ICONES PLAKTARUM. 53 



petioluni 2-3-pollicarem angustata. Cymce axillares, 10-12.jaore8; 

 pediuiciilo robusto |-| poll, longo, bracteolis minntis subulatis aucto, 

 pedicellis |-| poll, longis. Sepala ciliata. Gorolla^jioW, diam., orbicu- 

 laris, depressissima, peltiformis ; lobiparvi, late triangulares, discoreflexi. 

 Coliimna minnta, depressa, coroiise lobis late ovatis acuminatis, antlie- 

 rarura apicibus brevibus icflcxis obtusis Stigma depresso-pentagonum. 

 In the * Elora of British India ' I adopted the untiSTial coarse of 

 naming and describing a new plant from a drawing only, for the justi- 

 fication of which course I here produce a facsimile of the material, the 

 specimens of which were, as Colonel Beddome informs me, unfortu- 

 nately lost. This drawing, prepared evidently with great care under 

 Colonel Beddome's eye, represents a most curious plant, undoubtedly 

 referable to the remarkable genus Oianthus of Bentham, which, as I 

 nave stated in the ^ Flora,* may possibly prove to consist of abnormally- 

 flowered forms of Heterosfemma, Wight & Arn. — J. D. Hookee- 



Flg. 1, Cyme. 2. Back view of flower. 3. Corona and its processes. 4. Corolla 

 seen from above, 5. Pollen-masses. 6. Calyx and ovary. 7. Vertical section of 



ovary. All enlarged. 



Plate 1467. 



ACROTOME INFLATA, Bentk 



Lahtat^, Tribe Staciitdej:. 



inflata 



IS. 



tomentosa, foliis pofciolatis ovato-lanocolatis a medio ad apicem late 

 crenato-serratia, verticillastris multifloris densis, bracteis anguste 

 briearibus pilosis flnribnQ r^nnllo brftvioribns, calvcis dentibua 6 del- 



toideo-subulat 

 Hab. Zaurcbercren, Bxirke : Transvaal and Bechuana country, Dr. 



^oUa 11-2 polL longa, |-1 poll, lata, utrinqne piloso-birtella ; 

 petiolns ^ poll, longus. Calyx fructiferus tubnlosus, basi turbinatus, 

 4 poll longus. Corolla tubum calycis sequans, labio snperiore erecto 

 obtuse bidentato, inferiore trilobato, lobo centrali majore rotandato 

 aatice crenulato. Filamenta pilosa : antlierse locnlia divaricatis con- 

 fluentibas,^D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1; Flower, 2. Portion of tube of corolla with stamens. 3. Ovary and style. 

 ^- i^ruitmg calyx. 6. Nut. Enlarged. 



