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NOTES ON ISLE OF ^IGHT PLANTS. 315
iiuUo praeditis, conuectivum autera superantibus, rimula a])icali latera-
liter dehiscentibus, extrorsum versis, pistillum elongatura, ovario
ovoideo 3-loculari, in stylum longum subrepentino attenuatum, stigmate
3-partito, e centro styli apicis partitionibus spatliulato-linearibus
angustis protenso-extensum, septis ovarii non ex toto perfectis, locula-
meutis l-ovii!atis, ovulis e placenta infra medium loculamenti ex axi
exsertis, funiculo brevi sufiFultis, anatropis. Fructus ignotus.—Folium
solitai-ium, hysterantium, petiolo lougo crasso elato aculeolato maculato,
vertice 3-chotomo v. 3-cruri, craribus in laminam tritomam abeuntibus,
partitionibus principalibus pinnatipartitis v. conflueuti-pinnatipartitis,
costa iterato-dichotomanti. Spatha et spadix saturate violascentes,
prior magis in brunneo-rubrum, posterior magis in cseruleum. Species
unica :
—
1. B. gigas. Seem. (sp. nov.), Tab. nostr. n. 95 et 96. Seem. Journ.
of Bot. 1869, p. 278.—Mountains of Chontales, Republic of Nicara-
gua, between the Javali Mine and the Quebrada de los lajas (Seemann !)
Explanation op Plates XCVI. and XCYII. (double Plate).—Fig. 1,
leaf (portrait of) ; 2, spathe drawn to same scale (portrait of) ; 3, rhizome
drawn to same scale as leaf and spathe ; 4, part of stem (portion of) ; 5, portion
of segments of leaf, ditto to show venation ; 6, base of spadix ; 7, diagram
of flowers ; 8, flower from above ; 9 flower, side view ; 10, flower -with perianth
segments reflexed to show ovary ; 11, section of ovary ; 12, summit of
style; 13, stamen, inner side; 14, stamen, outer side; 15, section through
anthers ; 16, perianth segment from outer side (flattened out) ; 17, perianth
from inner side to show veining (partly flattened out). The corm and flower,
from a sketch of Mr. Antonio Fairburn (made in Nicaragua) ; the leaf from
the growing plant m Mr. W. Bull's possession, taken by Mr. W. G. Smith,
and tlie dissection of flower by Dr. H. Trimen, from Nicaraguan specimens
preserved in spirit at the British Museum.
NOTES ON ISLE OF WIGHT PLANTS.
By Fred. Stratton, Esq., F.L.S.
Ratmnculus Flammula, var. /3. pseudo-reptans, Syme, Tolerably
common. This plant was sent to the London Botanical Exchange
Club last year, and is mentioned in the curator's report. The Isle of
Wight plant seems to be a late summer or autumn state only of R.
Flammula, but it is remarkable how entirely in many localities it sup-
plies the place, at a later period of the year, of the parent plant. The
flowers are very much smaller, and have generally a star-like appear-
ance, from the petals being narrow and widely separated ;
bearing, in
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