62 Orv. 12. AxpmosywEX. Cl. 3. Tetra. Liriogame. 
and ejecting.their Pollen by terminal Pores without any vata ; 
its Style also reaches to the top of the Anthers, and its Sti 
dried state is apparently truncated: its Pericarpium, fs the 
remains left on another specimen is thin scarious and probably cap- 
sular. 
Cras. 4, SARMENTACER. 
This Class anger a very large portion of Monocotyledonous Plants, 
instantly known by a character which has never yet failed me, 
ar their jointed Pedicels, either at the base, between the base 
R 
and top, or at the top. Mr. R. Brown attempted in his 
to combine many of them into one Order under the title of Aspho- 
dele, w. he distinguis e black crustaceous coat of their 
ure, J 
to the insertion of the Filaments in the Receptacle or Petals, the 
union or disunion of the Petals themselves, with the various con- 
ne of the Pericarpium, leave decided intervals between many 
ese Genera. A pale yellow or brown Coat on the contrary in 
aioin with the same characters, affords other intervals equally 
marked and plain. Accordingly I venture to regard all these Groups, 
Orders, each of which has likewise often a a peculiar aspect, or what 
Botanists call Habitus. 
Ord. 1. RoxsvRGHEX. 
Petala 4, inter se fiacie, V gro mete e que interiora latiora 
in cunis imbricata, sero dec Filamenta 4, receptaculo inserta, 
basi in Cotylum confluentia, nde late linearia, ultra Antheras pugio- 
niformia. Antherz filamentis adnate, oer: 2-loculares Rachi 
prominula, 4-valves, introrsum dehiscentes ; ies libere Valvis 
Rachideque effoetis in Mucronem elongatis, sed ante anthesin mar- 
gine dorsali alius in alium intruso coalite. Peri ironia superum, 
ovatum, 1-loculare, membranaceum, ab apiee 2-valve. Stigma 
sile, penici orme, Semina numerosa, fe: erruginea, basi rem 
striata; Funiculis longis apice pappillosis; cetera ignota. Herba. in 
Coromandel vallibus humidis, 20-pedalis, facie Tami. Radia tube- 
rosa, perennis. Caulis volubilis, teres, t guard periens. Folia lote 
d etiolata Š Lamina ovato- 
acuminata ; Nervi paralleli venis transversis, utrinque prominentes. 
Stipulae nullz. Flores flavo-virides basi intus rubescente, erecti, fæti- 
dissimi. Panicule rare, 5-9-flore, axillis superioribus. Pedunculus 
circiter itudine folii, deflexus, ramis brevibus alternis sursum ar- 
euatis. Pedicelli P apicem pet ares Bractec 1-rie, squama 
Roxburghia Korx MS.Surrg in Exot. — "7 111. ¢. 57. pu 
Rump. Herb. Amb. 5. p. 365. t. 
