ICONES PLANTARUM. 65 
PLATE 1384. 
CAMPYLOSIPHON PURPURASCENS, Benth. 
BuURMANNIACES. 
: im dip et gen. nov., Char. gen. Perianthii tubus tenuis, 
incurvus, exalatus lobi 6, ae ‘omnes angusti, parum inwquales, 
axilibus numerosissima. 
ta 
C. purpurascens, Benth., single species. 
North Brazil and Venezuela, on tree-roots in moist ae 
at Panuré, on the Rio Uaupés and San Carlos on the Rio Negro, It 
Truce, 2492; forest behind Manaos on the Amazon, J. W. H. 
Traill, sd apparently the same species, Polaro river, British Guiana, 
E. F. im Thu 
Herba annua (v. erhizomate perenni Ds semipedalis v. paullo altior, 
i duplicato erecto, epee 
8 " erectis piled ‘vaguintdodl instruc 
subceerulescentes Vv. in h 
ovario 9-11 lin. longum, tenue, incurvu lobi lineari-lanceo- 
lati, acuti, ad 3 lin. longi, in es exterioribus paullo angustiores. 
tia 
Anthere Burmanme, loculis insigniter prominentibus, valvis de 
omnino discretis. Styli apex insigniter incrassatus, lobis latis crenatis. 
BrenTHAM. 
Fig. 1. Portion of the perianth- -tube and four of the lobe s, opened out showing 
two of theanthers. 2, 3. Anthers open, showing the two Fc ‘of each cell, 4, Apex 
All magnified. 
of the style. 5, Ovary, transverse section. 
