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



Sect. II. — Herba vel suffrutices. Folia 2-3 ad apicem caulis conferta, spica in inferiori 

 caulis parte laterales, stamina 6, stigmata 3. 



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



vato 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 1 7. 



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

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

 sepalis posticis opposita, horuraque unguibus adnata; anthene biloculares, extrorsa;, 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Rudimentum pistilli. Fcem. Perianthium superum, sse- 

 pms minutum, tridentatum, aliquando masculino subsimile et exsertum. Staminum 

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

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

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



Plantae spithamaa parasitica. Caules squamis loco foliorum imbricatis vestiti. Spicffi soli- 

 tary, terminates, densifiora. Flores tribracteati, bracteis prcesertim anticis barbato- 

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

 angulatum, angulis porosis. 



Mystropetalon Thomii, bracteis anticis per anthesin late oblongis lateralibus J 

 longioribus, perianthii masculi laciniarum laminis lanceolatis ; perianthio 

 fcemineo subgloboso obtuse tridentato. 



Mystropetalon Thomii, Harvey, Gen. S. Afr. PL p. 419. Ann. Nat. Hist. no. 1 2. 

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



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



