28 DR. M. T. MASTERS OX A NEW GEXUS OF BUETTNERIE^, 



permission of Professor Oliver, of giving the characters of the 

 genus in question. 



SCAPHOPETALUM, n. g. ^ 



Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis fere liberis vel cohserentibus, denique * 

 rumpentibus calycera bivalvem efformantibus. Petala 5, 

 dorso convexa, apiee cucullata, exappendiculataj 5-nervosa. 

 Urceoli staminei lobi 5 anantheri, rotundati, revoluti, petalis 

 alterni ; antlierce in seriebus 3, loculis basi divaricatis. Ova- 

 rium sessile, 5-loculare, loculis 00-ovulatis, StyVi connati. 

 Stigma obsolete 5-lobum. Fructus * * *. Arhores v. arlus- 

 cul(E. Folia petiolata, sin)plicia,oblonga, unicostata^retinervia. 

 StipuTcB nervoso-striatae. Fedunculi e trunco vel ramis vetus- 

 tioribus nascentes, elongati vel fasciculati. Corolla flava. 



S. LONGE PEDUNCULATUM. Foliis breviter petiolatis, obloiigo-lanceo- 

 latis, acuminatis, glabris; pedunculo elongato, pendulo(v» supra terram 

 repente?),fiUforini, versus apicemin pedicellos breves cymosos diviso ; 

 sepalis lanceolatis, distinctis vel ima basi vix connatis; petahs obtusis, 

 oalceolatis, obscure striatis; urceolo stanaineo 5-angulato, campanulato, 

 antherarum loculis basi divergentibus. 



Loc, " Mount John, Kongui River," Mann, in herb. Hook, n. 1836 ! 



Frutex 3-pedaUs. Ramuli tortuosi. Petioli 3-4 hn. longi. Stipula 

 subulatse, obscure striatae, petiolos pequantes. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, 

 integra, acuminata, glabra, unicostata, reticulata, 4-6 unc. longa, 1-3 

 unc. lata. Pedunculus flageUiformis, pendulus (v. repens?), 18 poll, 

 longus, apice cymam multifloram gerens. PediceUi pollicares et ultra. 

 Bracteolce minutae, subulatse. ^^ZaJcr^fraovato-acuta. Sepala ovato- 

 acuta, extus tomentosa, intus prope basin carinata, longitudine vix 

 pollicaria. Petaltty sepalis diniidio breviora, obtusa, cucuUata^ leviter 

 nervoso-striata. Urceolus stamineus membranaceus, campanulatus, 

 5-angulatus, superne decemfidus, lobis quinque anautheris rotundatis, 

 demum reflexis, sepahs oppositis, totidem fertilibus petalis opposite 

 antheras ties, intra petali cueuUum reconditas, gerentibus. Anther aruit^ 

 loculi, ob connectivum latum, basi divergentes. Ovarium oblongum,5- 

 lobum, 5-loculare. Ovula cc, amphitropa, placenta; axili biseriatim af- 

 fixa. Stylus intra tubum staraineum inclusus. Stigma terminale, 

 obscure 5-lobum. 



A plant remarkable for its long, pendulous, or creeping, whip- 

 like inflorescence, recalling, as was pointed out to me by Pro- 

 fessor Oliver, that of some species of Gomphia. From the sides 

 of the peduncle proceed here and there minute branching thread- 

 like bodies, like adventitious roots, but which may possibly be 

 abortive pedicels. The petals are not so strongly striate as m 

 the two following species ; and the calyx consists of five distinct 



