102 Dr. Falconer on Edgeworthia. 



sufficiently numerous or important to entitle it to the rank of a separate order. 

 The other genera of true Theophrastece are South American, and the occur- 

 rence of Edgeworthia upon the skirts of the Continent of India is a fact of 

 some interest. Of the species which are associated with it, two are of genera 

 common to Northern Africa and Afghanistan, viz. Forskahlea tenacissima, and 

 Rhazya Daphneoides. 



Botanic Garden, Saharunpore, July 25, 1841. 



EXPLANATION OF TAB. IX. 



Fig. 1. A flowering branch of Edgeworthia Buocifolia, of the natural size. 



2. A flower-bud, magnified, showing the protruded style. 



3. A flower, magnified. 



4. The corolla slit open, showing the insertion of the stamina and squamaeform stami- 



nodia. 



5. The persistent calyx and ovary, magnified. 



6. A portion of the corolla, showing the twisted aestivation of the stamina and stami- 



nodia in the bud. 



7. The ovary, magnified and laid open longitudinally. 



8. The same, cut transversely. 



9. An ovulum, of the natural size, and magnified. 

 10. A ripe seed, of the natural size. 



11 & 12. Sections of the seed, showing the ruminated albumen, the position of the em- 

 bryo, and the thickened core at the base of the testa. 



13. The base of the seed. 



14. The embryo. 



