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loiiffissimo, cano, basis solitario, apicis geminate. Inteoumentum exteriiis coriaceum, rugoso-scabrum ; interius subtilissimum. Peri- 

 SPERMUM nullum. Embryo cylindricus, subhyalinus ; cotyledones oblongae ; radicula teres, crassiuscula, supera. 



This beautiful plant is found rather common on trunks of trees and rocks in Nipal, covering their surface to a con- 

 siderable extent. It approa(?hes closely to Roxburgh's Incarvillea (j^scyjianthus) parasitica, but differs in having 

 smaller flowers, and in the size and figure of the leaves. 



Plate LXXI. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx opened. 3. Corolla opened. 4. Two cohering anthers viewed from the back. 



5. A detached anther seen from the anterior side. 6. Stigma. 7- 8. Ovarium. 



CHIRITA MACROPHYLLA. Tab. 72 



Radice repente ; foliis longissime petiolatis, ovato-cordatis ; scapo elongato, pauclfloro ; corolla cylindrica, medio 

 ventricosa. 



Habitat in sylvis umbrosis montis Sheopore Napalise, ilorens sub pluviis. 



Planta camosa, erecta, pedalis, 2-pedalis. Radix crassa, repens, densissimfe fibrillosa. Folia radicalia, pauca, longt petiolata, obliqub 

 patentia, ovato-cordata, aliquandJ) ovata, basi acuta, latiusculfe serrata, acuta, sinu basis levi, lobis rotundatis, ssepfe insequalibus, subcar- 

 nosa, 6 — 10-pollicaria, utrinque conspersa pilis brevibus, canis, subt^s nervoso-venosa. Petioli erecti, crassi, carnosi, dens^ pubcscentes, 

 hinc sulcati, basi purpurascentes, folio dupl6 longiores. Scapus erectus, gi-acilis, cylindricus, petioles longitudine a^quans, pubescens, 

 simplex vel semel divisus, nunc folio uno alterove parvo stipitatus, apice gerensjlores aliquot magnos, flavos, speciosos, nutantes, subum- 

 bellatos, pedunculatos. Pedunculi teretes, longitudine inaequales, poUicares — 2-pollicares, suffulti bractea involucriformi, ovata,' ciliata, 

 unguiculari. Calyx magnus, ovatus, subventricosus, membranaceus, 5-angularis, 5-fidus, pallidus, glaber ; lacinice lanceolatoe, acuminatae. 

 Corolla infundibuliformis, l|-pollicaris, calyce tripl6 longior, medio dilatata, fauce bilabiate, S-lobfi; lobis ovatis, obtusis. Stamina inclusa; 

 2 fertilia, 3 sterilia. Filamenta fertilium carnosa, pubescentia, medio crassiora. Anthers oblongae, nutantes, cohaerentes. Sterilia 

 subcapitata, intermedium brevissimum. Pistillum ut in C. grandiflora (suprk p. 43). 



flate LXXII. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx opened. 3. Corolla opened. 4. Stamen. 5. Ovarium opened. 



CEROPEGIA LONGIFOLIA. Tab. 73. 



Radice fibrosa ; caule ramisque gracilibus, volubilibus, pubescentibus ; foliis oblongis, attenuato-acuminatissimis, 

 undulatis, basi rctusis ; floribus umbellatis ; laciniis coroUaj lanceolato-falcatis, obtusis. 



Habitat in valli Napaliae ad sepes, florens foUiculosque proferens mensibus Junio — ^Augusto, 



Radix constat fibris carnosis, cylindricis, fasciculatis, cinereis, absque tuberibus. Caulis gracilis, longus, ramosus, vald6 volubilis, cras- 

 sitie pennae columbinae, uti rami gracillimi obsiti pubescentiS, copiosa, mollissima, canescente. Folia patentissima, opposita, remotiuscula, 

 brev^ petiolata, subcarnosa, oblonga, e basi retusa attenuata, acuminata, 3 — 7-pollicaria, subundulata, pubescentia, ciliata, supri atro- 

 viridia, levitfer rugosa, ad sinum glandulis 2 parvulis, convexis et infra iis acervulo ciliarum ; subths costa elevata, nervis remotis, 

 obliquis, punctisque asperula minutis, paucis. Petioli curvi, ^-unguiculares, basi hinc saepissim^ glandula laterali muniti, ramum 

 serie ciliarum amplectentes. Flores magni, fusco-viridescentes, limbo luteo, 1 J-pollicares, 6 — 12-congesti in umbellam pedunculatam, 

 extra-axillarem, solitariam, folio triplo breviorem. Pedunculus poUicaris vel 2-pollicaris, teres, pedicellique gracilcs, ^-unciales, 

 pubescentes. Involucrum constans bracteis lanceolatis, acuminatis, infra pedicellis, iisdem plurics brevioribus. Calyx laevis, subcar- 

 nosus, profundi 5-partitus ; lacinice lanceolatae, acuminatae, patentes, basin coroUae dilatatam pariim excedentes. Coroll/e tubus curvus, 

 ^-uncialis, basi parhm dilatatus intilsque villosus, apice ampliatus in limbum magnum, ovatum, 5-fidum ; lacinia; lanceolatae, lateribus 

 replicatae, ide^que falcatae, apice obtusa pilis paucis, atris barbata, conniventes levitferque cohaerentes, sinubus latis, fundo acutis. Genitaua 

 basi tubi rccondita. Corona staminea constans lobis 5 longis, simplicibus, capillaceis, supra antheris conniventibus. Filamenta oblongo- 

 cylindrica, carnosa, corona breviora, ejusque lobis opposita, apice clavata, obtusa, utrinque loculifera. Mass^ pollinis coinplanato-ovatae, 

 fuscae, erectae, suffultae processu cuneato, basi acuta supra basin corpusculi proprii, atri, minuti inserto. Ovaria subulata, laevia ; stigma 

 planum, obsolete 5-gonum. Folliculi 2 gracillimi, cylindraceo-subulati, divaricati, acuminati, 5-pollicares. Semina ovata, plana, mem- 

 branaceo-marginata, fusca, coma sericea, copiosa triplo breviora. 



Plate LXXIII. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx and corolla opened. 



