ICONES PLANTARUM. 79 
Stamina basi corolle affixa, filamentis in tubum antheris angustiorem 
connatis ; anthers erect, obtuse, subtruncate, lateraliter utrinque 
peltato- auriculate. Pollinia in quoque loculo solitaria, erecta, caudi- 
culis minimis. Stigma vertice planum, 5-angulatu 
Although in many respects allied to Marsdenia, this genus appears 
quite distinct from the peculiar sh f the corolla, the absence of 
rs 
ordina 
artist has also by mistake ie the Sorcie bor as Sea 4 
the left instead of to the ri 
Fig. 1. Bud (the twist reversed). 2. Flower. 3. ee. 4, Pollen- 
masses (the corpuscule connecting them perhaps incorrect). 5. Calyx and pistil. 
An apparently distinct second species has been received from 
W. G. Gerrard from Natal, which may be thus characterised :— 
§. natalense, Benth., foliis ovali-oblongis acutiusculis, corolla lobis 
per anthesin apertis la ite campanulata. Pubes quam in S. cho et 
evidentior, corone squame# magis prominentes, a latere compress 
. BentHamu 
Puate 1191. 
OIANTHUS URCEOLATUS, Benth. 
AsciEPiaDEs, Tribe MAarspEniex. 
Oianthus, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. ii. 775. 
0. urceolatus, Benth., species unica (Heterostemma ur ceolatum, Dalz. 
in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 295). 
Has, East Indian Peninsula, Belgaum and hills to the north, 
rare, Dalzel 
Souls’ volubilis, glaber v. ramulis minute puberulis. Folia oppo- 
sita, breviter petiolata, ovata v. oe acuta, integerrima, 
basi late subcordata, 3-5-nervia, 3—4-pollicaria. yme paucifiore, 
lor 
ovoideo-urceolata purpureo-rubescen 9-10 lin. longa, basi ventri- 
cosa, apice contracta, 5-fida, lobis brevibus latis anguste dextrorsum 
obtegen tibus, Corona tubo stamineo affixa, late cyathiformis, gyno- 
stegium mee —— apice patentissima, late 5-loba et irre- 
gulariter dentata, dente terminali cujusque lobi introflexo. Stamina 
basi corolle affixa, finocnte in tubum brevissimum connatis ; an- 
