accordance with that of PheliptBa ramosa, the typi- 

 cal species of the genus, will at once explain my 

 reasons for restoring the genus Cystanche^ as distinct 

 from Phelipreay to its place in the system. Mr. 

 Stocks considers the ovary of this plant dicarpillary, 

 to me it seems to confirm the view above expressed 

 that it is 4-carpillary, but may have more, just as a 

 4-merous species may occasionally present a 5- 

 merous flower. My draftsman has stumbled on 

 such a one. Mr. Stocks' presents the normal form, 

 and mine the abnormal, and probably that of mine 

 had a 5-carpiIlary ovary. The want of hairs in the 

 bottom of the tube of the corolla of my figure is, I 

 suspect, attributable to an oversight of the drafts- 

 man, which has induced me to change the name 

 first given fC tubulosa), to that given by Mr. 

 Stocks, but still not without some degree of hesita- 



Erect, or ascending, glabrous plants, from 6 to 10 

 inches high, bearing towards the apex a few, long- 

 ish, peduncled flowers. The original drawing, taken 

 from fresh specimens not having been coloured, I 

 can scarcely recall at this distance of time the 

 colour of the flowers, but believe it was purple. 



1423. Christiso.nia sueacaulis (Gardner), stems 

 very short, thick, scaly: peduncles 3-4, shorter than 

 the scales, 1-flowered : corolla 2-2.^ inches long, tube 

 slender, shortly exserted beyond the calyx ; thin, ex- 

 panding into a large sub-bilabiate, 5-lobed limb: 

 stamens 4, glabrous: anthers glabrous, cells calcar- 

 ate. Stigma capitate ?" Benth. scrofed Ind. 



The figure seems to agree with this description 

 except the anthers which, since sending the drawing 

 to the Lithographer, I find are incorrectly represent- 



tion, as it appears possible, that, if both are really ed in the figure, the cells of the upper pair being 



species, which I doubt, both are here represented. 

 It is to be hoped Mr. S. will be able to clear up 

 the doubt that now hangs over C. tubulosa, as dis- 

 tinct fi:om C. httea^ which the written characters 

 scarcely suffice to distinguish. 



After my own figure was printed offj I received 

 from Mr. Stocks the above description and the beau- 

 tiful drawing of No. Ii20-bis. The latter being 

 made from recent plants, and giving a much better 

 idea of the appearance and habit of the plant than 

 one taken from a dried specimen, I have also print- 

 ed. The group of young plants, Fig. 11, is an in- 

 teresting addition to the analysis. The differences 

 of aspect of the two specimens is striking, but are, 

 I believe, variations only. The want of hairs in 

 the base of the corolla of my drawing I have since 



distinct, one apparently sterile and calcarate, the 

 other fertile, the lower pair 2-celIed as here repre- 

 sented; in short the draftsman had succeeded in 

 extracting one anther of the inferior pair from the 

 aglutinated mass, and has taken the liberty of repre- 

 senting all the rest the same, and therefore far irom 

 the truth, a liberty only excusable on the ground of 

 the specimens being few and not very well dried. 

 I suspect, when better known, this will form the 

 type of a genus. The large, loose calyx, want of 

 bracteoles, and peculiar anthers combine to justify 

 this conclusion- I at first considered it a true 

 Phelipsea. 



Campbellia. (R. W.) 



found to originate m an oversight of the draftsman. Calyx tubular, 5-lobed, bibracteolate. Corolla 



1421. tEginetia pedunculata (Wall.), glabrous, 

 scape simple, furnished with a few attenuated scales ; 

 floral scales triangular: calyx spathaceo-monophyl- 

 lous, split on the anterior side ; corolla equalling the 

 calyx, tube inflated, limb 5-cleft, lobes about equal, 

 reniform, denticulate: filaments glabrous; stigma 

 large, cordato-peltate.— Peduncles 1-flowered, equal- 

 ling or exceeding the scape. Flowers large, tube 

 yellow, limb obscurely violet, calyx filled with a 

 viscid fluid. Stamens incluse. Capsule ovate. 



Courtallum, in Bamboo jungles, flowermg August 

 and September. 



Oligopholis. 



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Generic Character. Hermaphrodite, ebracteo- 

 late. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Corolla infundibuli- 

 form, sul^ingent, 5-lobed. Stamens didynamous, 

 incluse; anthers 2-celled, 1 fertile; the other sterile, 

 subulate. Ovary one-celled, embraced at the base 

 by a cup-shaped disk: placentae 2, large, fleshy, 

 nearly filling the whole' cavity, covered on all sides 

 with minute ovules ; style sub-clavate; stigma peltate 



Capsule — seed. 



Herbaceous, parasitical plants, with erect, slightly 

 ramous, nearly naked stems, only furnished vsrith a 

 few scales (whence the name), peduncles axillary, 

 longer than the floral scale, ebracteolate. Corolla 

 i^iKiiiar ventricose above, more than twice the 



sub-irifundibuliform, bilabiate; the upper lip more 

 or less deeply 2-lobed, the under 3-lobed. Stamens 

 didynamous, incluse; anthers 1-celled, pendulous, 

 opening by a pore at the apex. Ovary spuriously 

 2-celled at the base, 1-celled at the apex; carpels 

 deeply inflexed, placentiferous margins revolute ; 

 style simple; stigma capitate. Capsule, like the 

 ovary, imperfectly 2-celled. Seed oblong; testa 

 loose, reticulate, produced at the ends into a wing; 

 albumen copious ; embryo minute. 



Herbaceous plants, parasitic on the roots of others* 

 Stems simple, scaly. Flowers axillary, peduncled, 

 aggregated towards the apex of the stem, each fur- 

 nished with two bracteols. Stamens shorter than the 

 corolla. Style hooked at the apex ; stigma clavate, 



drooping. 



This genus is very nearly allied to Hyohancht 

 from which it is principally distinguished by the 

 form of the corolla. It is nearly allied to Christi- 

 sonia^ from which it is separated by its 1-celled 

 anthers and bracteolate flowers, a character not un- 

 worthy of notice, though of only secondary rank. 



I have named it in honor of Dr. William H. 

 Campbell, l.l.d., the first Secretary of the Edin- 

 burgh Botanical Society, and his brother Captain J. 

 Campbell, of the Madras Establishment, long an 

 active collector of plants for the use of his brother 

 and other Botanical friends. 



1424. Campbellia aurantiaca (R. W.), stems 



ring 



alyx- Fdaments thickened below ^.^^j^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^.^j^ ^l^^^l^ appressed, 



1422, Oligolepis tubulosa. (R. W.) 

 Courtallum. parasitic on roots of Bamboos? flow 



ering September. 



sub-orbicular scales; floral ones or bracts broad, obo- 

 vate, bracteoles lanceolate, entire: flowers sessile, 

 stipulate: corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx, 

 pubescent within, five-lobed: stamens scarcely didy- 



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