686 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BOTANICAL REGISTER. 



Mr. Brown, and presents a critical view of the scientific 

 history of the species. 



We understand that three species of Artabotrys, besides 

 the present, are already known, one of which with curiously 

 small flowers has been recently discovered by Dr. Horsfleld 

 during his residence in Java, and is in the rich Her- 

 barium that gentleman has brought to this country. 



Bot. Reg. 423 (1820). 



Modecca. F/ores diclines (dioici v. monoici). Cat. 

 5-fidus. Petala 5, calyci inserta. Squama (Nectarium, 

 Linn . ) , n um ero defi n it ee ( 5 — 10) r aro nullge . Mas. Stam ina 

 5 ; anther a stantes. Fem. Caps, (pedicellata) unilocularis 

 3-valvis polysperma. Herbse {India Orientals, Nova? 

 Holla?idia, et Africa JFquinoctialis) scandentes cirrhis 

 axillaribus simplicibus vel e divisuris pedunculorum. Folia 

 lobata v. indivisa basi et subtus sapius glandulosa. Pedun- 

 culi axillares apice divisi dichotomiis cirr/iiferis. Brown 

 MSS. 



Bot. Reg. 433 (1820). 



Cryptostegia. Cor. infundibuliformis : tubus squamis 

 5, inclusis (bipartitis subulatis) laciniis limbi alternantibus. 

 Stamina inclusa, imo tubo inserta ; filamentis distinctis ; 

 antheris basi stigmate cohserentibus. Glandules 5, spathu- 

 latse, angulorum stigmatis pollen granulosum (simplex) 

 colligentes. Ovaria 2. Stgli 2. Stigma (commune) pen- 



tagonum. Folliculi Semina comosa. — Frutex 



volubilis, glaber. Folia opposita. Pedunculi terminates, 

 3-fidi. Flores speciosi. Corolla cestivatione contorta. Folli- 

 culi ungidati, divaricatissimi. Browm MSS. 



Cryptostegia grandiflora. Brown MSS. 



Cryptostegia is founded upon a single species, native of 

 the Peninsula of India, where it was first observed by 

 Dr. Roxburgh, and strangely mismatched by him with the 

 species of the genus Nerium, belonging to the Apocynea ; 

 while our plant belongs to the third section of Mr. Brown's 

 Asclepiadea, distinguished from the other sections by 

 granular solitary pollen-masses and filaments which are 



