336 Mr. Griffith on the Root-Parasites referred to Rhizantheae, 



Sect. II. — Herbee vel suffrutices. Folia 2-3 ad apicem caulis conf'erta, spicm in inferiori 

 caulis parte laterales, stamina 6, stigmata 3. 



4. B. tomentosa, " foliis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, fauce perianthii annulo ele- 



vate cincta." 

 B. tomentosa, Bl. Bennett, PL Jav. Rar. part 1. p. 43. 



5. B. Khasiyana, foliis cordatis vel cordato-oblongis, spicis subrecurvis, peri- 



anthii laciniis dorso triveniis, fauce perianthii nuda. 

 Trichopus ? piperifolius, Wall, (sine charactere). 

 B. latifolia, Lindl. Bot. Reg., n.s., vol. v. t. 1543, in text? 



My only knowledge of this species is from a drawing in the Honourable 

 Company's Library ; the plant, I am told, came from the Khasiya Hills, but 

 no dried specimens are to be found, nor any information. 



§ 5. Mystropetalon. 



Mystropetalon, Harvey, Gen.S. Afr. PL 418. Ann. Nat. Hist. no. 12. vol. ii. 

 p. 385. EndL Gen. PL SuppL 7 17. 



Char. Gen. — Mas. Perianihium trisepalum, sepala longe unguiculata, ima basi connata 

 apice dilatato-concava, aestivatione valvata, antico tertio breviore. Stamina fertilia 2, 

 sepalis posticis opposita, horumque unguibus adnata; ant/iera biloculares, extrorsae, 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Rudimentum pistilli. Foem. Perianthium superum, sae- 

 pius minutum, tridentatum, aliquando masculine subsimile et exsertum. Staminum 

 rudimenta 2 vel 0. Ovarium disco cupuliformi celluloso-areolato insidehs ; stylus fili- 

 formis exsertus, deciduus ; Stigma capitatum, trilobum. Fructus disco immutato insi- 

 dens, subbaccatus ; tela centralis (embryo ?) e cellulis angulatis lutescentibus conflata. 



Plantae spithamcece parasidcce. Caules squamis loco foliorum imbricatis vestiti. Spicae soli- 

 tari<e, terminates, densiflorcB. Flores tribracteati, bracteis priesertim aniicis barbato- 

 villosis, masculi magis conspicui, deorsiim arcuati. Perianthium coriaceum. Pollen 

 angulatum., angulis porosis. 



Mystropetalon Thomii, bracteis anticis per anthesin lat^ oblongis lateralibus ^ 

 longioribus, perianthii mascnli laclniarum laminis lanceolatis ; perianthio 

 foemineo snbgloboso obtusfe tridentato. 



Mystropetalon Thomii, Harvey, Gen. S. Afr. PL p. 419. Ann. Nat. Hist. no. 12. 

 vol. ii. p. 386. t. 19. 



Hab. Caledon Baths, Swellendams, Africae Australis. D. Harvey. 



