66 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Siphonanthus, 
lour, slightly tinged with orange, inodorous, Calyx one-leav- 
ed, very large, gradually widening into a most ample bell, 
with aslightly five-lobed border, coloured like the corol, per- 
manent, Corol one-petalled, irregular. Tube longer than the 
calyx, projecting withaslight curvature downward, compress- 
ed laterally, widening gradually to the mouth; on the inside 
alittle downy. Border small, five-parted ; the under division _ 
larger. Stamens from the middle of the tube, and projecting 
a little beyond it, declining a little, somewhat downy. Anthers 
oval. Germ superior, four-lobed ; /obes one-celled, one-seed-_ 
ed, attached to the partition’a little above its middle. Style 
declinate with the stamens, and of the same length. Stig- 
ma acute, slightly two-parted. Capsule four-lobed, four- 
partible, each lobe obliquely turbinate, clavate, rugose, 
of the size of a small lentil, one-celled, one-valved, of a thick, 
— spongy texture, and dark brownish black colour. Sced 
m to the lobe of the capsule. Integument single, from 
every examination I can give it, pretty thick, white, soft, and 
tough. Perisperm none. Embryo erect, amygdaline, Co- 
tyledons two, oval, thick. Plumula small, semilunar, Radi- 
cle oval, inferior. : 
wi. HL scandens, R. 
Shrubby, scandent, Leaves cordate, serrate, acuaniaees 
Flowers axillary. 4 
‘Daudmaree, the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is — / a 
found wild in the forests ; it blossoms during the cool months - 
of December, and January. Iam not very clear whether it 
be any thing more than H, coccinea in its wild state. 
SIPHONANTHUS. Schreb. gen. N. 165. 
- Calyx five-parted. Corol one-petalled, with a very long 
_ slender tube. Germ superior, seems four-celled; cells one- 
seeded ; attachment sub-interior. Berry four-lobed ; lobes — 
one-seeded, Embryo erect, without perisperm., Z 
