368 » triandria monogynia. Spermacoee. 



ty it is that of a Knoxia ; here it does not open spontaneous- 

 ly, and has black round seed. 



3. S. e.vnerta. R. 



Shrubby, straight, tender parts villous. Leaves remote, op- 

 posite, petioled, lanceolate. Corymbs terminal, decompound. 

 Stamina and the bifid stigma exsert. Capsule oval. 



A native of the Circars, where it blossoms in October and 

 November. 



Obs. Is nearly allied to S. teres ; farther examination may 

 prove them the same. 



4. S. glabra. R. 



Shrubby, round, smooth, erect. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 smooth. Corymbs axillary, compound ; styles hairy. Stigma 

 clavate. Capsules globular, smooth. 



A native of Pulo Pinang, has much the habit of a strong- 

 grass or slender bamboo, the situation of the leaves excepted. 



Branches round, smooth, straight, jointed, in the dry spe- 

 cimens fistulous. Leaves opposite, sub-sessile, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, smooth, entire, length from four to six inches ; con- 

 necting- membrane with unequal awned processes from its 

 mouth. Peduncles axillary, bearing several cross-armed, mi- 

 nute umbellets or headlets of small cream-coloured flowers. 

 Bractes minute. Corol bell-shaped, mouth of the tube hairy. 

 Style longer than the corol, hairy. Stigma clavate, grooved. 

 Capsule globular, smooth, size of a large pin's head. 



5. S. la?vis. R. 



Biennial, straight, round, smooth. Leaves sub-sessile, lan- 

 ceolar. Corymbs terminal. Anthers hid in the bearded mouth 

 of the infundibuliform corol. 



A native of the interior of Bengal : in the Botanic garden 

 it blossoms and ripens its seed from September till February, 

 and is by far the prettiest Spermaccce I have yet met with. 

 Stems erect, perfectly straight, round, smooth. Branches 



