Tab. 5425. 

 FORRESTIA hispida. 



Ilairy-sh eath ed Forrest ia . 



Nat. Ord. Commkunaceje. — Hexandria Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Sepala 6, ima basi connata, colorata ; tria exteriora erect a, ob- 

 longa, acuta; tria interiora angustiora, oblongo-subspathulata, acuta, plana, pel- 

 lucida, caduca, in floribus unisexualibus nullis vel cito evanida. Stamina 6, 

 hypogyna, sepalis opposita eorumque longitudine. Filamenta distincta, filiformia. 

 Anthera biloeulares, subcordatae, introrsac, basi affixae ; loculis oppositis, secun- 

 dum longitudinem deluscentibus. Ovarium liberum, sessile, subovoideum, tri- 

 gonum, superne villosum, triloculare ; ovula in loculis bina, superposita. Stylus 

 terminalis, gracilis, longitudine staminum, glaber. Stigma parvulura, obsolete 

 trilobtim. Capsula subcordato-triquetra, trilocularis, trivalvis ; valvis medio 

 septiferis. Semina in loculis 2, obsolete reniformia, medio lateraliter affixa (ex- 

 centrice peltata, Endl.), externe couvexa, interne margine revoluta et inaequaliter 



lobulata, concava. Albumen subeartilagineutn, densum, album. Embryo ? 



— Herba erecta, bipedalis, simplex. Folia vaginantia, elliptico-oblonga, nervoso- 

 striata, glabra, basi angustata et supra vaginam quasi petiolata ; vaginis integris, 

 hispido-lannginosis. Flores rubri, supra vaginam exserti, dense capitati, herma- 

 p/iroditi vel abortu unisexuales, bracteis interstincti. Less, et Rich. 



Fohuestia hispida, Less, et A. Rich, in Toy. de V Astrolabe, v. 2. p. 2. t. 1. 



Knnth, Euum. Plant, v. 4. p. 116. Miq. Ft. Ned. hid. v. 3. p. 547. 

 CAMrELiA marginata. Bl. Emm. PI. Jav. v. I. p. 7. Wall. Cat. n. 3977 (not 



Campelia of Rich.). Probably C. mollissima, Bl., and of Miq. Fl. Ned. 



Lnd. v. 1. Suppl.p. 609. 



Amischotolype marginata, Hassh., and A. glabrata, Hassk. in Regensb. Fl. 1863, 

 n. 23. p. 392, belong here also. 



Pollia purpurea. Hort. Bull, (certainly not Pollia of Thunb.) 



Our first knowledge of this really handsome stove-plant was 

 derived from Mr. Bull, Nursery, Chelsea, who presented us with 

 a living plant, but (a subject of which we have often to com- 

 plain) without giving any clue to the period of its introduction, 

 through what channel, or what its native country ; simply ac- 

 companied by the name of " Pollia purpurea" It may be so 



FEBRUARY 1ST, 1861. 



