66 i>i»YNAMiA ANGiosPERMiA. Siphonantkus. 



lour, slightly tinged with orange, inodorous. Calyx one-leav- 

 ed, very large, gradually M'idening into a most ample bell, 

 with a slightly five-lobed border, coloured like the corol, per- 

 manent. C'o/o/ one-petalled, irregular. 7^«&f? longer than the 

 calyx, projecting withaslight curvature downward, compress- 

 ed laterally, widening gradually to the mouth; on the inside 

 a little downy. Border small, five-parted ; the under division 

 larger. Stamens from the middle of the tube, and projecting 

 a little beyond it, declining a little, somewhat downy. Jiiitliers 

 oval. Germ superior, four-lobed ; /o6es one-celled, one-seed- 

 ed, attached to the partition a little above its middle. Style 

 declinate with the stamens, and of the same length. St'ig- 

 via acute, slightly two-parted. Capsule four-lobed, four- 

 partible, each lobe obliquely turbinate, clavate, rugose, 

 of the size of a small lentil, one-celled, one-valved, of a thick, 

 soft, spongy texture, and dark brownish black colour. Seed 

 conform to the lobe of the capsule. Integument single, fiom 

 every examination 1 can give it, pretty thick, w hite, soft, and 

 tough. Perisperm none. Embryo erect, amygdaline. Co- 

 tyledons two, oval, thick. Plumula small, semilunar. Radi- 

 cle oval, inferior. 



2. H. scandens. R. 



Shrubby, scandent. Leaves cordate, serrate, acuminate. 

 Flowers axillary. 



Daudmaree, the vernacular name in Silhet, M'here it is 

 found wild in the forests; it blossoms during- the cool months 

 of December, and January. I am not very clear whether it 

 be any thing more than H. coccinea in its wild state. 



SIPHONANTHUS. Schreb. gen. N. 165. 

 Calyx iive-parted. Corol one-petalled, with a very long 

 slender tube. Germ superior, seems four-celled ; cells one- 

 seeded ; attachment sub-interior. Berry four-lobed ; lobes 

 one-seeded. Embryo erect, without perisperm. 



