254 Linnean Socieiif. [June 3, 



pus pluviserialis, pilis insequalibus plumosis basi liberls persistentibus. 

 — Folia punctata. 



Old. COMMELINE^. 



Gen. StreptoUrion. 



Sepala 6, hyalina, persistentia, exteriora latiora, interiora linearia. Sta- 

 mina 6, perfecta ; filamentis supra medium barbatis ; antheris bilocu- 

 laribus, loculis brachiatim divavicatis apice dehiscentibus. Stylus erec- 

 tus ; stigmate capitato, puberulo. Ovarium 3-loculare ; loculis biovu- 

 latis ; ovulis ad medium placentae centralis aflfixis. Capsula chartacea, 

 trilocularis, trivalvis, loculicide dehiscens. Semina in quoque loculo 

 duo superposita, inferius pendulum, superius erectum, angulata, irregu- 

 lariter rugoso-sulcata ; hilo lineari, papillS, (embryostega) parva de- 

 pressa ei opposita. Embryo testa sub papilla producta latiovi circum- 

 datus, in albumine carnoso subfarinaceo excavate nidulans. — Herba 

 voluhiUs, hahitu et perianthio a Tradescantia d'lstinctissima, charactere 

 carpolegico maxime affinis. 



S. volubile. 



Read a paper entitled " Caricis species novae vel minus cognitse." 

 By Franri^ Boott, iM.D., F.L.S. &c. 



The species described in this paper are eighteen in number, and 

 they are characterized as follows : — 



1. C. ALTA, spica composita elongata e spiculis basi masculis pluribus ob- 

 longis simplicibus : supevioribus contiguis alternatis : inferioribus remo- 

 tiusculis bracteatis, sligmatibus 2, perigyniis parvis ellipticis marginatis 

 ciliato-serratis utrinque nervosis breviter rostratis bidentatis squamam 

 pallidam ovato-acuminatam subsequantibus. 



Hab. in Insula Java, Dr. Horsjield. 

 Affinis C. remotcB, L. 



2. C. sociA, spicis 8 v. 9 cylindricis solitariis geminatisqne ferrugineis 

 concoloribus : terminali mascula breviori erecta; fcemineis 7 v. 8 apice 

 masculis pendulis : supevioribus appvoximatis geminatis : inferioribus 

 remotis solitariis : omnibus evaginatis bracteatis, stigmatibus 2, peri- 

 gyniis orbiculatis abrupte brevi-cylindrico-rostratis ore integro enerviis 

 squama lanceolata acuminato-cuspidata laevi brevioribus. 



Hab. in Insula Ceylon, Col. Walker {v. in Herb. Hooker). 

 Affinis C. geminata, Scbk. 



3. C. ORBICULARIS, &picis 4 parvis congestis sessilibus ebracteatis ; termi- 

 nali mascula oblonga fusco-fenniginea ; reliquis fcemineis apice mas- 

 culis ovatis atro-purpureis, stigmatibus 2, perigyniis compressis orbicu- 

 latis abrupte rostellatis ore iiitegris enerviis atro-purpureis basi pallidis 

 squama lanceolata obtusa nigro-purpurea concolori vix longioribus tri- 

 ploque latioribus. 



Hab. in India Oriental!, Prof. Royle. 

 Affinis C. saxatili, L. {C.pullce, Gooden.) 



