Tas. 4489. 
OPHELIA corymsosa. 
Corymbose Ophelia. 
Nat. Ord. GmnTrANE®.—TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5- 4-partitus, segmentis ima basi connexis valvaribus. Corolla 
marcescens, rotata, 5- 4-partita, plicis coronaque continua destituta, supra basin 
foveis glanduliferis nunc nudis nunc sguamula seepius fimbriata tectis et margine 
hine fimbriatis instructa. Stamina 5, 4, corolle fauci inserta, filamentis nunc basi 
dilatatis monadelphis nunc basi eequalibus liberis. Anthere incumbentes, nutantes, 
seepius virescentes. Ovariwm uniloculare, ovulis suture insertis plurimis. Stig- 
mata bina, terminalia, brevia, sepius revoluta, ‘stylo nullo v. brevi. Capsula 
bivalvis, septicida, unilocularis, placentis nunc spongiosis ‘suturalibus nunc juxta . 
suturas expansis. ‘Semina placentis immersa, numerosissima, minima, plerumque 
exalata.—Herbe fere omnes Imaicole, annue v. rarius perennes, stricta, ramose, 
paniculata, internodiis subequalibus, foliis oppositis, cymis extremis ‘umbelliformi- 
bus, hine contractis. Griseb. 
OPHELIA corymbosa; caule tetragono adscendente, ramis fastigiatis, foliis spathu- 
latis ellipticisque hine scabriusculis trinerviis, imis majoribus, caulinis bre- 
viusculis sessilibus, cymis fastigiatis paucifloris, pedicellis patenti-erectis, 
calycis segmentis linearibus acuminatis corolla 3 brevioribus, corolla 4- 
partite caerulee segmentis obovato-ellipticis mucronatis expansis, foveis 
minutis orbiculatis solitariis squamula apice fimbriata tectis fimbriarumque 
brevium serie cinctis, filamentis linearibus. 
‘OPHELIA corymbosa. Griseb. Gent. p. 811. et’in De Cand. Prodr. v..9. p. ¥25. 
Swertra corymbosa. Wight, MS. in Herb. Hook. 
Ophelia corymbosa of Grisebach was first described from 
Nilgherry* specimens communicated to us many years ago by 
Dr. Wight, under the MS. name of Swertia corymbosa. Seeds 
of the plant have been recently sent to the Royal Gardens from 
the same country by Dr. Schmidt, and they flowered in a cool 
greenhouse in August 1849. Being only an annual, they 
would probably have succeeded quite as well in the open aur. 
The plant is pretty, and, though not showy, will probably answer 
well for bedding out, as it continues long in blossom. 
Descr. Root small, annual. Stem erect, a foot high, four- 
angled, slightly branched below ; above, every pair of leaves 
JANUARY Ist, 1850. 
