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Stamina exserta. Filamenta fauci inserta, apice simplicia. 

 Antherce sagittatae, medio stigmati cohaerentes. 



Ovaria 2. Stylus 1, nliforaiis. Stigma incrassatum, 

 obtusum. 



Squama nullae hypogynae. 



Folliculi 



Habitus. Fruteoc erectus? oppositifolius, pilosus. Fa- 

 nicula terminalis, brachiata, floribus corymbosis. Calycis 

 foliola basi intus squama duplici. Corollas (semuncialis) 

 tubus cylindraceus, intus medio barbatus. 



Patria. Africa iEquinoctialis. (IT. Smeat/iiiian, in Herb. 

 Banks.) 



VALLARIS. [Bur m. Ind. 51. Pergulariae sp. Linn. 



Char. Corolla hypocrateriformis ; fauce tuboque esqua- 

 matis, limbo 5fido obtuso. 



Stamina exserta. Filamenta fauci inserta, brevissima, 

 apice extus gibbere carnoso. Antherce sagittatae, medio 

 stigmati cohaerentes. 



Ovarium ^iloculare. Stylus filiformis. Stigma conico- 

 ovaturn. 



Squama 5, hypogynae, basi connatae, apicibus ciliatis. re* 



Folliculi 



Habitus. Frutex volubilis, oppositifolius. Pedunculi 

 interpetiolares, dichotomi. Flores corymbosi, suaveolentes. 



Patria. India Orientalis. 



Obs. This is the Flos Pergulanus of Rumphius, which 

 Linnaeus considered as the first species of his genus Pergu- 

 laria : it does not, however, belong to the same order with 

 the plant that afforded his generic character, and to which 

 the name has been since generally applied. 



PARSONSIA. [Echitidis sp. Jacq. et Swartz. 



Char. Corolla infundibuliformis, fauce tuboque esqua- 

 matis, limbo 5partito, recurvo, laciniis aequilateris. 



