78 MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Giobba.' 



two or tVuee more between the racemes and the leaves. Flacer's nu- 

 merous, small, ofadeep orange-colour. — Brac^es concave, acute, one 

 to each fascicle; and a smaller coloured one to each riower: all ca- 

 ducous. — Calyx superior, tubular, ihree-toothee!, coloured. — Caol; 

 Exterior border of three, nearly equal, oval lobes; Interior ci two 

 linear lobes, which are as lon;^ as the lip; soon after expansion they 

 are reflected back over the exterior border, but becouie involute 

 before the flower drops. Lip a little elevated above the live segments 

 of the exterior border, biiid at both ends.— Fi[mnent\o\-\%, incurved, 

 ' ^c. as in tlie genus. Aiil/trr broad, ovate, or nearly round, uith 

 its two poliiiiiferous cells whhin, projecting at the sides a iiLlle 

 beyond its peiiphery, but without aviy other kind of appendage, 

 as in most of the other species. — Genu round, rugose, one-celled, 

 containing many ot'M/a, attached to three j)arietal receptacles, bti/lc 

 length of the corol and tiluiuent, liliform, taking a more direct cou!se 

 to the anther than the groove of the ilbment. Stigma funuel-sliap- 

 ed, ciliate. — Capaulc globular, size of a large marrow-hil peu, wart- 

 ed, one-celled, three-valved. — Seeds several, attached to the middle oi 

 the valves of the capsule, round-ovate, resting on a large spongy pe- 

 dicel. — Integuments two ; exterior lirni, light brown, a little villous ; 

 interior inembnuiaceous. — Ferispcrm conform to the seed, hard, and 

 friable, even while fresh. Fitdlus in small quantity, clear, Imiug the 

 inside of the upper part of the cavity of the jicritper/n so as to em- 

 brace the up[)er half of the clavale embryo.^ 



7. G. subulata. R.f 



Panicles radical. Filament w'llh ^ subulate wing on each side near 

 the base; a;.'Mers semi-lunar, winged. 



Found wild in the foruvsis o'i Qhittagong by Mr. W. Roxburgh, and 

 by him introduced mio I'l- L )taiuc Garden near Calcutta, ui 1801 ; 

 where it blossoms iu April, IMay, and June, during whicli period the 

 new.foliage also a;, pears ab jve the ground. There is a constant suc- 



* G. ractmosa. Sin. Exot. Bot. ii. 115. t. 117. setnis to come very near to this s\ic.- 

 cies and to G. orixensis.— N. V, . 



t G. purpurea. Aiuh. Repos. x. Glj. Mantisia saltatoria. Cvirt. Mag. x\x'.l. 1320. 

 — N. W. 



