68 MONANDR1A MONOGVNIA. Alphlid. 



much recurved, much shorter than the calyx ; border double. 

 Exterior three-parted; superior divisions incumbent, oval, 

 concave, inferior two smaller, linear-oblong, narrower than 

 the superior one; all are obtuse and of a pure glossy white 

 colour. Lip or inner border, large, elegantly variegated 

 with crimson and yellow, surrounded with an oritur -colour- 

 ed edging-, three-lobed ; the two lateral lobes semi-lunar, 

 and incurved into a large sub-campanulate tube under the 

 upper segment of the exterior border; exterior lobe smaller, 

 curled, and bifid. In tin- species there are no spurs between 

 fa base and the filament, Mm most of the other species of 

 this genus. Fiitmemt nearly as long as the broad double 

 anther, which projects over the middle of the lip. Germ 

 round, v illous, three-celled, with many ovula in each attached 

 to the partitions near the axni Style filiform, embraced at 

 the bane l>v a single, truncate, dentate, glandular body, (nec- 

 tan of Kdnig, Retzius, and Willdenow.) Stigma funnel- 

 shaped, ciliate, rising with s curve through the bifid apex 

 ,,l the anther. Capsule berried, size of a large gooseberry, 

 deep orange, or yellow , according t<» their state of maturity ; 

 not ojh rung spontaneously ?» s '" A - »"'""*, when dry, wrink- 

 led, and a little hairy. Seeds numerous, angular, milled. 

 [,il complete, but thin, and when perfectly dry scarcely 

 traceable. Integnmen4s tw o j exterior thin, inner dark brown, 

 and spongy. Perisperm cartilaginous, a deep pit at the 

 base, and a deep cleft from the apex down to near the mid- 

 dle. \ iii 1 1 us as in l//>i/iia malaccensis, in the centre of each 

 of the superior lobes of the perisperm, is a somewhat clearer, 

 distinct body, as it a continuation of the horns of the crescent 

 of the embryo, but perfectly distinct, and readily separable 

 from them and the perisperm. Embryo an inverted crescent, 

 with the cylindric radicle descending from the convex side 

 through the pit at the base of the perisperm to the umbilicus. 

 Obs. This is also a very elegant species, and holds a mid- 

 dle rank between nutans and calcarata. 



