SIS' 



trichotomous, terminal :- flowers large, internally white, exterrialljr 

 pale-rose. 



Roxburgh states that the native country of this plant is the Pe- 

 Miinsukt but Dr. Wight hid never seen it except in a state of cul- 

 tivation. It is in flower nearly all the year. 



GENlJS It FiNiiATSONIA. 



ij^entandfta Dlgynia. Sue.- styst-: 



beriv. In honor of Dr. Mnla-yson, Stu-g^on in the E. L C. ; 

 an ardent Natniralist. ' 



Gen. CflAR. Corolla rotate ; throat crownted with 5 a'vvned tii- 

 feeroles altematiag wi*h the s€)gfc:ents : awns capillaceous, ierect^ 

 hooked at the apex : filanients distinct, inserted at the throat be- 

 tween the tubercles : anthers ag-glntimated at the base to th'e niid- 

 die of the stigma, terminated by a broad-ovate apiciilumj beard- 

 less : pdllenrmasBes 20, gTanularj attached by fours to the dilated 

 appendage of each slender oorpuscule : stigifia large-ovate, 5-cor- 

 nered at the base : follicles much divaricated, ventricosely ovate, 

 beakedly hooked at the apex, smooth : sOeds sparingly fleshy. 



(1) P. OBOVATA. (Wall.) 



Ident. Dec. prod, VIII. p. 494.-^Wight's Contrib. p. 63; 



Spi. Gurua obovata. Buck. 



Engrav. Wall, PI. As. Rar. II. t. 162. 



Spec. CitAK. , Twining shrub, fleshy, milky, glabrous: leaves 

 Opposite, petioled, obovate, very obtuse : corymbs largish, many* 

 flowered, shorter than the leaf, fructiferous ones much elongated: 

 flowers small, yellowish brown. 



, ;Sqonderbundsi 



GEinJS ill. HEMIDESMUS. 



Peiktandrta ttigynita Sex: Syst: 



Deriv. From Hemisus, half, and DesmOs, a tie ; alluding to tha 

 filaments. 



Gen. Chae. Corolla rotate : scale? 5, mutic, ^sorted under tha 

 sinuses : .filaments connate at the base, distinct above, inserted on 

 the tube, of the corolla : anthers cohering, free from -the s^gipa, 

 beardless, simple at. the apex : pollen-masses 20, granular, attaph- 

 ed by fours to the kidneyishaped Solitary appendage of each cor- 

 piu^cule : stigma mittic : follicles cylindric, much divaricated, 

 amooth : seeds comose, >"• 



