Drummondiane. N. O. ———? 
TAB. CDXII. 
MACROSTIGMA. n0v. gen. 
Gen. Cuan. Monoca v. Polygama. Calyx unibracteatus, 
monophyllus, subturbinatus, persistens, quinquelobus, lobis 
obtusis margine ciliatis. Corolla o-HermMAarHR. Stamina 
10 exserta, hypogyna. Filamenta libera, glabra. Anthere 
filamentis longiores, oblong, acute, minute glandulose, bi- 
loculares, lateraliter et longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Germen 
obovatum, uniloculare, biovulatum, ovulis ad basin loculi 
erectis. Stylus basilaris, sursum curvatus, dein deflexus, ger- 
mine subtriplo longior. Stigma maximum, peltatum, granu- 
losum, germinis fere magnitudine.— Fazm. Stamina 10 abortiva, 
ad filamenta elongata flexuosa antheris destituta redacta. 
Pistillum ut in hermaphrodita.—Frutex erectus ramosus, ramis 
virgatis ; foliis sparsis linearibus rigidis obtusis, basi utrinque 
stipula minuta brevi-subulata suffultis. Flores axillares in foli- 
orum axillis superiorum, v. si mavis, racemosi, racemis Soliosis. 
Macrostigma australe. 
Has. Swan River Colony, Australia. Mr. James Drummond. 
On the Natural Order to which this may be referred 1 
willnot venture to offer a conjecture, but content myself with 
representing such an analysis of this singular plant as my speci- 
men will allow. 
Fig. 1. Hermaphrodite flower. /. 2. The same, the calyx 
laid open. f. 3. Pistil. J. 4. Ovary laid open. f. 5, 6. Sta- 
mens. f.7. Female flower magnified. 
