Lobhiane. N. O. Nymphacavez. 
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TAB. DCCCIX., DCCCX. 
Barciaya Lonerroura, Vall. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx 4-5-lobus, tubo elongato inferne cum ovario 
adnato. Corolla 4—5-petala, petalis oblongis ineequalibus, in- 
ferne cum tubo calycis a Stamina subquinqueserialia, 
perianthii tbo inserta, in singula serie subdecem, serierum 
2 superiorum sterilia, ate fertilia. Anthere fere sessiles, 
oblonge, biloculares, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. 
Ovarium inferum, oblongum, 10-loculare, pluriovulatum. 
Stylus conicus, brevissimus. Stigma depresso-umbilicatum, 
obscure radiatum, margine 10-laciniatum ; laciniis subulatis, 
erecto-conniventibus. Bacca carnosa, globosa, matura calyce 
non coronata. Semina globosa, setis carnosis undique tecta.— 
Herba (annua?) aquatica Burmanica, acaulis. Radix fibrosa. 
Folia ere — officinalis, membranacea, tong petiolata, 
pennivenia. Scapi folio breviores, simplices, uniflori. Flos 
involucratus. hvac persistentis 5-phylli foliola oblongo-lan- 
_ ad basin floris verticillata, concava, patentia, uninervia, 
embranac acea, extus 2 eg apicem mucronata. 
Barclaya pare Wall 
Barclaya longifolia, Wall. in Linn. Trans. v. 15. p. 443. ¢. 18. 
Walp. Repert. v. 1. p. ee 
Has. Burman Empire, near Rangoon in Pegu, Dr. Waillich, 
a 1526, Mergui, "Griffiths (in Herb. nostr.). Moulmein, 
plant by its discoverer, given in eae volume 0 
actions’ above quoted. We are disposed to conailer ta real 
calyx to be pee (no less than the corolla), as in the genus 
just mentioned, — the ~ exterior and inferior leaflets will 
be considered as an involucre, as in Hepatica among Ranuncu- 
lacea, and Podopibytiun in Prdophellasen. 
Fig. 1. Flower, the perianth laid open, most of the involucral 
leaves removed. 2. aa erse section of an immature fruit. 
. Tnmature seed serine 
