392 Mr. Hooker's Observations on Andraa. 



ohlusis, apice curvatis, utplurimum secundis, concaviirsculis, 

 prorsils enervibus, dorso punctis minutis elevatis longitudimiliter 

 stiiatis et quasi papillosis ; Ferich(£tialia reliquis longiora et pe- 

 dicellum suboequantia, erecta, arctb imbricata, appressa, ob- 

 longa, vel oblongo-ovata, concava, obtusa, niarginibus parum 

 iuvolutis, flavescentia, loiigiludinaliter striata; Ferigonialia cau- 

 liuoruui siniilia, scd lajtius flavescentia. 



Frud/Jicatio; Jaminea termiiialis; Vedicdlus vix lineani longus, 

 albus, succulentus, demum fuscescens, Apophysi terminatus ob- 

 longa, angusta, fuscA ; Capsula oblongo-ovata, basi alba atque 

 diaphana, rcliqua rufo-fusca, in quatuor valvas oblongas, ab 

 apice ad infra medium, scd non ad basin attingentes, deliiscens; 

 Operculum capsulre pro ratione magnum, conicum, album, dia- 

 pbanum, val varum apicibus affixum : Mascula gemmiformis, 

 terminalis ; Anthera: 4 seu 5, subpedicellata^, oblongo-cylindra- 

 ceae, eflfoetae, albidse, subpellucidas ; Fila succulenta, numerosa, 

 lutescentia, filiformia, articulata, antheris sesquilongiora. 



It will readily be seen, on looking at the above synonyms, how 

 little the present plant has been either known or understood; 

 and, indeed, it has very generally bocn ^unfounded both with 

 the preceding and the following species. This Avith respect to 

 the latter is the more surprising, as two plants of the same genus 

 can scarcely be more dissimilar in the structure and form of 

 their leaves. The capsule of this Andrcca has a striking pecu- 

 liarity in its white semitransparent base, which is not dehiscent 

 as in the other species, but is probably of a different texture 

 from the rest of the capsule, as well as of a different colour ; from 

 •whicli latter circumstance this part may be taken for a conti- 

 nuation of the apophysis ; but that is situated just below it, and 

 may be easily distinguished, on dissection, by its being filled" 

 with a pulpy substance only ; Avhereas the Avhite base to the 



capsule 



