Plate 2348. 



RHYNCHOCALYX LAWSONIOIDES, Oliv, 



Lythuace^. 



oideo 



Hhynchocalyx, Oliv. {now gen), ^...^,^ ^^..^.^, «xa.Mc^o^xv. ^^.x.*^- 



globosus apice rostratus, expansus prof unde 6-tidus, tubus patellifornus ; 

 lobi lanceolati, acuti. Petala isomera lobis calycinis alternis perigyna 

 graciliter et longiuscule unguiculata ; laraina rotundata v. deltoideo- 

 oordata undulata v. plicata niargine dentata calycem subtequantia. 

 Stamina isomera perigyna petalis opposita, a?stivatione inflexa ; fila- 

 menta subulato-filiforniia ; antherse late ellipticie, 2-loculares, longi- 

 tudinaliter dehiscentes, dorso prope basin afBxie. Ovarium omnino 

 liberum compressum, 2-loculare in stylum fere iequilongum angustatum ; 

 ^ula plurima, horizontalia, sub-biseriata ; stigma terminale indivisum. 

 Jfructus^ , . . — Arbuscula glaherriraa^ ramulis di-trichotoine ramosisy 

 snbteretihus. Folia tenniter coriacea, op2)osita^ hreviter petiolata^ ovalia 

 V. oolo7igo-eIhptica, obhtsa v, ohtiisiitscula, margine integra anguste 



grac 



folia sceiniLs snperantes, Flores 



M. Wood 



B. lawsonioides, Oliv, {sp. nov.) 



Hab. I^atal ' ed"^ ^^ ^■'^^ t>„., 



3124). 



■^olia li-l| poll, longa, f-1 poll, lata ; petiolus 1-2 lin. longns. 

 amcuUe 2-3 poll, longje atque lataj. Pedicelli alabastris aj(iuilongi. 

 CO} es J poll, lati ; calycis segmenta temp, florif ero reflexa. 



\Vn ^/-^^^ interesting plant, sent to Kew about nine years ago by Mr. 



ooa m bud and flow er, we still are in want of fruiting specimens. 



e isomerous stamens, singly opposed to the petals and the bilocular 

 ent^rr^-^ .^^^.ry with numerous horizontal asile ovules, I think, 

 fari ^.J"^^^"y i^s discrimination as a new generic type. The general 

 / les ot the plant is quite that of Lawsonia inermis.-D. Oliver. 



the lamina o' ?' Flower expanded. 3, Anthers and subtending petals. 4. Petal, 



opened. 6. Stamen. 6, Longitudinal section of ovary.— -4// enlarged. 



