SEN. J. CORREA DE MELLO ON A NEW SPECIES OF ALIBERTIA. 521 
entire, equal in its whole length, membranaceous, surrounding the base of the peduncle, and hidden 
(covered) by a stipule; calyces of g flowers persistent on the peduncle, where they become dry, 
blackish, and remain a long time (two or three years) *. 
Fl. 3. Calyx very small, subcupuliform (fig. 1), green, glabrous externally, the inside nearly filled by 
the torus and disk ; tube above the disk extremely short, erect, and depressed at the base of the 
tube of the corolla; border truncated, entire, or almost irregularly crenated, which on the level 
of the margin of the disk, or a little above it, is suddenly constricted, causing a projection or 
ring in the bottom of the free portion of the tube parallel with the disk, the upper portion being 
thin and rigid (fig. 6). Corolla tubular, very rigidly coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, border 
5—6-lobed, fragrant, green outside from the middle upwards, minutely and sparsely verrucose; 
tube cylindrical, 2-25 lines long, 1 line diam., slightly dilated near the base, lower aperture 
somewhat more constricted, yellowish-green within, or almost white; segments plane, patent, after- 
wards convex with reflected margins, oval, white, broad at the base, attenuated to the apex, 
which is acute or slightly obtuse, twisted in estivation from left to right (fig. 11). Anthers 
(figs. 3, 4 & 5) inserted below the middle of the tube of the corolla, and nearly as long as it, pale 
yellow, equal in number to the segments of the corolla, alternate with them (fig. 2), linear, 2-locular i 
(fig. 5), introrse, included, flat on the sides, produced by pressure, the flat sides converging towards 
the centre of the flower, slightly sulcated along the longitudinal line of dehiscence, obtuse at base, 
shortly mucronate at the apex by the prolongation of the connective, dorsally (on the side next 
the corolla) plano-convex up to the point of attachment to the filament, thence downwards 
longitudinally suleated, fixed below their middle; cells parallel, contiguous in front, separated 
behind by the connective ; filament extremely short, and continuous with the connective; connective 
of the colour of the cells, and not projecting beyond them; pollen grains yellow elliptic, when 
moistened, quickly becoming subangularly globose. Disk seated immediately on the torus, con- 
founded at its base with it (fig. 6 d, d), its periphery adherent to the calycine tube, convex in its 
summit, with a subinfundibuliform perforation in the centre, where again it is enlarged towards 
the base. Ovary extremely minute (microscopically so), rudimentary, conical or subulate, cou- 
founded at base with the torus, its apex more or less included within the perforation of the disk 
(fig. 6, ovr). Style (fig. 1, s), entire, sterile (destitute of stigma—that is to say, wanting in 
every part any papillose-stigmatous surface), included, cylindrical, somewhat thick, equally so in its 
whole length, or a little thicker for a third of its length towardsethe summit, where it has a 
longitudinal furrow; apex acute or subobtuse, its base entering the aperture in the disk, and there 
articulated upon the rudiment of the ovary. 
Fl. Y. Calyz spherical or subelliptical, green, shining, adherent to the ovary, 3 lines in diameter ; tube above 
the ovary larger in diameter, asin g. Corolla similar to d , somewhat larger in diameter, and with 
broader lobes. Stamens equal in number to lobes of corolla (5-6) ; anthers polliniferous, as in the 
d flowers. Ovary 3-locular in the pentandrous flowers (in hexand. fl. 4 loc. fig. 9) with complete dis- 
sepiments ; placentz very prominent, hemispherical, fleshy, oc-scrobiculated (fig. 16), inserted in the 
internal angle of the cell, oc-ovular; ovules laterally compressed, elliptic, obtuse, subpendent from 
the placenta, immersed and almost concealed by the scrobiculated prominences (fig. 15); funicle 
invisible ; hilum linear, more than half the length of the ovule ; raphe superior (?), micropyle inferior 
and internal (figs. 17 & 18). Style fertile, thicker than in the ¢ flower, entire, scarcely longer than 
the tube of the corolla, stigmatose from the middle upwards; stigma thick, conical, 3—4-sulcate, 
apex spirally twisted, and hardly exserted (fig. 10, st). Berry globose, depressed, 4 to 11 inch diam., 
* The flowers of the two plants I have in view are one male, the other hermaphrodite. It is possible that 
individuals occur with female flowers; but, as I have said, possessing only two plants with flowers, I could not 
ascertain the fact if it be so. 
