b Petali profundiiïïme quinquepartii & albidi laci-
niæ funt ovatæ, acutæ , deflexo-patentiflîmæ , apicc
adlcendentes, planæ, villofo-ciliatse.
vr s Vagina pallida, petalo fere duplo brevior ; in-
ferae v r campanulata & obtufe quinquefulcata ; hinc in
r adnatos gerens quinque tubulos c Sc d i o f pallidos,
faccatos, melleo liquore pleniffimos, fuperne in o i aper-
tos, fummitate in duplicem hamulum i extrorfiim recur-
vatos; ad dorfam d f Sc d e , quo vaginam fpeciant, cui
in r fola fua bafi ƒ & e adhæferunt, longitudinaliter fif-
fos, cum altera exteriore limbi duplicati lamina exte-
riore f d Sc e d utrinque reflexa. Figura ƒ d i o talem tu-
bulum lateraliter fiftit; figura c à in dorfo. Deinde vagina
exit in bracteas r s quinque, triangulares, foris l x
biconvexulas, utrinque ad latus in membranulam ex-
tantem excurrentes & n, interne ns bifaccatas, apice
in fquamulas s definentes ftigmatis verticem tantifper
prendentes.
u Germina duo. 2. Styli totidem. y Stigma utrisque
commune capitatum, magnum, apice depreffum,
in ambitu obtufe quinquefulcatum , inque angulis
fingulis cicatricula notatum in loco, ubi hseferant tuber-
cula ftaminifera.
Ex his autem quælibet demittit geminas antheras m,
flavas, inverfe fpathulatas, vixfilamento inftrucfas, planas,
faccis bjaftearum inclufas, cum polline fluid«.
S T AST
A P E L IA V A R IE G A T A Linncei. Tab. 4.
a Indicat florem plantat fute adhterentem; cujus calyx
pentaphyllus parvus e f t ; corolla autem maxima,
crafla , coriacea, ultra dimidium quinquefida, paten-
tiflima, intus tota rugofa & ex flavelcente badioque va-
riegata. Circa medium yero attollitur in difcum fubor-
bicularem & concavum, in .cujus fundo locantur genitalia.
h Sc b c e Vagina ex fundo corolke exoritur, inclu-
dens piftillum ad usque ftigmatis limbum, emittitque
in decurfu alas decem. Harum quinque alternse, ante
lacinias petali fitae, mnv Scmno in ftellulam expandun-
tur, oblongte, ad apicern bifida?, plante, virentes cum
puncHs atropurpureis afperfis, adbafinmagis purpureae.
Quinque reliqute d & ds tu ex bafi angufta d s in duo
cornicula teretia abeunt, viridula vel pallentia cumpun-
£tis rubris, fubfalcata, obtufa ; exteriora s t extrorfum
divaricantiaf interiora r u conniventia in centro floris
fuper ftigmatis vertice, & gerentia in r facculum bilocu-
larem pro tegendis antheris. Utriusque generis alte ba-
fibus fuis, fcilicet mnv in m n, & d s tu in ds, con-
crefcunt in unum corpus m n in figura mno, oblongum,
lubangulatum, ex atropurpureo albidoque varie fafciatum.