308 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Swynnertonia, poe aeadon e wise Marsdeniearum genus 
um. (Plate 495a.) 
Calyx alte 5- nore oie glan ee 5 cum segmentis alter- 
nantibus preditus. Corolla majuscula rotata alte 5-partita lobis 
membrana brevi lata erecta terminate. Pollinia quoque in loculo 
solitaria ascendentia caudiculis te suffulta. Stigma crassi- 
usculum vertice leviter depressum, folliculi ——. Frutex volu- 
pois glaber. Folia ampla, oppos al ae axillares, pedunculatzx, 
bumbellate, bracteate, pauciflor: 
Swynnertonia cardinea, sp. uni Caule compressiusculo 
dein subtereti, dictate folioso, ey petiolais late oblongo-ovatis 
ati tis r vis 
bus rotundatis obtusissimis stigma breviter superantibus 
. Rhodesia, Chirinda Forest, 3700-4000 ft. ; Swynnerton, 
Folia adulta 8-10 em. long., 5°5—7'5 cm. lat.; coste secundariz 
utrinque 4-3, apertissime arcuate, pag. utraque facile aspectabiles ; 
petioli 2-2°5 cm. ae , Juxta basin sepe volubiles. Pedunculi 
15 em. rarius 2 vel etiam 2°5 cm. long. Cymarum axis + 5 mm. 
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pedicelli 3-3:5 em. long. Calycis segmenta 4 mm. ae reste 
lobi basi dilute flavi, sursum olivacei 15-18 mm. long., m pili 
usque ad 4 mm.long. Columna staminea nuda basi ‘Tiquanbalae 
ampliata, 2°2 mm. long. Coron phylla exteriora 1-5 mm., in- 
teriora 3 mm. long.; horum cornua ‘3 mm. long. Antherarum 
loculi -45 mm., appendix -4 mm. long.  Pollinia pyriformia, 
3 mm. diam. Ovarium Shs pi, 3 mm. long. Stigma fere 
m 
s genus differs from all African ones of the tribe Marsdeniee 
in havin a double corona, of Moe a series arise ae the 
staminal column. In this ch approaches Tenaris and 
Brachystelma of the tribe Caeipagion, bat the habit, the ewstivation 
and me form of the corona are different in those gene 
e specific name refers to a peculiarity of the porellidebes 
