a new Natural Order of Plants. 27 



many-seeded, seeds disposed round the lobes of the dissepi- 

 ment. 



3. Cyrtandra bicolor. 



C. foliis elliptico-lanceolatis basi cordatis supra glabris, subtus 



villosis purpureis, pedunculis petiolo brevioribus. 

 Sumatra. 



Stem herbaceous, sub-erect. Leaves opposite, long-petioled, 

 one of the petioles generally abortive, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 cordate and rounded at the base, acute, edges revolute, 

 smooth and dark-green above, purple, villous, and very 

 soft beneath ; nine or ten inches long. Petioles about the 

 same length as the leaves. Peduncles axillary, reflexed, 

 about two inches long, bearing a head of from six to ten 

 pedicellate flowers, embraced by a short deciduous invo- 

 lucre. Cali/x tubular, quinquefid. Corolla white, large ; 

 limb sub-irregular, five-lobed. Stamina two, with two abor- 

 tive filaments. Sti/le one. Berry oblong, many-seeded ; 

 lobes of the dissepiments seminiferous. 



4. Cyrtandra hirsuta. 



C. foliis elliptico-ovatis basi cordatis crenatis utrinque pilosis, 



capitulis paucifloris hirsutis, involucro bipartite. 

 Sumatra. 



Herbaceous, ascending, pilose. Stem round. Leaves opposite, 

 one of them generally abortive, and hence apparently alter- 

 nate, long-petioled, round-oval, or elliptic-ovate, cordate 

 at the base, rather obtuse, crenate, pilose with remote erect 

 hairs ; about five inches long and three broad. Petioles 

 round, as long as the leaves, embracing the stem at the 

 joints, and uniting with the base of the opposite one, which 



E 2 is 



