BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 567 
state of intoxication. At Cochin, I had to wait a week for 
a vessel but during that time I saw little that could 
interest a Botanist, for it was the end of the dry season, 
and there was not much in flower. After a run of three 
days we dropped anchor in this port, and my collections 
have all been landed safely, and are now on their way to 
Kandy. 
GEORGE GARDNER. 
Colombo, Ceylon, 14th May, 1845. 
BoueuertA, Novum Plantaginearum Genus, 
Auct. J. DECAISNE. 
(With a Plate, Tan. XIX.) 
BoveveEria.—Flores hermaphroditi foemineique in eadem 
spica. Bractea medio carnosa, lateribus late membranacea, 
florem tegens. Calyx 4-partitus persistens, dense pilosus, 
foliolis anticis paulo majoribus. Corolla(?) hypogyna, tubu- 
losa, scariosa, limbo in 3 4 lobos parvos irregulares diviso. 
Stamen (in fl. hermaphroditis), unicum, tubo medio inser- 
tem, cum laciniis alternans. Filamentum longe exsertum, 
flaccidum, glabrum. -Anthera basi adnexa et subemarginata, 
bilocularis, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, apice brevis- 
eme mucronulata. Pollen (madefactum) globosum. Stylus 
l, gracilis, longe exsertus, teres, inferne glaber, parte media 
superiori papilloso-stigmatosus. Ovarium rotundo-com- 
pressum, sessile, uniloculare, uniovulatum ; ovulum peltatum, 
reniforme, hilo centrali, placentario brevi centrali crassius- 
culo affixum. Capsula indehiscens, 1-sperma, compressa, 
medio utrinque costata, ossea, rudimento styli mucronata. 
Semen unicum, peltatum, reniforme. Integumentum exterius 
 tenue,atro-virens. Perispermum semini conforme, carnosum, 
albidum. Embryo subarcuatus, supra perispermum trans- 
verse periphericus. ee oblonga carnosæ. - Radi- 
