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(or nearly so) sepals, longer than the petals. AYhether these arc 

 points of greater than specific value cannot be determined till 

 better materials are accessible ; but in the meantime I consider 

 the agreement in all other points to be so great that it is better 

 to place them all in one genus. 



S. Blackii. Foliis hreviter petiolatis; oblongis, acuminatis ; floribus 

 fasciculatis, pedicellis brevibus, calyce clause, subcoriaceo; demura 

 bivalvi, valvis cymbiformibus ; petalis cucullatis, obtusis, nervoso-stri- 

 atis, plicatis sulcatisque; tubostamineo 5-angulari, infundibuliformi. 



Loc, " Mount John, Kongui River," Mann. n. 1838, in herb, Hook\ 

 Frutex 4-5-pedalis. Ramuli virgati, puberuli. Petioli 3-4 hn. longi, 

 Stipulce subulato-lanceolatte, nervoso-striatse, petioles tequantes. Folia 

 5-8 poll, longa, 2-4 polh lata, oblonga, integra, acuminata, glabra, 

 subcoriacea, venatione reticulata. Pedicelli breves (4-5 lin.), fascicu- 

 lati, erecti, e ramis nascentes. Bracteolce minutae, subulatse. Ala- 

 hastra subglobosa. Calyx subcoriaceus, purpureus, clausus, demum 

 irregulariter runipens, bivalvis, valvis cymbiformibus, patentibus, 

 intus pilis parvis appressis munitus. Petala calceiformia, obtusa, 

 cucuUata, S-striata, plicata, sulcata, glabra, sepalis pauUo breviora. 

 Tubus stamineus petaloideus, infundibuliformis, 5-anguIaris, apicc 



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10-lobatus; lobis sterilibus 5, reflexis; lobis fertilibus totidem, an- 

 theras biloculares tres, in petaloruni cucullis reconditas, gerentibus. 

 Ovarium oblongum, 5-lobum, 5-loculare, tubo staraineo dimidio bre- 

 vius. Stylus inclusus, stigma obscure 5-lobum. Oviila in quovis 

 loculo 00, amphitropa, placentae axili biseriatim affixa. Fructus — — . 



This plant differs from the preceding in its inflorescence, and 

 especially in the calyx. I have dedicated it to the late IMr. 

 A. Black, who indicated as new the genus to which it belongs. 



S. Mannii. Foliis breviter petiolatis, subcordatis, basi ddatatis, supra 

 basin parum angnstatis, ohlongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis; stipulis Ian- 

 ceolatis, nervoso-striatis ; floribus fasciculatis, culj ce gamosepalo, 

 demum bivalvi, valvis cymbiformibus, patentibus; petahs oblongis, 

 obtusis, cucullatis, nervoso-striatis, plicatisj sepala superantibus ; tubo 

 stamineo membranaceo, infundibuliformi, 5-angulari, 



Loc. " Mount John, Kongui River," Mann, in herb. Hook. n. 1837 ! 



Frutex 3-4-pedalis. Ramuli tortuosi, rugosi. Petioli 3-4 lin. longi. 

 Sh]pMZ«persistentes,lanceolatfe,nervoso-striatac,pctiolos suba^quantes. 

 Folia subcordata, supra basin angustata, oblongo-lanceolata, acumi- 

 nata, venatione reticulata, glabra, subcoriacea, 8-9 poll, long., 1-1^ lat. 

 Pedicelli l-flori, fasclculati, unciales, basi bracteolatffi, e ramis laterali- 

 ter nascentes. Alabastra ovato-oblonga. Calyx purpureus, coriaceus, 

 5-sepaIus (sepalis connatis), demum bivalvis, valvis cymbiformibus 

 horizontaliter patentibuS; 5-6 lin. long. Petala flava, oblonga, obtusa, 

 apice cucuUata, nervoso-striata, calycem superantia. Tvhns stamineus 



