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*2. REINWARDTIA, Dumort, 



(After K. G. K. Reinwardt.) 



Sepals 5, quite entire, lanceolate, acuminate. Petals 5, contorted, fugacious, 

 much longer than the sepals. Stamens 5, hypogynous, connate below, alternating 

 with as many interposed subulalt; staminodes. Glands 2 or H, adnate to the 

 staminal ring. Ovary 3 to 5-celled, 2-o\ ulate (the cells falsely 2-celled) ; styles 

 ;-> to 4, filiform, free or connate below, stigmas subcapitate ; ovules 1 in each cell. 

 Capsule globose, splitting into 6 to 8 cocci. Seeds reniform. — Undershrubs. 

 Leaves alternate, quite entire or crenate-serrate ; stipules minute, subulate, 

 caducous. Flowers yellow, in axillary and terminal cymose fascicles, rarely 

 solitary. 



1. R. trigyna (three-styled), Plam-h. in Hook, Fl. Brit. Ind. An under- 

 shrub, 2 to 3ft. high, spreading by suckers (surcuhgerus). Leaves 1 to '6m. long, 

 elliptic-obQvate, usually rounded and mucronate at the tip. Flowers often lin. 

 diameter. Styles 8, free or connate at the base. Capsule shorter than the 

 sepals. — Linum trifjynum, DC. . 



Hab.: This Indian plant i? frequently met with, as a stray from garden oultm-e, near the 

 principal towns. 



3. HUGONIA, Linn. 

 (After Dr. A. J. Hugo.) 



Sepals 5. Petals 6, contorted, fugacious. Stamens 10, hypogynous, with 

 glandular swellings on the basal ring between the filaments, which are connate 

 below. Ovary 5-ceIled ; styles 5, filiform; stigmas capitate; ovules 2, collateral 

 in each cell. Drupe globose. Seeds compressed, albuminous ; embryo straight 

 or slightly curved, cotyledons flat. — Climbing shrubs, often tomentose. Leaves 

 alternate, setrate, stipulate. Inflorescence various. Flowers yellow, lower 

 peduncles converted into spiral hooks. 

 Besides our species the genus is met with in tropical Asia and Africa. 



1. I£. .Jenkinsii (after W. S. Jenkins), F. r. M. Fraipn. v. 7. A showy 

 climbing shrub, the branchlets slightly angular, dark but often with a glaucous 

 covering. Stipules very short, unequal, setaceous. Leaves on somewhat short 

 petioles, coriaceous, ovate to narrow-lanceolate, glabrous, repand-crenulate, 

 attaining a length of about 7in. and a breadth of over 2in., glossy on both faces. 

 Lateral nerves somewhat distant, the reticulation copious. The cieri or tendrils 

 alternate or subopposite, stout, suloate-striate, usually situated at the base of the 

 present year's growth. Inflorescence racemose panicles in the upper axils. Bracts 

 and bracteoles lanceolate-subulate. Pedicels short. The two outer sepals 

 herbaceous, the others with membranous margins. Petals yellow, 3 to 4 lines 

 long, obovate-cuneate, truncate or emarginate, on very short claws, contorted in 

 the bud, soon deciduous. Stamens glabrous, some connate to near the middle. 

 Anthers with oblique-ellipsoid cells. Styles capillary, 2 or 3 lines long, fi'ee, 

 glabrous. Fruit globose-ovate, yellowish when fresh. Embryo green. 



Hab.: Eockingham Bay, Dallachy (P. v. M.) ; Daintree Biver, E. Fitlnlun (F. v. M.) ; 

 Jlourilyan Harbour, W. MiKjfurd. 



4. ERYTHROXYLON, Linn. 



(From the red colour of wood of some species.) 



Sepals 5, rarely 6, united into a lobed calyx, or free. Petals as many, with a 

 2-lobed appendage inside below the lamina. Stamens 10, rarely 12, the basal 

 tube short, without glands, or more or less thickened into 10 glands, the filaments 

 attached inside just below the crenulate top. Ovary 3 rarely 4-celled, with 1 or 



