STICHNOS. 83 
the ovula is not easily shewn, but indirect proofs are very sa- 
tisfactory : viz., the resemblance of the part attached to the 
ovula to the upper part or that proceeding from the grain: 
2nd the non existence of any tubes in the stigmatic canal 
before the application of the pollen to the stigmatic surface. 
The stigma in one instance was 3-lobed, and as the lobes 
were equal, I consider this indicating a tendency towards the 
formation of other carpellary leaves. Had they been un- 
equal they might have otherwise been accounted for. 
l. Alabast. 
2. Ditto just expanding. 
3. Flower. 
4. Corolla laid open. 
5. Anther back view. 
6. Anther after dehiscence. 
7. Pollen 41; (iterum exam). 
8. Pistillum and calyx. 
9. Pistillum, calyx removed. 
10. Stigma (accidental) almost always bilobed. 
ll. Ovary transverse section. 
12, Ovalum, with boyau attached. 
13. Pollen with its boyau broken. 
14. Pistillum laid open shewing the mode of fecundation. 
Bamo : April 29th, 1837. 
2, Strychnos laurina. 
Scandens, foliis oppositis breviter petiolatis, oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis integris obtusis, 3 nerviis, vere 5, (2 lateral indis- 
tinetis) paniculis forum axillarib. terminalibusque, thyrsoi- 
deis dichotomis. : 
Cal. 4-5 partit. Cor. tubo globoso breve, limbo 4-5 partito 
laciniis reflexis, barbatis, faux barbata, Stam. tot quot pet. 
lis altern, fauci inserta. Anth. erecta biloculi longit. de- 
hiscentes, Stylus subulatus pilosus longitud. corollam pau- 
m superant. Stigma capit. Ovarium pilosum, superum 
