78- = | MONANDRIA MONOGYNTA. - G lobia: 
two or three more between the. racemes and the leaves: ‘Flowers nu- 
merous, small, of a deep orange-colour.— Bractes concave, acute, one 
to each fascicle; and a smaller coloured one to each flower ; all ca- 
ducous.—Calyz superior, tubular, three-toothed, coloured.——Corol; 
— Exterior border of three, nearly equal, oval lobes; Luierior of two. 
linear lobes, which are as long as the lip; soon after expausion they 
are reflected back over the exterior border, but become involute 
before the flower drops. Lipa little elevated above the five segments 
of the exterior border, bifid at both ends.— Filament long, curved, 
&c. as iu the genus. — Anther broad, ovate, or nearly round, with 
its two polliniferous cells within, projecting at the sides a little 
beyond its periphery, but without apy other kind of appendage, 
as in most of the other species.—Germ round, rugose, one-celled, 
containing many ovu/a, attached to three parietal receptacles. Style 
length of the corol and filament, filiform, taking a more direct course 
to the anther than the groove of the filament. 
ed, ciliate.—Capsule globular, size of a large marrow-fat pea, wart- 
ed, one-celled, three-valved.—Seeds several, attached to the middle of 
the valves of the capsule, round-ovate, resting on a large spongy pe- 
dicel. —Integuments two ; exterior firm, light brown, a little villous; 
interior membranaceous.— Perisperm conform to the seed, hard, and 
friable, even while fresh. Vitellus in smajl quantity, clear, lining the 
inside of the upper part of the cavity of the perisperm so as to em- 
brace the upper half of the clavate embryo.* 
seg G sibulata. R. t 
- Panicles radical. Filament witha subulate wing on each side near 
Vitis; 3 anthers semi-lunar, winged, 
Found wild in the forests of Chittagong by Mr. W. Roxburgh, and 
by him introduced i into the Botanic Garden near Calcutta, i in 1801; 1 
. where it blossoms in April, May, and June, during which period the 
new foliage also appears above the ground. There i isa horas suc- 
* G. racemosa. Sm, Exot. Bot, ii. 115. te 117. seems to come very near to this spe- 
cies and to G. orixensis,—N. W. 
Stigma funnel-shap- E 
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* G. purpurea, Andr, Repos, x, 615, Mantisia saltatoria. Curt. Mag. xxxii. , 29. i 
=N., W. 
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