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GENiJS Vl. CALONtCTlDJf. 

 iPentandi-ia Monosynia. Sex: Syet: 



Derive IVom Kalos, beautiftil, and Nyie, night ', tHe Qairetd 

 Ao not open till sunset. 



Gen. Chae. Sepals five : corolla funnel-shaped : stamens ex^ 

 eerted : style one, stig'nia capitate,' 2-lobed :' ovary 2-celled oi* 

 somewhat 4-c^lled by the rudiment of another dissepiment, 4- 

 ovnled : pedicels fleshy. — T\%'ining herbs. 



(1) C. spECiosuM. {Choisy.'^ i 



Ident. Ghoi&y. Gonv. or. p. 59.^— Dec. prodi IX. p. 345. 



Syn. Ip. bonanox, Linn.-^^-l. grandiflora, Roxb. — I. longiflofa, 

 Willd.- — Ii Roxburghii, Sttudel.' — Gonv. Roxburghh'j ' Dan. — C. 

 muricatus, Linn. 



Engrav. Bot. Mag. t. '/52. — Wight's Icon. t. 1361. 



Spec. Char. Stem sometimes pricklyt climbing ; to a great 

 height : leaves large, quite smooth, cordate, pointed : peduncles 

 Very long, 1^5-floweredi flowers very large, J)Ure white, opening 

 at sunset. 



Everywhere in India. A very variable' plant, fldfretiiig iti the 

 rainy season. • 



(2) C. ASPERUM. (Choisy.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. IX. p. 346.— ^Choisy. Gonv. or. p. 60. 



Spec. Char. Stem tortuous, thick, rough with short retroflexed 

 somewhat thorny tubercles : leaves cordate-acuminate, glabrous : 

 peduncles thick, 1 -flowered, short: outer sepals shorter, shortly 

 acuminated. ' ' 



Silhet. 



GENUS VII. LBPISTEMON". 

 Pentandvia Moitdsynla. ^ex .- Syst .- 



Deriv. IVom Lepis^ a scale, and Stemon, a stamen. 



Gen. Chae. Sepals five,' equal : corolla tubular, inflated at the 

 base : stamens furnished at the base with five scales forked above 

 the ovary : stigma capitate, 2-lobed : ovary 2-celled,' cells '1-2- 

 pvnled. — Twining herbs. ., ; 



(1) L. Wallichh. (Choisy.) 



Ident. Choisy. Gonv. or. p. 61. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 348. 



Syn. Vallaris controversa, Spreng. — C. binectariferus,* Roxb^ 

 fi. Ind. II. p. 47. 



