70 ASCLEPIADEA. 
FINLAYSONIA. 
Finlaysonia obovata, Pl. CCCCVII. Fig. I. 
Volubitis. Scandens, caulibus teretibus, junioribus pre- 
sertim purpurascentibus foliis obovatis abrupte acutis mucro- 
natis integerrimis glabris carnosis supra pilosis subtus palli- 
dis et pulchre reticulatis, junioribus, cymis inter petiolaribus 
foliis brevioribus ascendentis dichotomis pubescentibus, brac- 
teis minutis, floribus parvis, cor. lutiscent purpureo tincta, 
barba alba. 
Char. Gen. Cor. rotata laciniis intus barbata, faux coronata 
processubus subulatis ; Antheras 5 oppositis. Stamina fauci 
inserte, libera. 
Antherz, longit dehiscent. apicibus carnosis 3-angularibus. 
Stigma inflexis. Masse Pollinis 20 granulosz obovate 4 an- 
therarum cuique loculo, lividz, egranulis quaternatim cohz- 
nentibus formatis. Corpuscula stigmatis apicibus dilatata lon- 
gissime, ab apicem hinc usque ad medium fissa. Glandula car- 
nosa subrotunda. Stigma 5-gonum apice coarctata sub bifida 
excavationibus transversis, 5 cum angulis alternantibus ! 
Cellule fibrose anthere adsunt: etiam numerosissime. 
Textura, cellulosa laxa (stigma verum). 
Has. Scandens insuper arbores in aquosis in Rhizophorus. 
1. Base of the petals with their processes and column. 
2. Stigma, Glands attached. 
3. Anther and Pollinia inner view. 
4. Pollen mass. 
5. Ditto attached to Gland. 
6. Lateral view of the Gland. 
7. Front of Ditto. 
8. Ditto its foot. 
9. Pollen shewing the quaternary division. 
JO. Flower &c. 
Mergue Sept, 1834, 
