234 OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Roxburghia, 
in a position between decussate and bifarious,stem-clasp- 
ing, lanceolate, with cordate base, acute, above smooth, 
whitish underneath. Racemes axillary and below the 
leaves, over the leafless branchlets, often compound, 
short, bearing from five to fifteen flowers. Flowers pret-_ 
ty Targe, red, ina great measure permanent, Calyx 
red, twelve-toothed, the alternate ones very small, per- 
manent, as is also the colour, Petals six, small, linear, 
lanceolate. Filaments twice the length of the calyx, al- 
ternately a little shorter, ascending, inserted into the 
calyx near its base, and projecting along its under side. 
Germ superior, two-celled. Style shorter than the sta- 
mens. Stigma bifid. Capsule two-celled, two-valved, 
covered with the coloured permanent calyx. Seeds most 
numerous. Receptacles reniform, large. 
Note. The bright red, permanent calyx, which retains 
its colour till the seeds are ripe, gives to this shrub a ve- 
ry gaudy appearance. : 
ROXBURGHIA. Banks. Het 
Calyx four-leaved. Corol four-petalled, their lowef 
half carinated on the inside. Anthers sessile in the 
grooves formed by the carinas of the petals. Germ su- 
perior, one-celled, many-seeded ; attachment inferior. — 
Capsule superior, one-celled, two-valved. Seeds i 
each sitting on a spongy Leip eTeT | 
R, gloriosoides. Willd. 2. 821. R. Corom. pl. 1. N. pa 
Teling. Kanipoo-tiga. 
Ubium Polypoides. Rumph. Amb. 5. p. 364. t. 129. 
Compare with Stemona tuberosa. Lourier. Cochin Che 
ee 40D: 
This elegant pleats is a native of moist iti apart 
mongst the Circar mountains. —. time e the byt 
