﻿TAB. V. 



Gyrinops Walla- 



Chak. Gen. P- 



basi attenuatum, 



De 



tenue, coloratum; tubus intus glaber. AnthercB 5, perianthii 

 lobis oppositae, sessiles. Ovarium longe stipitatum, oblongum, 

 apice in stylum conico-filiformera attenuatum. Stigma com- 

 presso-globosum. Capsula longe stipitatum, coriaceum. — Tota 

 Planta colore auraiitiaco sufiisa. Liber valde tenax^ omni?io ut 

 in Thymeleis. Folia elliptico-ohlonga^ suhiter acwninata^ apice 

 ohtuso. Perianthium (m sicco) aurantiactim, novem tineas 

 longiim^ vix semilineam latum. Am. mst, 

 Gyrinops Walla. GcBrtn. FrucL v. 2. p. 276. L 140- 



Prodr. V. I. p. GO- 

 Hab. Ceylon : whence I received the specimens from which 



the annexed figure was made, by favour of Mrs. CoL Walker. 



A figure of this rare and litde known plant cannot fail to be 

 acceptable to the public. Mr. Arnott's amended character of 

 the natural order to which it belongs (Aqvii^arinem) is pub- 

 lished in Dr. Lindley^s excellent '« Nat. System of Botany/' ed.2. 

 p. 296. I here give the generic character of the same Botanist : 

 and, with our next plate, that of the allied Genus Aquilaria. 

 Of Gyrinops only one species is known. Its habit is extremely 

 like that of some slender species ot Daphne. 



Fig. 1. Bud. /. 2. Flower. /. 3. Upper { 

 laid open to show the stamens, f. 4. Pistil, f. 

 size : all the other figures being inagnijied). 



B 



