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X. FORRESTIA. Kunth Enum. IV., p. 116, (char. emend.) 
Stamina 6 perfecta. Corolla fere ad basin 3-partita. Capsula elliptica trilocularis, trivalvis, plus minus irregu- 
laris. Semina 3-6, in quoque loculo 2-superimposita aut unicum, arilla rubra penitus involuta. Panicula dense conferta sub- 
sessilis, pedunculo axillari vaginam sui folii perforante. Semen et embryo Commelyna. 
From a suggestion thrown out by Dr. Hooker, I examined carefully about 200 capsules of Forrestia Hookeri when I lighted 
on it growing in quantity. I found nearly 75 per cent. of these capsules to contain five seeds : the capsule, the arrangement and struc- 
ture of the seeds being exactly as in the 5-seeded species of Commelyna : the capsule however though having one smaller cell was 3-valy- 
ed. About 4: per cent. of the capsules were 6-seeded, and the remainder were 4-seeded and 3-seeded. On subsequent occasions I haye 
found the proportion of 6-seeded capsules in Forrestia Hookeri much larger : and in Forrestia glabrata the capsules appear very gene- 
vally 6-seeded. 
