916 
LECiJJlNAUL'nA formosa. 
Beautiful Lechemultia. 
PENTANDBIA MONOGYNJA, 
Nat. ord. GooDF.yovi.T,. R. Br. 
LECHENA UL TIA . R . Br.— Cnh,x supcius. Corolla t\il)o hiiie Joiiirj- 
tudinaliter fisso. Anther<e siiljantlu'si cohtjerentes, Folluus ijramila cum- 
posita. Stigma obsoletum, in t'uiido indusii bilabiati. Capsida prisiiiatica, 
bilocularis, 4-valvis, valvis oppositis medio septiferis. Scminn cubica v. 
cylindracea, nucamentacea. Fruticuli (raro Herbee) glabri^foliis angustis, 
int^enifk^. Flores axiUares v. terminales, s^bsoUtarii. Br. lhMkdb l*58U 
Div. I. — Fruticuli ericifolii. FIor^'ax»22am v. temunales. Capsida txxl" 
vata. Semina cubica. 
L. formosa; floribus axillaribus solitariis ebracteatis nutantSnii, fVwdiM 
Mabiatis glabris. ^r^i. c. Rrni- etSch. v. 5.p,34. Sgtrengd j^it. 
vegi 1.719. 
Fruticulus glaber, multicaulis. Ramuli gracilHmi, angulati. Polift 
sparsa, linearia, tri^uetra, patentia. Flores aurantiaci^ e sumtnitate nrnu- 
lorum axillares, soltfariL nutantes, pedunculati ; pedtmcuto jU^ornU, /bliis 
duplo longiore. Cafyx 5-phyllus, patens, sepalis Imearibus ttctUis. <kntd)at 
bilabiata, resupinata, hinc {dor so ?) Jissa, tuho suhtylindiico, glabro, intis 
versus basin hirsute, 5-angulari, angulis cum lacinm cordlUe altenm, labio 
altero (svperiore ?) lobis duobus semi-eUiptico-lanceolatis, acuminatis, conniven- 
iibus, altero {inferiore ?) lobis tribus, patentibus, unguiculatis, aiti obcordatis, 
apiculatis, hincrvihus, areola media plane : lateralibus siAplicatis. Stariiina 
5, basi tuhi tiisrvta, husutie tubi paulo longiora. Filamenta Jiliformia, 
glabra, basi rltlatata. Antherae lincarcs, Ovarium infemm, 
cum pcdimculo contiumuti. Stylus tiibi corolla longitudine, rectus, parci 
glandulosus, versus npieem sc»mm attcnitatus. fndusium purpureum, to- 
mentosum, cyathiforme compressum, bilabiatum. Stigma parvtm, transver- 
suMf in beat indusii. 
This genus was instituted by Mr. Brown, in his Pro- 
dromus Flor^ N(W(B Hollandics ; and is distinguished from 
all the neighbouring genera of its order, and especially 
from Anthotium, by having each of the granules of its 
pollen composed of 4 little spherical bodies ; a minute 
but beautiful distinction. 
