34 Dr. Jack on Cyrtandracece, 



lobes. Ovarium linear, surrounded at the base with a white 

 tubular entire nectarial ring or cup, and produced into a 

 tomentose style of the same length as the stamina. Stigma 

 obtuse, truncate. Capsule long, linear, silique-shaped, cy- 

 lindrical, acute, somewhat tomentose, one to two inches 

 long, two-valved, two-celled ; dissepiments contrary, with 

 two lobes, which are parallel to the valves, revolute and 

 seed-bearing at their margins, and parting the cells in such 

 a manner as to give the appearance of a four-celled siliqua. 

 Seeds numerous, naked, small, and subrotund. 

 Obs. The deep-red colour of the lower surface of the leaves, and 

 the crested disposition of the flowers in their axils, render 

 this a very remarkable species. The aestivation is imbri- 

 cate, the two lateral lobes of the lower lip being the outer- 

 most. 



2. DiDYMOCARPUS RACEMOSA. 



D. foliis oppositis lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis duplicato-ser- 

 ratis supra glabris, pedunculis axillaribus plerumque bifidis, 

 floribus racemosis, pedicellis binatis. 



At Tappanooly, on the west coast of Sumatra. 



Stem short, erect, simple, rough with the vestiges of old leaves. 

 Leaves crowded, opposite, sub-petiolate, spreading, about 

 nine inches long, narrow-lanceolate, attenuated towards 

 both ends, duplicato-serrate, strongly nerved ; upper sur- 

 face smooth, with the exception of the middle rib, which is 

 furnished with long hairs ; all the nerves of the under surface 

 pilose. Petioles short, embracing the stem ; densely pilose 

 above. Peduncles axillary, generally solitary, erect, shorter 

 than the leaves, covered with purple glandular hairs ; gene- 

 rally dividing into two racemes, composed of many pedi- 

 cellate flowers arranged in pairs. Bracts lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, 



