Tas. 4938. 
METHONICA virescens. 
African Methonica. 
Nat. Ord. UvuLar1e#,—Hezxanpria Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. Perigonium corollinum, hexaphyllum, marcescens, foliola subz- 
qualia, undulata, caudata, reflexa. Stamina 6, perigonii foliolis basi inserta, 
subhorizontalia. Ovarium triloculare. Ovula plurima, biseriata, horizontalia, 
anatropa. Sfylus terminalis, oblique declinatus ; stigma trifidum. Capsula sub- 
globosa, turbinata, trilocularis, tripartibilis. Semina plurima, biseriata, subglo- 
bosa ; desta carnoso-spongiosa, coccinea; raphe filiformi, umbilicum basilarem 
chalaze terminali (nigree) jungente. Lméryo in basi albuminis carnosi uncinato- 
complicatus, extremitate utraque umbilico proxima.—Herbe scandentes, in Asia 
et Africa tropica (et subtropica) indigene ; radice tuberosa ; foliis sparsis sub ra- 
mis, oppositis vel ternatim verticillatis, sessilibus, lanceolatis acuminatis v. in.cirrhum 
productis ; pedunculis unifloris, axillaribus terminalibusque. Endl. 
METHONICA virescens ; petalis late obovato-lanceolatis refractis apicibus acumi- 
natis retroflexis supra medium undulatis. 
MeErHontca virescens. Kunth, Enum. Plant. v. 4. p. 277. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 
c. p. 135. 
Guortosa virescens. Lindl. in Bot. Mag. t. 2539, et in Hort. Trans. v. 6. p. 
277. Roem. et Sch. Syst. v. 7. p. 366. 
GLoriosa superba, 8, Lam. Cycl. v. 4. p. 133. Var. foliis apice tantum undu- 
latis. Benth. in Niger Fl. p. 539. 
GLortosa simplex. Linn. Mant. 62 (not Don). 
GLortosa cerulea. “Mill. Dict. 2.” 
GLortosa angulata? “ Schumacher et Thon.” 
GLoriosa Abyssinica. Ach. Rich. Fl. Abyss. v. 2. p. 322. 
CLINosty.is speciosa. Hochst. in Fiirnr. Flora, 1844, p. 26, et in Schimp. Heri. 
Abyss. n. 1437. 
_ The reasons for preferring the name Methonica, Herm., to that 
of Gloriosa, Linn., are clearly given in a note to our Littonia 
modesta (vide supra, Tab. 4723) in the words of Dr. Wallich. 
e wish we could consider the name of the present species un- 
exceptionable ; it was probably given by Dr. Lindley to a speci- 
men (such as that seems to be in the figure of Dr. Sims, l. c. 
SEPTEMBER lst, 1856. 
