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CRYPTOSTEGIA gnmdifloni. 

 Large-flowered Cfyptostegia. 



PENTANDRIA DIGYNIJ. 



Nat. ord. Asclepiade^. Brown in tram. Wern* soc. 1. 19* t>iv* lit* 

 Massa pollinh S-20, granulosa, (granulis d spheerulis 4 compositis), aoli* 

 tarite, usque quatematim apici dilatato corpusculi singuli stlgmatis affixse, 

 FUamenta partim vel omnino libera, Periploce^ JBrowi.loc* cit. 56. 



CRYPTOSTEGIA* Cor. infundibuliformis: tubus squamis 5 f inclusis 

 (bipartitis subulatis), laciniis lirabi alternantibus. Stamina inclusa, itnd 

 tubo inserta; Jilamentis distinctis; antheris basi stigmate coherent ib us. 

 Glandule 5 7 spatbulatae, angulorum stlgmatis pollen granulosum (simplex) 

 colligentes. Ovaria 2, Styli 2. Stigma (commune) pentagon urtn FoUU 

 tuli *****. Sernina domosa. Frutex volubilts $ Aaoer* Folia opposite* 

 Pedunculi terminates* 9-fidL Flotes speciosu Corolla mtivatianc contorta. 

 Fo)Jiculi ungulate dharicatmimn Brown MSS. > ; 



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Cryptostegia gratidiflora. Brawn MSS. " ' , 



Nenum grandiflorum. Roxburgh Flor. ind. ined. Caret/ hoft. tettg. 



The above generic character is another of the contribu- 

 tions from the pen of Mr. Brown, which we have been so 

 fortunate as to be the means of imparting to the public. 

 To those who are aware of the vast store of knowledge from 

 which the various groups for the use of science are com- 

 bined by that eminent naturalist, the circumspection and 

 sagacity with which they are adopted, and the accuracy with 

 which they are defined, no appreciation of ours can be no* 

 eessary to enhance the value of the present we now offer in 

 the three genera constituted and defined by that masterly 



band in this fasciculus. . ' . : 



CRn*rosTEGfA is founded upon a single species; native of 

 the peninsula of India, where it was first observed by'Dr. 

 Roxburgh and strangely mismatched by him with fifce species' 

 of the genus Murium, belonging to the Apocyri&te} while Our 

 plant belongs to the third section of Mr. BroWs Asclepi- 

 adeae, distinguished from the other sections by granular 

 solitary pollen-masses and filaments which are distinct in 

 whole or in part. Cryptoste<3ia- is however conceived by 

 Mr. Brown to be the link by which the two order* connect 

 through his genus Carp-rots pis also a native of India antt 



a climber. 



We have elsewhere stated the main technical differences 



