■4(^ 'iETUANDiii V MOMOGYNn. Gardneris, 



.^iiediately within the margin of the seed a|l its lower part. — Flumulis 

 inconspicuous. 



OI)s. The general liabit and strncture of the fruit of this interest- 

 in'^- shrub are those of the family of RtiLiacea, especially its prima- 

 ry sub-divisions, with a single two-celled, two-seeded fruit; while its 

 ■superior free ovarium is irreconciliable with the character ot that 

 jp.ost extensive tribe. In this point, to which may be added the con- 

 nate anthers and stipulation, the genus agrees with Apoci'iea. Bat 

 it differs from ilieni both in the aestivation of its fljwers, foiming with 

 the axillary subulate bodies a more remote affinity with Asc/epiadecR, 

 among which Mr. R. Brown has recorded a solitary instance of a 

 valvate corolla in his Leptadenia.^' 



The difficulty thus encountered in assigning tpy plant to its pro- 

 per station i« the natural arrangement has fortunately been lessened 

 by M. Savigny, who concludes his description of Fagainea of Aubl&t, 

 inserted in Lamarck's Eiicyclop. J3ot.f by suggesting that it might 

 be united with Gaertnera of I^amarck:|; under a distinct order; and 

 linallv removed by Mr. ii. Brown who, having on a previous oc- 

 casion?) pointed at the existence of an intermediate iamily between 

 liubiacecc and Apocine(C, alterwaius confirmed its exisiei.ce in his in- 

 teresting observalions on ilie plants collected in the vicinity of the 

 River Congo by my lamented friend and fellow student tiie late Pro- 

 fessor Christian Smith jj To this connecting group my plant neces- 

 sarily belongs, re(juiring a separate section m addition to those pro- 

 posed by Mr. Brown. Tlie fruit appears to a;ree with Gaertnera 

 of Lamarck, with Fagamea, especially if the doubts of Jussieu res- 

 pecting the lattet*! should be verified, and with liaconia of Decan- 

 dolle. Its general structure, as well as the horny and copious pens- 

 perm which, during germination, is raised up with the young plant 

 and remains a considerable time in that state, and the relative posi- 



» Memoiis o( the Wern. Soc- i. p. 1!) ct 31. t Vol. iv. p. 694. 



% lllustr. tab. lor etPouet la Eucycl. bot. siippl. append, p. 084. i Piorfr. 



flor. Nov. HoU. i. p. 455. 

 - II Narrative ofCapt. Tiickey's Expedition to the River Zaire ; Append p 14S. 



% Geu- plant, ed. Uileri. p- 2v»a. 



