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The subulate or conic stigmas, and the often more panicu- 
late than spiked inflorescence, indicate a close approach to 
the next species, which to Mr. Bentham was so evident, that 
he considered our plant a mere variety of it; but the strue- 
ture of the capsule, with the corolla persisting on its top and 
e dissepiment in its base, shows that it truly belongs to 
Monogynella. The dissepiment is membranaceous, with a 
thicker centre, but without the thick frame-like border of the 
allied species. 
Sec. 9. Callianche. 
Stigmata distinct, elongated, conic or subulate, sessile or 
almost sessile. Capsule regularly circumscissile, usually 4- 
side, with a long, linear, transverse hilum. ‘ 
Flowers large, 5-parted, usually on bracted pedicels in com- 
ound loosely paniculate cymules; corolla deciduous after 
flowering. nee 
The only species inhabits East-India and the adjoining 
islands. 
_ 76. C. gernexa, Roxb. Corom. 104; Fl. ind. I 446.— 
This beautiful species bears the largest flowers of any, in dif- 
ferent varieties from 3-5 lines long; calyx with oval or most- 
ly rounded, very often cristate or verrucose lobes, mu 
shorter than the cylindric tube of the corolla; lacinie spread- 
ing or reflexed, on the gin revolute, much shorter than 
short and delicate curly fringes, curved; ovary 4 
often attenuated into a short, slightly bifid style, or with sem 
at maturity, only the lowest part of the thin dissepiment re- 
mains; seeds 14 lines : 
cifically distin ished by most authors; Choisy, however, 1” 
Pl. Zoll. already suspected their identity, and different as they 
seem to be at first sight, I can not but consider them as mere 
Var. a. GRANDIFLORA; C. grandiflora, Wall.! Cat. nro. 
1318, not HBC; ©. “macrantha, Don.! gon. ayst. 13 
3053; DC. Prod. IX. 455; C. megalantha, Steud. nom.; & 
poe Choisy! Cuse. 177.—Flowers of the largest size; ' 
original C. reflexa, as his figure and description, “ 
