"Neuropeltis. risxTANrru.v monogyivia. 



the middle of the tube ; jiiameuls subulate, fleshy at the base, 

 inserted a- little above the pubescent bottom of the tube, shorter 

 than the erect, linear anthers — Pistil rather shorter than the 

 stamens, persistent, smooth. Ovarium ovate, surounded by a very 

 narrow necta-rial swelling, one-celied, two-seeded; ovula semi-ovate, 

 erect, contiguous. — Style short. Stigma oblong, intire, obtuse.—. 

 Utriculus very thin and membranaceous, slightly venous, of the 

 size of a lwge marrow-fat pea, smooth, terminated by the persistent 

 style, which is broad and compressed at the base, running down on 

 each side with a very fine line dividing the fruit into two equal por- 

 tions, supported by the scariose calyx, which is enlarged into five li- 

 near-oblong, five-nerved, reticulated, straight, unequal wings, mea- 

 suring nearly an inch in length, the apex is rounded with a subulate 

 point. — Seed brown, round, smaller than the i^triculus, attached to 

 its bottom by a broad basis which has on one side a flattened rudi- 

 ment ol the abortive ovulum. The interior structure 1 have not 

 been able as yet to ascertain ; but from an examination of some part- 

 ly worm-eaten seeds I cannot doubt of the existence of the contortu*- 

 plicate, erect embryo. — N. VV. 



NEUROPELTIS, Wall. 



Calyx five-leaved, persistent, unaltered. Corolla infnndibuliform, 

 five-parted, plain. Styles two. Stigmas fleshy, reniform. Capsule 

 one-seeded, supported by the greatly enlarged membranaceousjfora/ 

 hracte. 



This new genus comes very near to Bonamia, Aub. du Petit 

 Thouars, Veg. Afr, i. p. 17- et 3% t. iv ; # Breweria. Brown, Prodr. 

 Nov. Ho'l. i. 487, and to ForanaaW three belonging to the natural 

 order of Convolvulacea, Juss, which they connect with the Bora* 



* Marked erroneously (v.) In tie reference, arnj (viii)ou tue plate itself of that 

 nnst valuable work.— N. W. 



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