234 ocTANDRiA MONOGYNiA. RoxburgMa. 



in a position between decussate and bifarious,stem-cIasp- 

 ing, lanceolate, with cordate base, acute, above smooth, 

 whitish underneath. Racemes axillary and below the 

 leaves, over the leafless branchlets, often compound, 

 short, bearino from five to fifteen flowers. Flowers pret- 

 ty large, red, in a great measure permanent. Calyx 

 red, twelve-toothed, the alternate ones very small, per- 

 manent, as is also the colour. Petals six, small, linear, 

 lanceolate. Filaments twice the length of the calyx, al- 

 ternately a little shorter, ascending, inserted into the 

 calyx near its base, and projecting along its under side. 

 Germ superior, two-celled. Style shorter than the sta- 

 mens. Stigma bifid. Capsule two-celled, two-valved, 

 covered with the coloured permanent calyx. Seeds most 

 numerous. Receptacles reniform, large. 



Note. The bright red, permanent calyx, which retains 

 its colour till the seeds are ripe, gives to this shrub a ve- 

 ry gaudy appearance. 



ROXBURGHIA. Banks. 



Calyx four-leaved. Corol four-petalled, their lower 

 half carinated on the inside. Anthers sessile in the 

 grooves formed by the carinas of the petals. Germ su- 

 perior, one-celled, many-seeded ; attachment inferior. 

 Capsule superior, one-celled, two-valved. Seeds several, 

 each sitting on a spongy receptacle. 



R. gloriosoides. Willd. 2. 321. R. Corom.pl 1. N. 32. 



Teling. Kanipoo-iiga.. 



XJbium Polypoides. Rumph. Amb. 5. p. 364. 1. 129. 



Compare with Stemona tuberosa. Lourier. Cochin Ch. 

 p, 490. 



This elegant plant is a native of moist vallies up a- 

 mongst the Circar mountains. Flowering time the cold 

 season. 



