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l. Holostemma (Graphistemma) pictum, Champ., sp.n.; glabrum, 
foliis subcordato-oblongis acuminatis, coronæ staminee lobis 5 gy- 
nostegium sub:zequantibus.— Habitus ut inflorescentia generis. Folia 
petiolata, 4—5 poll. longa, fere 2 poll. lata, basi sinu parvo ssepius 
cordata. Umbelle demum in racemum simplicem v. bifidum ex- 
tense. Flores quam in H. Rheedii paulo minores. Sepala ovata, 
obtusa, vix linea longiora. Corolla subrotata, glabra, fauce nuda, 
laciniæ ovales, obtusissimee, 4—5 lin. longæ, intus eleganter purpureo 
et flavo pictæ. Corona staminea imo gynostegio inserta, breviter 
annularis, lobis 5 erectis ovatis simplicibus lateribus reflexis, sinu- 
bus latis, dente brevi lato auctis. Anthere membrana terminate. 
Masse pollinis elongata, ab apice pendule. Stigma depressum. 
Folliculi 2-3-pollicares, basi ventricosi, lzeves. 
Ravines of Mount Victoria, flowering during summer. Although 
the staminal corona in this plant shows a considerable difference from 
the entire or slightly-lobed ring of the other species of Holostemma, ap- 
proaching in some respects to that of Symphyoglossum, yet in all other 
characters, as well as in habit, the species icio evidently allied to H. 
Rheedii, that I have preferred considering it as indicating a section of 
Holostemma (for which I propose the name of Graphistemma), to add- 
ing to the number of small genera founded on nice and not always 
natural distinctions, with which the Order is already overloaded. 
3. Asclepias Curassavica, Linn.—Dene. in DC. Prodr. vol. viii. p.566. 
Naturalized all over the island. 
4. Tylophora hispida, Dene. in DC. Prodr. vol. viii, p. 610. 
Common about Victoria. 
5. Marsdenia tinctoria, Br.—Dene. in DC. Prodr. vol. viii. p. 613. 
 Ravines of Mount Victoria. The corollas are rather larger than in 
my Indian specimens, and slightly contracted at the throat, so as to 
appear rather urceolate than campanulate, but the plant is in all other 
respects the same as the Indian one. ; 
77^6, Stephanotis Chinensis, Champ., sp. n.; ramulis pubescentibus, foliis 
cordato-ovatis acuminatis suprà sparse subtus ad venas hirtellis, co~ 
rollæ laciniis ovato-lanceolatis tubo sublongioribus, corona staminea 
antheris multo breviore. — Caulis alte volubilis, ramis molliter pu- 
bescentibus. Folia fere Raphistemmatis pulchellæ, sinu tamen baseos 
minus aperta, novella .fere undique pubescentia, adulta supra pilis 
paucis conspersa subtus ad venas venulasque plus minus hirta. Pe- 
