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unguiculata, unguibus basi unilateraliter auriculatis. Stamina 5, filamentis 

 cohaerentibus circiter ovarium conniventibus, antheris apicalibus. Ovarium 

 obliquum 5-carpeIlatum, ovulis multis axillibus superpositis, stigmate 

 sessili capitato. Fructus maturus ignotus. 



T. DOBSTENioiDES, Baker. 



Species sola. 



Eoot-stock slender, creeping, sending out simple, erect, ratber 

 fleshy fragile stems 6-9 in. long, glanduloso-viscose, especially 

 towards the top. Leaves 5-6 to a stem, all arising from its 

 upper half, ascending, distinctly petioled, oblong, acute, mem- 

 branous, glabrous, 1^-2 in. long, deltoid and entire at tlie base, 

 shallowly broadly toothed, with little glandular cusps in the 

 sinuses. Plowers solitary, lateral, pedicellate, with two small 

 bracteoles outside the two lateral sepals. Green membranous 

 lateral sepals yV in- long. Upper galeate sepal \ in. long, veined 

 with brown on a drab-whitish groundwork, like an Aristolochia . 

 Lateral petals with a blade ^ in. long and broad, and a claw ^ in- 

 long, auricled on the outer side. Ovary and stamens ^ in, long 

 before the petals fall. — Baron 4476 ! A very distinct new 

 generic type nearest Impatiens, 



EbTTHBOXXLUM SPAKSirLORUM, n. sp. 



Ramosissimum, glabrum, foliis parvis breviter petiolatis oblongis obtusis 

 subcoriaceis utrinque viridibus basi cuneatis, stipulis ovatis, floribus 1-2- 

 nis axillaribus pedicellis brevibus, sepalis ovatis acutis basi coahtis, petahs 

 oblongis calyce 2-3plo longioribus, starainibus petalis subaequilongis. 



A much-branched shrub, glabrous in all its parts ; branchlets 

 slightly compressed. Leaves rigid in texture, 1-1^ in. long, 

 narrowed from the middle to the base and point, the main veins 

 raised beneath, anastomosing by cross veinlets close to the 

 margin ; petiole very short ; stipules and bracts ovate, acute. 

 Flowers l-2nate; pedicels ^-^ in. long. Calyx | line long. 

 Petals^ in. long. Stamens nearly equalling the petals ; anthers 

 oblong, minute ; filaments joined at the base in a cup. — Baron 



4519! 



Eeyxheoxtlum ampullacetjm, n. sp. 



Glabrum, ramulis compressis, stipulis ovatis, foliis breviter petiolatis 

 oblougis obtusis subcoriaceis basi deltoideis, floribus l-2nis axillaribus, 

 pedicellis elongatis, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis, filamentis elongatis basi 

 coalitis, fructu ampullseforini. 



A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with flattened branchlets. 



