius abbreviatum, 5-lobura lobis rotun- datis ; interius aestivatione valvata alte 5-fidum ; laciniis planis, lanceato-linearibus, acutis, intus glabris, supra medium recurvis. Stamina 5: filamenta laciniis perianthii i 2i3 interioris alternantia, ejusdem tubo inserta, filiformia, lacinias limbi aequantia v. superantia. Antherae versatiles, ovales ; loculis parallelis, approximatis, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Rudimentum pistilli parvum, pubescens. Fern, perianthii, ut in Masc. interioris, laciniis apice re- curvis. Ovarium ovatum, pubescens, uniloculare, bio- vulatum ; ovulis collateralibus, ab apice cavitatis penclulis. Pericarpium drnpacenm, oblongum, ipsa basi perianthio interno indurato vix aucto subtensum ; putamine crasso- pergameneo, rugoso (pulpa succulenta eduli, B. Horsfield). Semen
My remarks on the affinities of Sarcostigma are annexed to the account of the following genus, lodes.
Tab. XLVII. Fig. 1. Flowering branch of a female plant of Sarcostigma Horsfieldii. Fig. 2. Part of a male spike; both of natural size. Fig. 3. A male flower, mode- rately magnified. Fig. 4. A male flower with quaternary division; probably a rare occurrence. Fig. 5. A stamen, to show the mode of dehiscence and insertion of filament. Fig. 6. The outer floral envelope or calyx. Fig. 7. A female flower, magnified in the same degree as the male ; to show the expansion, recurvation, and external pubes- cence of the segments of the inner perianthium or corolla. Fig. 8. An ovarium, slightly magnified and cut open to show the two pendulous ovula. Fig. 9. A drupe, nearly ripe, natural size.
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