1CONES PLANTARUM. 67 
So similar to F. procumbens, A. Cunn. (Hook. Ie. Pl. t. 421), a by habit 
i i wers, how- 
ever, they differ widely, those of F. prostrata being much more sionate with 
ellipsoid ovary, narrower longer calyx-tube, lanceolate acuminate calyx-lobes, 
and the large capitate stigma is much exserted. At first I was inclined to 
Pi ea that these differences might be sexual, but I should rather regard 
hem as diagnostic of two reoaene species that possibly had a compa- 
ratively rece sat common ori gin. It is a remarkable fact that many of the 
Barrier Island plants differ “permanently, thonek slightly, and some ‘strongly 
aud specifically, from those of the oo main island, indicative of a long 
geographical severance.—J. D. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. The same with the calyx laid open :—doth magnified. 
Prats 1084. 
RAPHANOCARPUS KIRKII, Hook. /. 
CucuURBITACE. 
Raphanocarpus, Hook. f. gen. nov.—Flores monoici. Fl. mase. 
2-5 ad apicem petioli v. ad basin laminee folii. Calycis tubus parvus, 
squamulis 8 incurvis fundo sitis ; lobi ovati v. lanceolati. Petala 5, libera, 
patentia, obovata. Filamenta 3—4, i | 
flexuosis ; ; connectivo angusto v. dilatato, apice non product v 
mentum 0. F/. fem 1-2 es a aero axillaris, v. Tarlus ae 
orti. Calycis lobi et “petala n g, sed minora et angustiora. Ovari 
elongato-fusiforme, sulcatum, oer loculo cen er ‘stylus brevis, $ a 
matis lobis 2 compressis rotundatis ; ovula 2, ants superiore erecto, infe- 
riore pendula. he airs gust, fusiformis, teres, suberosus, suleatus, 
pilosus, 1-locularis, 2-spermus, v. e loculis septo transverso discretis 2- 
locellatus. Seming is cae wae compressa, superiore erec 
pendulo, testa hyalina.— Herbe annua, pi ‘ostrate v. scandentes. 
v. orbiculato-cordata. Cirrhi indivisi, Flores flavi. Fructus Raphani Jo- 
mentum revocans. 
1. R. Kirkii, Hook.f. ; pilosus, ba plncasccreinnd obtuse angu- 
latis v. 3 5-lobis, ‘cbr acutis integerrimis v. obscure dent 
Has. Mozambique, district of Africa, between Senna and pe ns and on 
the Shire, near Shigogo, Dr. J. Kirk, January and February, 1859- 
-3 poll. 
ules 3-5 ped. longi, gracillimi, angulati, flexuosi. Folia 2-3 poll. 
longa, fe ste sinu profun do angusto v. lato. Fl. mase. : peduncult 
breves, graciles, 2-flori, pilosi, bractea oblonga, pedicellis grac 
Bsc: lobi 4 poll. longi, ovato-lanceolati; squamulie fundo tubi breves. 
