2 



The distal lobe of the wings also varies from the orbicular of fig. 6 

 in the. accompanying plate to broadly fan-shaped. 



T\ithout a study of the many Mascarene balsams, hardly any of 

 which are described, it is impossible to indicate the affinity of 7. dor- 

 stenioides ; it no doubt belongs, like 7. hnlsaminn, Linn., to a group 

 with simpi} pedicellate flowers, but T find no })ract nt the base of the 

 pedicel. — J. D, Hooker. 



Fig. 1, a leaf from llie lower part of the stem ; 2, side view of f^o^^^•r ; 3, front 

 view of flower ; 4, jipex of hairy peillrel, sopala and stanuMis ; 5, lip ; H, a lateral 

 petal or wing. All pxnpt fiy, 1 enlaryt^d 



