166 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. RHABDOTHAMNUS, 
Frutex. Innovationes dense ferrugineo-villosæ. Folia longa 6 cm., 
lata 28 mm.; petioli 0-5 mm. Inflorescentia omnino L. multifloræ sed 
glabra. Capsula late oblonga, subobtusa, a stylo longo 7 mm. cras- 
siusculo rostrata, mox (fere more Boeicæ) 4-valvis; valve apice 
liberze, obtuse. 
Bengalia boreali-orientalis; in regione Mishmee in montibus (Grif- 
fith, n. 3843 in h. Kew, n. 3842 in h. Boissier). 
XXVIII. RHABDOTHAMNUS, A. Cunn. in Ann. Nat. Hist.,1 (1838), 
p. 46 
'Tab. nostra XVII. 
Calyx liber, alte 5-fidus, persistens, lobis lanceolatis. Corolla late 
tubulosa ; limbus obscurius 2-labiatus; lobi 5 rotundati, subæquales. 
Stamina 4 perfecta; filamenta longa, linearia; antheræ exsertæ 2- 
loeulares, ab apicibus eruciatim coherentes; loculi ellipsoidei, subpa- 
ralleli, in facie interiore a rimis longitudinalibus dehiscentes. Ova- 
rium superum, ovoideum ` discus parvus, annularis; stylus linearis, 
ovario multo longior; stigma parvum sub-2-lamellosum ; placentæ 
alte intrusæ, dein in 2 lamellas erassiusculas fere undique ovuligeras 
bifidee; lamellæ prope basin in facie interiore nude, approximate. 
Capsula ovata, acuminata, coriacea, primum septicide bivalvis, valvis 
apice cohærentibus; postea valve iterum (loculicide) bipartitæ, pla- 
cente ab his ruptæ erectæ in axi relinquuntur. Semina ovoidea, levia: 
testa minute striatula. 
Frutex divaricato-ramosissimus, scabro-puberulus, ramis tenuibus. 
Folia opposita, parva, petiolata, rotundata, grosse dentata, ssepe dis- 
paria. Pedunculi in axillis solitarii, uniflori, ebracteati. Corolla sordide 
aurantiaco-rubra, longitudinaliter rubro-striata. 
Species 1; in Nova Zeelandia. 
R. Solandri A. Cunn.! in Ann. Nat. Hist., 1 (1838), p. 460; 
R. Br. in Benn. Pl. Jav. rar., p. 121, et Ann. Sc. Nat., 2, vol. 19; 
p. 168; Hook. f. Fl. New Zealand, 1, p. 186, Handb. New Zealand, 
p. 221. R. seabrosus, Steud. Nomencl.; A. DC. in DC. Prodr., 9 
p.277. — Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. pl. 2, p. 1011. — Tab. nostra 
XVII. qe 
Frutex metralis, cinereo-stellato-puberulus ; rami oppositi, teretes: 
Folia 2 em. in diam.; petioli 5 mm. Pedunculi 10-15 mm. Cas 
