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Rh I have also to state, that an extensive and highly imporant 241 essay, entitled, "An Attempt to analyse Rhizantheæ by Mr. William Griffith, has been read during the present season before the Linnean Society, of which an abstract is given in the Proceedings. "From this essay I have here introduced the character of Baprla, a new genus belonging to Rafflesiaceæ; and have ventured to propose an alteration of the trivial name from Himalayana to Griffthii, in honour of the discoverer of this interesting addition to the tribe Rafflesieæ, whose species, with one exception, have names similarlv derived.

RAFFLESIACEÆ.

Perianthiwm monophyllum regulare.

Corolla nulla.

Stamina: Antheræ numerosæ, simplici serie.

Ovarium: placentis pluribus polyspermis, ovulis orthotropis (sed in quibusdam reciirvatione apicis, penitus vel partim, liberi funiculi quasi anatropis).

Pericarpium indehiscens polyspermum.

Emhbryo indivisus (cum v. absque albumine).

Parasiticæ radicibus rariusve in ramis plantarum dicotyle donearum.