432 NATURAL HISTOBT OF PLANTS. 



11. Nematostylis Hook, f.' — Flowers hermaphrodite, 5rmerous 

 (of Pavetta) ; calyx lohes dissimilar ; 4 smaller, unequal, subulate ; 

 the fifth foUaceous. Corolla tubular, pilose within, contorted or rarely 

 imbricate. Stamens 5, enclosed. Germen 2-celled ; disk epigynous 

 small ; style far exserted slender, at apex stigmatose capitellate trun- 

 cate or 2-dentate. Ovule in cells 1, descending ; hilum incrassate; 

 micropyle introrsely superior. Fruit . . . ? — A puberulous shrublet ; 

 leaves opposite elliptical coriaceous; petiole short; stipules . . . ?; 

 flowers ^ in terminal corymbiform cymes and with foliaceous bracts.' 

 (Madagascar.*) 



78. Lamprothamnus Hiern.^ — Flowers (nearly of Cremaspora or 

 (7q/m) 4-7-merous ; calyx imbricate. Corolla funnel-shaped; throat 

 pubescent ; lobes of limb 4-7, closely contorted. Stamens same in 

 number ; anthers elongate -fusiform, dorsifixed to very short filament, 

 versatile, 2-rimose. Germen 2-celled ; disk epigynous glabrous ; 

 style elongate-fusiform exserted, at apex 2 -fid or 2-dentate. Ovule 

 in cells 1, descending short ; hilum much dilated arilliform ; raphe 

 dorsal. Fruit . . . ? — A shrub ; leaves opposite oval subsessile glossy ; 

 stipules interpetiolar apiculate ; flowers ^ in terminal corymbiform 

 shortly pedicellate cymes.' (Zanzibar.^) 



79. Knoxia L.' — Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous, 2-mor- 

 phous, 4, 5-merous ; teeth or lobes of superior calyx 4, 5, more or 

 less unequal; anterior 1, 2, sometimes larger foliaceo-lanceolate 

 (Pentanisia^") . Corolla funnel-shaped-campanulate or hypocrateriform ; 

 lobes 4, 5, valvate ; throat variously pilose. Stamens 4, 5, inserted 

 in throat, enclosed or exserted ; anthers introrse, often subsessile. 

 Germen 2-celled ; disk epigynous orbicular ; style slender far exserted, 

 at fipex stigmatose truncate or capitellate (Pentanisia) or oftener 

 2-lobed. Ovules in cells soUtary, descending; raphe dorsal, sometimes 



' Gen. ii. 110, n. 226. — H. Bn. Bull. Soc. Linn. ovule descending. 



Par. 198. • Spec. 1. Z. zanffuebarieus Hiebn, Ice. cit. 



2 Kather large, pendent. » L. Gen. n. 123.— Gjektn. Fniet. i. 121, t. 



' A genus in the structure of the gynaecium 216.— Rich. Ittii. 72, t. S, fig. 1. — DC. Frodr. 



quite analogous to Machaonia. iv. 569. — Endl. Gen. n. 3134. — B. H. Gen. ii. 



* Spec. 1. N. anthophylla H. Bn. — N. loran- 104, n. 207. — Hook. Fl. Ind. iii. 128. — Citncea 



thoidea Hook. f. — Fcmetta anthophylla Rich. Ham. ex Don, Prodr. PI. Nepal. 135. 



Hub. 101. "Hakv. Hook. Land. Journ. i. 21.— B. H. 



' Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 130 ; Hook. Icon. 1. 1220. Gen. ii. 104, n. 20S. —Diotocarpiis Hochbt. Flora 



6 White, rather large, odorous. (1843), 70. 



? A genus closely resembling Coffea ; hut 



