%S Dr. Jack on Cyrtandracea, 



is generally an abortive leafless stalk of an inch in length. 

 Peduncles axillary, reflexed, villous, shorter than the pe- 

 tioles, supporting a head of from two to five flowers, invested 

 by an involucre composed of two opposite ovate leaflets 

 united at the base. Calyx tubular, hirsute with brown 

 hairs, quinquefid. Corolla white, pilose without, much 

 longer than the calyx ; tube curved, expanding into a large 

 infundibular mouth ; limb five-parted, somewhat two-lipped ; 

 segments nearly equal. Stamina two fertile, shorter than 

 the corolla; two abortive rudiments. Anthers connate. 

 Style about the length of the stamina. Stigma thick, de- 

 pressed, and transverse. Ovary surrounded by a nectarial 

 ring, long, two-celled ; cells bipartite by the revolute lobes 

 of the dissepiment, to which the seeds are attached all 

 round. 



5. Cyrtandra glabra. 



C. foliis lato-ovatis serratis glabris, capitulis breve-pedunculatis, 



involucro monophyllo. 

 Interior of Bencoolen. 



Herbaceous. Leaves alternate from the abortion of the opposite 

 petiole, rather long-petioled, broad-ovate, acuminate, ra- 

 ther acute at the base, serrated, smooth ; about seven 

 inches long by five broad. Peduncles axillary, short, sup- 

 porting a head of large white flowers. Involucre mono- 

 phyllous, closely embracing the flowers. Calyx five-cleft. 

 Corolla much longer than the calyx, expanding into a wide 

 funnel-shaped faux ; limb five-parted, nearly equal. Sta- 

 mina two, conniving, shorter than the corolla ; the rudi- 

 ments of two others. Anthers united. Style longer than 

 the stamina. Stigma dilated, sub-bilabiate. Berry as in 

 the genus. 



'i 6. Cyrtandra 



