280 | DIDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA| 
MELITITIS. Curt. 68. 
Cat. Cup 1 leaf, bell-shaped, cylindrical, aie) Mouth 
* with 2 lips. Upper lip tall, notched, acute. Lower lip 
shorter, cloven, acute. Segments standing wide,” 
Bross. 1 petal, gaping. Tule much more slender than 
the cup. Mouth but little thicker than the tube. 
lip upright, roundish, entire. Lower lip ex 
with, 3. segments, blunt; middle Segment: ings, fa 
entire, 
Sram. Filaments 4, the middle ones shorter shan: the outer 
ones, awl-shaped, standing under the upper lip. — 
blunt, cloven, each pair orming a cross. | 
Pisr. Germen: blunt, with 4 clefts, covered with sil bain 
'»/ Styles thread-shaped, agreeing in length and situation 
__with the stamens. Summit cloven, acute. a 
S.Vess. none. The Cup unchanged contains nthe se é 
SEEDS four. 
Oss. The lower lip of the calyx i is sometimes’ scollo 
lanms 2 
Psion Pes 64, Cassida. 
i leaf, very short, tubular. Rim almost entire, 
after Howerin closed by a lid, which is formed by a 
expansion of the upper part of the cup.’ <. Sakae 
Buoss. 1 petal, gaping. Tule very short, bent backwa ; 
. Mouth long, compressed. Upper lip concave, 3-cle 
Middle ees concave, notched at, the end. Latera? — 
Segments flat laced under the middle s¢ AE 
Lower lip broad, notched at the end. yee 
Sram. Filaments 4, 2 long and 2 short, conse 
the upper lip. -Anthers small. a ae 
Pisr. Germen with 4 divisions. Style ‘linea we 
agreeing in length and situation with the st 
mm role. crooked, taper.’ ee ae 
S. Vess. none. The Cup 3-cornered, covered rth | 
resembling a helmet, answering the Paton, of 
sule, and opening at the lower margin. - Ye el 
SEEDS 4, roundish. 
Oss, This genus is abondantly distinguishable Pe a 
others by its singular and. beautiful calyx, which, inclosing 
seeds as a seed-vessel, resembles, in its external apie! 
helmet with its crest. Pes 
