C O N T E N T S .
i.—INTRODUCTION;—Historical—"Wallioh, Bentham, Moisner, Endlicher, Walpers,
Wight, Miquel, Oliver, Hooker; morphology—habit, root, loarea,
stem, bracts, Sowers—calys, coroila, stamens, dise, ovary, style, stigma,
fruit—nutlets, embryo, cotyledons ; classification of species natural
divisions of the genus, groups of speoies, separable forms and probable
n a t u r a l species compared; reductions of the Miquelian species ; reduetion-i
of the Wallichian herbarium ; excluded species ; geographical distribution
of the genus
C h a p t e r II.—CoNSPEcirs SPECIERCM :—
GOMPHOSTEMMA ;
i Pogosiplion;
• StrobiUna ;
[•** Anthocoma ] :
• ITiccum;
** Pdfviflora ;
'*' Eriocarpon:
" PedunciUata ;
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L I S T O F PLATES.
PLATE 75. Gomphcstemma Walliohii P,'«,«,
„ 76. G. strobilinum ITfl/i.vAR. typica.
77. G. strobilinum iVfdl. VAR. viridis Eoob. f .
„ 7'8. G. sti'obiliuum Wall, VAR, acaulis Prain.
79. G, Hoyneanum Wall, TAR, typiea.
„ 80. G. Heyneanum Wall. VAR. Rottleri Praiw.
„ SI. G. nutans /,
„ 82. G. Hemsleyanum Praia.
„ 03. G. niveum Hook. f . fi