228 WIGHT'S ILLUSTRATIONS, 
ceous, opening transversely. Seed solitary, lenticular, of a 
clear shining black colour, with a white membranaceous or 
almost sebaceous arillus at the base. 
This is to be met with in dry sandy soil in every part of 
the Carnatic, most frequently in corn-fields. It is a poly- 
morphous species. Mr. Brown has not, so far as we know, 
published a generic character, nor perhaps is it really dis- 
tinct from Chamissoa: the only difference, that we can 
perceive, lies in the’stigma, which is almost entire in Al/mania, 
and cleft with two longish recurved segments in Chamissoa. 
W. & A. 
Tas. CXXVIII. Fig. 1, Flower. f 2, the same laid open. - 
J. 3. 4, Capsule with its lid. f. 5, Seed, magnified. 
CELSIA VISCOSA. 
Dipynamia ÅNGIOSPERMIA. Nat. Ord. «€ VERBASCINEE,” 
Nees in Litt. 
Gen. Cuar. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. rotata, patens, 5-loba, 
inaequalis. Filamenta villosa. Stigma 1. Capsula bivalvis. 
—Herbe. Folia simplicia &ut pinnata. Flores laze spicati 
(v. racemosi), terminales, singuli unibracteati aut foliolo axil- 
lares. Celsize Creticze filamenta 2 glabra. 
Celsia viscosa ; viscoso-pubescens, foliis caulinis inferiori- 
bus lyratis, floralibus cordatis semi-amplexicaulibus, pedun- 
culisflori longitudine æqualibus. Nees MSS. (Tas. CXXIX.) 
Celsia viscosa. Roth, Cat. Bot. Fasc. ii. p. 69. n. 4. Fase 
iii. p. 50. Link, Enum. v. ii. p. 146. n. 1653. Spr. Syst. 
Veget. v. ii. p. 809. 
Celsia Coromandeliana. Vahl, Symb. p. ‘79 (diagn.) Willd. 
Sp. Pl. v. 3. p. 280 (diagn.) Wall. Cat. n. 2631. 
Root fusiform. Stems herbaceous, erect, rounded, branched, 
tomentose, slightly angled. Radical leaves petiolate, lyrato- 
pinnatifid, wrinkled, crenato-serrate, villous above, the hairs | 
when viewed with a lens, exhibiting numerous, shining, viscid 
