Leea, pentandria monogynia. 465 



glands below the base. Peduncles axillary, three-flowered. Flowers 

 extremely large, with a very long spur. 



There are specimens of this fine plant preserved in Dr. Heyne's 

 hortus siccus but without any habitat. The flowers appear to be yel- 

 low and are by far the largest of any of the species which have ever 

 come under my observation. The nectary infundibuliform, upwards 



of three inches long, gradually tapering into a slender spur Besides 



the species, which have been partly described, and partly indicated 

 above, 1 possess a good number of others from Nipal, and Sziliet, as 

 also in Dr. Heyne's collection, which undoubtedly will prove distinct 

 but which I must postpone treating of to a future time. — N. W. 



LEEA, Schreb. gen. N. 1432. 



Cafyr five-toothed. Corol one-pelalled, with a five-cleft, staminifer- 

 ous nectary \n the mouth of the tube. Germ six-celled ; cells one-seeded. 



This definition includes, I think, AquiUcia sambucina, which of 

 course 1 do not consider as a distinct genus. 



The position of the anthers in this family is so remarkable and 

 anomolus, that I know of nothing like it elsewhere. The filaments 

 are inserted into the bottom of the fissures of the nectary, and rise 

 parallel with its segments, to their height, where they are quickly 

 bent in and down, to their projecting apices, the inveited anthers 

 are attached near the middle of their backs, with their sides touch- 

 ing, and in most of the species, as firmly united as in any syngene- 

 sious plant, forming a cylindrical tube round the stigma ; in this po- 

 sition they remain, until by the detachment of the filaments from the 

 nectary, they fall off in one body. 



1. L. macrophylla, R.* 



Herbaceous. Leaves simple. 



* Hornetuan, hort. hafn. 231— N. W. 



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