

130 hr. c. b. clajrke's botaKIC notes 



Ovarium fusiforme, apice attenuatum, 3-loculare : stylus elon- 

 gatus 3-fidus, stigmatibus 3 bilobis : ovula in quoque loculo 4, 

 pendula, biseriata. Fructus exsuccus, subelongatus, basi attenu- 

 atus, 3-gonus, 3-locularis, irregulariter sinuato-costatus, intus 

 fibrosus, ab apice fere ad basin 3-valvis 12-spermus. Semina 

 pendula anguste oblonga compressa, paullo rugosa, testa dura 

 vix crassa, marginibus subaeutis. 

 Herbae scaudentes. Cirrhi 2-3-fidi. Flores flavi majuscnli. 

 Fructus 3-4-pollicaris. 



Rampinia herpetospermoides. Cauliscum foliis capsulaque mol- 

 liter pilosus. Folia petiolata cordata ovata acuminata serrata, subin- 

 cisa aut angulatim 3-5-lobata. Fructus pedunculi inerassati. Corolla 

 externe paullo pilosa. 



I think it possible, nay probable, that this is the Himalayan 

 species of Herpetospermum called H. pedunculosum. I have no 

 hesitation in giving it a new generic name, the ovules, fruit, and 

 seeds being altogether unlike those oi Herpetospermum as described. 

 I have ample material for Hampinia, including the fruit of every 

 stage, and I have examined the flowers and fruits on the growing 

 plants. 



Dr. King supposes with me, that Herpetospermum has been in 

 some way constructed out of these three genera admixed, and 

 suggests that it may have been described by joining a three-sided 

 capsule of Edgaria (there are such, though the capsule is nearly 

 always G-seeded) to the male plant of JRampinia, and then adding 

 the further blunder of supposing the seeds erect, and describiug 

 the hilum and pointed shoulder as a three-pointed summit to the 

 seed. 



If this is the true explanation of Herpetospermum, the sooner 

 that name is entirely obliterated the better. 



The three very remarkably allied genera Edgaria, Warea, and 

 Eampinia are thus separated shortly : 



Edgaria. 



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Anthers straight. Ovules in each cell two, pendulous, superim- 

 posed. Capsule containing 6 seeds. 



-Anthers conduplicate. Ovules in each cell 12-10, in Iwo rows, 

 horizontal. Capsule containing about 48 seeds. 



