MARTYNIA, 167 
Oss. Jussieu's explanation of the additional cells being 
formed from the inflexion of the middle nerve is certainly 
applicable to Sesamum. 
Has. Culta circa Mergue ob oleum. No. 474. 
Marrynia. 
Martynia diandra. 
Flos. suffultus bracteis 2 ovato-oblongis subpetaloideis 
subascendentibus. 
Sepal. 5, lineari-lanceolata, 2 inferiora majora, 3 superiora, 
quorum intermedia intima duplo fere minora. 
Cor, infundibuliformi-bilabiata tubo basin versus gracile, 
fauce ventricoso. Lamina 5-loba, lobis rotundalis 2 superiori- 
bus (estivatione exterior) minorib. quinto et antico majore. 
Stam. 5, inclusa, 3 superiora sterilia summo minimo, 2 in- 
feriora fertilia, Anth. loculi divaricatissimi paralleli, perparia 
contigue, 
Pollen album globosum glabrum. 
Stylus filiformis basi subulat. Stigma bilamellat lamella 
inferiore majore. 
var. globosum toro ipsius formam mentiente insidens 
biloculare, pseudo-4 loculares ob placenta contiguam loculis 
pariete exteriori ovarii. Placentæ separabiles omnino ut in 
Verbenaceis quibusdam (et Cyrtandraceis) bivolutatæ, ovulis 
Pendulis, foramen hilum prope. Fig. II. Pl. CCCCXLII. 
Fructus penduli ovato-cymbiformes, apice conico incur- 
vato, stylo marcesco apiculat. bilocul, pseudo 4-loculares. 
Drupacea endocarpio carpio osseo. 
Semina pendula, Testa laxa mucilaginosa cellulosa exal- 
i ‘nosa membrana interna tenuissima embryonem ves- 
ens, 
Embryo radicula obtuse supera. Cotyled. planiuscule 
basin versus 3-nervim. Plumula inconspicua. 
Han, Bengal Serampore : Augt. 20th, 1837. 
