10 MR. N. A. DALZELL ON A NEW GENUS OF ASCLEPIADERE. 
Prats IL. 
Sematophyllum auricomum. a, Plant, natural size. b, Leaf; c, perichetium 
and male flower ; d, capsule; e, portion of peristome : all magnified. 
Hypnum surrectum. a, Plant, natural size. b, Leaves; c, perichetium and 
male flower ; d, capsule; e, portion of peristome: all magnified. 
Lejeunia Johnsoniana. a, Plant, natural size. b, Portion of stem with leaves 
and stipules; c, involucral leaf detached; d, perianth, with involucral 
leaves and stipule; e, transverse section of perianth. 
A New Genus of Asclepiadee. By N. A. DarzEr, Esq., Super- 
intendent of the Botanical Gardens, Bombay. Communicated 
by Dr. Tnuousox, F.L.S. 
[Read March 3, 1864.] 
[Prarz IIL] 
FREREA. 
Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla glabra, rotata, 5-lobata, lobis late 
triangularibus, margine pilis raris aplanatis fimbriatis, sinu 
parvo acuto inter lobos. Corona staminea gamophylla sim- 
plici serie 10-lobata, nempe lobis 5 laciniis corollinis oppositis, 
latis brevissimis, sinuato-truncatis, 5 iis alternis ligulatis, an- 
theris incumbentibus, apice truncatis. Anthere apice sim- 
plices; masse pollinis erecte, supra basin affixe, margine 
interiore linea aurea pellucida instructe. Stigma muticum. 
Follieuli ?— Herba Indica perennis humilis cespitosa ra- 
mosa saxicola, caulibus teretibus albidis levibus, foliis breviter 
petiolatis oblongis carnosis, floribus extra-axillaribus solitariis, 
brevissime pedunculatis. 
. 1. F. Inpica, Dalzell. 
Hab. Concan, alt. 3000 ped. 
: I met with this plant while botanizing a few days ago on a hill- 
fort in this neighbourhood, 3000 feet high. It was growing in 
large flattish patehes on the bare rock on the western face of the 
hill. The flowers were pretty numerous; they are of a purplish- 
red colour, with an irregular small pale-yellow spot in the middle 
of each lobe ; the staminal erown is dark purple, five of its segments 
resting on the edge of the stigma, which is of a pearly lustre. 
Between these five segments lie the anthers, which are quite ex- 
posed, of a fine red colour, their bases diverging, and having a line 
of a transparent golden or amber colour along their inner margin, 
