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accompanied by very few leaves. Calyx pentaphyllous, the 

 two external divisions smaller, and I'esembling bracteas before 

 the expansion of the flower. Corolla of five large, spreading, 

 emarginate, obovate petals. Stamens numerous, shorter than 

 the petals. Anthers round, tapering to a point, incurved 

 towards the centre. Filaments not monadelphous at the base. 

 Pistil: Germen globular, furrowed, 5-celled: Style long, 

 somewhat filiform, variously bent, as in most of the Cassias ; 

 Stigma simple. Capsule 5-celled, many-seeded : Seeds some- 

 what spiral. 



I have only seen this tree on low ground near the coast. 

 It is not very ornamental when in flower, for want of leaves, 

 the absence of which gives to the whole tree a bare and 

 shabby appearance : though each individual blossom is 

 splendid. The flowers first expand in January and February, 

 and are succeeded by numerous, large, dark-coloured pods, 

 which, contrasting well with the pale shining green and white 

 of its foliage, give to the fine green head of this tree a really 

 beautiful effect. 



SuppL. Tab. XVIII. Cochlospermum Gossypium. Fig. 1, 

 Seed : — natural size. 



XIX. 



ANISOMELES OVATA. 



Dydynamia Gymnospermia. Nat. Ord. Labiatje. 



Gen. Char. Cal. ovatus, subaequalis, 5-dentatus. Cor. tubo 

 calycem subajquante, bilabiata, labio superiori abbreviato 

 erecto integro, inferiori majore patente 3-fido. Stam. 4 

 ascendentia, e labio superiori exserta : Antherce longiorum 

 dimidiatae, breviorum biloculares, loculis parallelis trans- 

 versalibus. Stylus apice subaequaliter bifidus. Achenia 

 laeve. Benth. 



Anisomeles ovata ; foliis ovatis subcordatis crenatis, verticillis 

 multifloris, bracteis linearibus, calycibus pilosis, glan- 

 dulis inconspicuis. Br. 



Anisomeles ovata. Br. in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 364. 

 Spreng. Syst. Veget, v. 2. p. 706. 



