ME. BENTHAM ON LOaANIACE-aE. 



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one app^iaM to extend oyer tlie Moluccas, mi twQ in Singapore* 

 It is possible that some others may exist in herbaria, confounded 

 with PsycTiotrias and Chmalias. In some ca^es ind^^d, there i« 

 really considerable ambiguity ; for although the fruit he always 

 entirely superior, the ovary is sometimes semi-adherent. In the 

 plant distributed by Wallich as I^iederm temata, n. 6248, the 

 ovary is really adherent, but separates so readily jfrom the calyx, 

 especially between the ribs, that, if not dissected with great care, 

 it appears free. I had thus, in a note to the * Niger Flora,' re- 

 ferred it to Goertneray although it be in fact a true Buhiacea, very 

 n^ar to PsycTiotria^ if not a genuine species of that genus. 



A singular anomaly is mentioned by DeCandolle in regard to 

 the Q. calycina^ that two of the stamens are opposite to the lobes 

 of the corolla, whilst the three others are normally alternate. I 

 have only been able to examine unopened buds, in which I cannot 

 perceive any such irregularity; but it may becoflae deyelo|)e4 fl^ 

 the corolla expands, in which case it cannot have any organic im- 

 portance. The large coloured calyx, however, gives to the plant 

 a peculiar aspect, which may justify the maintenance of the section 

 ^theonema, as proposed by DeCandolle. 



Although I perfectly agree with Endlicher, Blume, and "Wigbti 

 in the propriety of imiting SyJcesia with 0<ertnera^ yet the com-. 

 paratively short tube of the corolla, the hairs at its mouth, and 

 the somewhat higher insertion of the stamens, may justify the 

 maintenance of two of its species as a section analogous almost as 

 niuch to Psvchotria as to CJiasalia, and showing a strong 



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as to flowers, to Fagamea. 



In one of the new species described below, G. rosea, Thwaites, 

 two of the stamens appear to be frequently abortive with short 

 filaments ; but I have had too few flowers to examine to ascertain 

 whether this anomaly is constant or only accidental. 



There are two doubtful genera usually placed at the end of 

 Lonnnir,^^^. i^_ 7 ^T... n T»^^ ^\^\A\ liaa now been ascer- 



■P^evosda] at 



may be equally well a 



monopetaloua orders. 



us, G. Don, which has now been 

 Convolvulaceous plant not genericaUy distii 

 i Anahafa, WiUd., so imperfectly described 

 r wpII nitrihntfid to half-a-dozen of the most 



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The 



had at first referred to Zoga 



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correctly placed by Alph. DeCandolle 



■L»r. Lindley, in the ' Vegetable JUngaom, aitacnes ^ty«c/f *«.;«. 

 to the end of Loganiacece, as their nearest probable allies ; but this 



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