of the leaves, of the calyx-lobes, and of the petals, all of 

 which vary much in length and breadth ; that here figured 

 agrees _ best with his var. vera, which is E. Meyer's 

 G. cassia. Lamarck indeed (following Plukenet) describes a 

 species (G. gentianoides) as blue flowered ; but this, as 

 already pointed out in this work, is no doubt an error. 

 Grammanthes chlorceflora was introduced into England in 

 1788 by Masson (a collector sent from Kew), but was known 

 long before to botanists, being described by Plukenet in his 

 'Almagesti Botanici,' in 3700, as identified by Lamarck, 

 though the rude figure (t, 415 f. 6,) is hardly recognizable as 

 belonging to this plant, and the flower is described as blue. 

 The specimen here figured flowered at Kew in July of the 

 present year. 



Descr. A low glaucous annual herb, four to five inches 

 high, usually dichotomously branched. Leaves sessile, ovate, 

 acute, one-fourth to one-half an inch long, succulent, con- 

 cave. Flowers axillary and terminal, peduncled, one-third to 

 two-thirds of an inch in diameter, at first orange-yellow with 

 a deep v-shaped mark at the base of each corolla lobe, 

 finally more red. Calyx campanulate; tube obscurely 

 angled; lobes usually broadly ovate, obtuse, but sometimes 

 produced and lanceolate. Corolla-tube equalling the calyx 

 or longer; looes ovate or lanceolate, acute. Stamens with 

 the filaments much shorter than the corolla-lobes, anthers 

 e ^S rt ? , Hypogyiwm glands minute, linear. Carpels 5, 

 with slender straight subulate styles ~J D H 



l> Vertical section of flower; -'.calyx; 3, portions of corolla and stamen : 



ilarged 



