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filamenta subulata; anther erect, sagittate, biloculares. Ovarinn 
sessile, uniloculare ; ovula in placentis 3-4 parietalibus perpauca. Sty/’ 
3-4, filiformes; stigmata capitata. /ructus capsularis ?—Herba basi 
vie suffruticulosa glabra multicaulis ; caulibus simpliciusculis angulatis 
erectis, folits alternis sessilibus ovatis ciliolato-denticulatis penninerviis ve- 
nosis, stipulis subulatis liberis patentibus v. deflexis, racemulis 2-3 floris 
axillaribus, floribus perparvis extus herbacets purpureo-maculatis, 
T. Sandersoni: Harv. 
Haxs.—Port Natal, J. Sanderson. (Herb. T. ©. D., comm. Cl. Hook.) 
Descr.—Root perennial, woody. Stems numerous, 4—6 inches high, 
erect, quite simple, angular, ribbed and furrowed. eaves alternate, 
quite sessile, not articulated with the stem, the bulbous base of the mid- 
rib coalescing with the node, ovate, acute, 1-1} inch long, 3—2 inch 
broad, subdistantly ciliolate with subulate cilia or denticulations; the 
midrib prominent below, and the veins evident and closely netted. The 
whole plant is glabrous. Peduneles axillary, about as long as the leaves, 
2-3 flowered; one or more bracteoles at the base of each pedicel. Flowers 
2-3 lines in diameter, greenish with purple dots outside, whitish (?) 
above. Exterior segments of the perianth ovate-oblong, equal, two of 
the ¢nterior much larger than the third, and broadly ovate, with white 
margins, while the third is linear, sublanceolate, and petaloid. Outer 
corona elegantly fringed; inner (bearing the stamens) subcrenulate. 
Styles varying from three to four. Ovules few. 
A passifloraceous genus with flowers no bigger than a chichweed is a 
botanical curiosity. The flowers, though so small, are seen to have, 
when examined underthe microscope, all theessential parts of a Passiflora, 
and our genus chiefly differs by its sessile ovary and free stamens. Its 
two coronas, the inner bearing the stamens, and the outer merely fringed, 
appear both to belong to the sfaminal circle, and render it probable that 
the manifold corona of Passiflora has a similar origin. We hope our 
friends at Natal will keep a wateh for other small Passifloracez, which 
are wanting as connecting links between the more highly and less highly 
organized genera of the Order ; the present is one such link, others are 
Acharia, Ceratiosycyos, and Modecca, and it is highly probable that the 
region which produces these may furnish others as interesting. Burchell’s 
** Paschanthus’ remains a botanical puzzle. : 
Fig. 1, Tryphostemma Sundersoni, the natural size, Fig. 2, a fiower; 3, reverse 
side of perianth; 4, inner corona-staminea, bearing the stamens ; 5, outer corona 36 &7 
pistils, from different flowers; 8, cross section of an ovary; the latter figures variously 
magnified. 
Lil. TRIUMFETTA TRICHOCARPA, Sond. ( Tilacee.) 
T. tri : fruticosa, pilis stellatis vestita, ramis teretibus 
scabris, foliis alternis brevissime petiolatis oblongis v. ovato-oblongis ob- 
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