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and Lysopomia; upon Cyphiacee, through the genus Cyphielal 
of Presl, which has a gamopetalous corolla; and upon Goodeno- 
- viaceæ, through the section Ochrosanthes of Goodenia. 
The generic name of Cyphocarpus, now proposed for this plant, 
is derived from kudos, incurvus, and kapros, fructus, on account of 
the gibbous form of its enlarged capsular fruit. 
The following is an outline of its generic character :— 
Cyenocarrus. (gen. nov.)—Calyx oblongus, ovario adnatus, 
limbo supero, persistenti, breviter tubuloso, profunde 5-fido, 
laciniis erectis, subinzequalibus, linearibus, retrorsim mucronato- 
dentatis, rigidis, fructifer demum auctus. Corolla persistens, in- 
sertione epigyna, longe tubulosa, tubo cylindrico pentagono, 
angulis hispidulis, limbo bilabiato tubo duplo breviore; labio 
superiore galeato, textura crassiori, (excepto nervo dorsali) glabro, 
colorato, marginibus alatis tenuibus, lobo unico oblongo superato ; 
labio inferiore, imo in palatum gibbosum plicato, plicis 3 linearibus 
intus prominentibus, apice usque ad medium in lobis 4 oblongis 
partito; lobis omnibus 5 textura delicatula æqualibus, æstivatione 
induplicatis. Stamina 5, æqualia, inclusa, supra medium tubi 
inserta, limbi laciniis alterna: filamenta gracilia, dilatata, medio 
nervulo centrali barbata : anthere lineares, filamentorum longitu- 
dinis, basifixæ, 2-loculares, loculis collateralibus, margine rima 
longitudinali dehiscentibus. Polen globosum, simplex. Ovarium 
inferum, cylindraceum, sub-5-gonum, membranaceum, 2-loculare, 
loculis uno antico, altero postico, dissepimento membranaceo, 
tenuissimo, medio placentifero, a parietibus cito soluto et evanido, 
placenta centrali tune omnino libera, revere deinde unilocnlare : 
ovulis plurimis adscendentibus. Stylus filiformis, tubo corollæ 
paulo longiusculus, omnino glaber, apice sub galea reflexus, basi 
annulo brevi integro carnoso cinctus. Stigma capitato-bilobum, 
lobis crassis, in alabastro clausis et extus setosis, demum reflexis, 
glabris, in sinu glandula centrali viscosa instructum. Capsula cylin- 
drica, conica, striata, postice gibboso-ventricosa, corolla calycisque 
allusion to the existence of so prominent a feature. I have also observed in some 
species of Lobelia, that the insertion of the stamens is decidedly perigynous, that is to - 
say, upon the tube of the corolla, a little above its base, not epigynous, as generally - 
.. described. 
