That Cacoucia jrfatyptera, Welw. and C. splendent, Hemsl. should 

 have been referred to the same species is not surprising, but that this 

 plant should also have been included is incomprehensible. I had 

 already decided to raise it to generic rank before examining Wel- 

 witsch's specimens in the British Museum, and on going there found 

 that Welwitsch himself had come to the same conclusion. Accom- 

 panying the excellent specimens is a full description and an analysis of 

 the flower, together with the name given above. The absence of hori- 

 zontal scales, forming a sort of diaphragm in the calyx tube in Carolina, 

 and the adherent geniculate style are the reasons for separating it 

 from the genus named. — W. Botting Hemsley. 



Fig. 1, a flower laid open and the ovary in vertical section : 2, a petal ; 3. stamens; 



4, a young fruit. All enlarged, except 4. 





