NEW SPECIES OF PHANEROGAMOUS PLANTS. 55 



bodies have not been included. In most cases only the diagnostic cha- 

 racters and native country have been quoted, lengthy descriptions and 

 other details being omitted. To save unnecessaiy repetition, in the 

 case of species first described in this Journal a reference to the page of 

 last year's volume is all that is given. 



Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) Leopoldii, HoH. Veltcli. {AmarylU- 

 dacece) (afi". A. pardmae). Not described. — Gard. Chroti. 1870, p. 733 

 and fig. 140 ; also figured in Mor. Mag. plates 475, 476. 



Aphanocalyx, Ollv. gen. nov. {LeguminoscB, Casalpiniea). Calyx ob- 

 soletus v. ad dentes minutos reductus. Petalum 1 posticum, bracteolas 

 superans, obovato-cuneatum ; petala lateralia et postica obsoleta, v. inter- 

 dum petalum 1 laterale posticum subsequans v. eodem brevius. Stamina 

 10, omnia antherifera ; filamenta filiformia, glabra, libera v, basi leviter 

 coalita ; antherae parvse, late ellipticse, versatiles, longitudinaliter dehis- 

 centes. Ovarium dense pilosum, breviter stipitatum, biovulatum ; stylus 

 filiformis; stigma terminale capitatum. Leguraen . . . — Arbor inermis, 

 inflorescentia excepta glabra ; foliola unijuga, coriacea, 2-3-nervosa. 

 Flores in racemis breviljus axillaribus congesti. Bractese scariosse, de- 

 ciduse ; bracteohe alabastrum bivalvatim includentes mucronulatse, per 

 anthesin persistentes. 



A. CYNOAiETROiDES, OUv. sp. utiica. — Hab. Mount John, Kongui 

 Eiver, West Tropical Africa. Flowering in September, G. Mann. — Hook. 

 Ic. Plant, t. 1066. 



Artabotrys Hongkongensis, Hance (Anonacea). — Vide Journ. 

 Bot. Vol. VIII. p. 71. 



Asparagus virgatus, Baker {JAliacecB, AsparaginecB) ; fruticosa, 

 erecta, 4-5-pedalis, caule primario dimidio inferlore nudo, dimidio supe- 

 riore copiose divaricatim ramoso, ramulis gracilibus virgatis angulatis 

 sulcatis, foliis minutis inconspicuis lanceolatis membranaceis calcare mdlo 

 modo spinoso, cladodiis ternis setiformibus mucronatis erecto-pateutibus 

 internodiis subtcquantibus facile deciduis, floribus sparsis solitariis e nodis 

 plerisque efoliatis nutantibus, pedicellis brevibus gracilibus infra medium 

 articulatis. — Hab. Cape Colony, Hort. Saunders, from Mr, Cooper. 

 Next Asparagopsis scoparia, Kunth. — Ref. Bot. t. 214. 



Barleria Mackenii, Rook. f. (^Acanthaceae) ; glaberrima, caule ob- 

 tuse 4-gono, foliis recurvis anguste ovato- vel elliptico-lanceolatis sub- 

 acutis petiolatis teuuissime strigillosis integerrimis, floribus terminalibus 

 paucis in axillis supremis, bracteis parvis subulatis, sepalis exterioribus 

 amplis late ovato- vel rotundato-cordatis obtusis venosis, interioribus 

 parvis e basi ovato subulato-acurainatis, corollas purpureas tubo infundi- 

 buliformi calycem tequaiite, limbi lobis subsequalitcr rotundatis basi atro- 

 purpureis, stauiiuodiis 3, 2 lateraliter minutis subulatis intermedio lato 

 apiculato approxiinatis. — Hab. Natal, Hort. Kew., sent by Mr. M'Keu. 

 —Bot. Mag. t. 5S66. 



BoTHRiosPORA, Hook. f. gc'H. nov. (RiibiacefP, Hamelieae). Calycis 

 tubus obconicus ; limbi loin 4 v. 5, oblongi, obtusi, erecti, persistentes. 

 Corolla breviter infundibuliformis, fere rotata, fauce villosa ; lobi 4-5, 

 oblongi, obtusi, quincimciales. Stamina 5, fauci corollee inserta, fila- 

 mentis filiformibus exsertis basi pilosis; antherae breves, oblongae, dorso 

 insertae, utrinque obtusa?, recurva\ Discus annularis. Ovarium 4- v. 5- 

 loculare ; stylus erectus, stigmatibus 4 v. 5 lineai'ibus erectis obtusis ; 

 ovula porplurimn, placcntis tumidis axi ovarii peltatim affixis inserta. 



