Volkameria. didynamia angiospermia. 63 



Found ill Mysore by Dr. Biicli;(u;iii, who sent the seeds 

 to tlie liolanic garden at Calcutta, where the pUiuts blossom 

 during- J he rains. 



Trunk erect, stout, ligneous. Branches erect, decussate, 

 or tern ; yoinicf shoots smooth, four sided. Leaves opposite, 

 or tern, sub-sessile, broad-lanceolate, serrate, smooth on both 

 sides ; Crom four to eight inches long-, and from one to 

 three broad. Panicles terminal, ramifications decussate, 

 villous, two forked, Bractes lanceolate, viHous. Floivers 

 numerous, large, two pairs of lateral segments, pale blue ; 

 the lower one deep blue. Calyx obscurely five-dentate. 

 Corol ; tribe short, deeply divided on the upper side, incurved. 

 Border of five, nearly equal, expanding divisions, placed 

 on the under side. Filaments longer than the corol, erect, 

 with their extremities beautifully recurved. Anthers oval. 

 Style as long as the stamens. Stiyma of one long (the un- 

 der), and one shorter lobe. Berry with from one to four 

 lobes, smooth, succulent, when ripe of a shining- black. Seeds 

 one in each lobe of tfie berry, obovate. Corol, tube the length 

 of the calyx, villous. Border of five, unequal, segments, 

 placed on the under side, the two lateral pairs oblong-, of a 

 very pale blue, the low er one much larger, cuneate-cordate, 

 and of a much deeper colour. Filaments swelled and vil- 

 lous at the base, inserted on the mouth ofthe tube, and rising* 

 erect through the vacant space on its upper side, toAvards 

 the apex beautifully recurvate. Anthers brown, two-lobed. 

 Germ roundish, having* its base surrounded by a yellow 

 nectarial ring, four-celled, with one ovulum in each, attached 

 to the upper and exterior margins of the partitions. Style 

 the length ofthe stamina. Stigma two-parted. Capsule near- 

 ly round, of the size of a pea, somewhat four-lobed, hairy; 

 when ripe dry , and then falling- spontaneously into four 

 equal portions. Seed solitary, obliquely oblong-. Integu- 

 ment 9\v\w\e. Peri sperm none. Embryo erect. Cotyledons 

 linear-oblong-, thick, fleshy and w hite. Radicle oval, inferior. 



