PLATE DCXXXIV. 



PELIOSANTHES HUMILIS. 



Humble Peliosanthes, 



CLASS VL ORDER L 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Stamens. One Style. 



GENERIC 



Calyx nullus. Corolla 6-partlta, subrotataj 

 laciniis lato-ovatis, obtusis. Nectarium co- 

 rolla triple brevius, incrassatunij integrum. 

 Stamina sub ore nectarii affixa. Filamenta 

 subnulla. Stylus brevissimus, obtuse tri- 

 gonus. Stigma depressum. Germen infe- 

 rum, 3-locularej loculis dispermis. Bacca? 

 subovata, carnosa. 



CHARACTER. 



Cup none. Blossom S-parted, nearly wheel- 

 shaped ; the segments broadly ovate, blunt. 

 Nectary three times shorter than the co- 

 rolla, fleshy, entire. Stamens affixed under 

 the mouth of the nectary. Filaments scarcely 

 any. Style short, bluntly three-sided. Stig- 

 ma depressed. Germen below, three-celled; 

 the cells two-seeded. The fruit fleshy, 

 nearly oval. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Peliosanthes foliis elliptico-lanceolatis sub- 

 septemnerviis scapo longioribus ; bracteis 

 flores aequantibus ; racemo subovato. 



Peliosanthes with elliptic-lanced seven-nerved 

 leaves longer than the scape; the bracts 

 equalling the flowers in length, and the 

 bunch ovate. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A segment of the flower magnified. 



2. Seed-bud and pointal. 



3. Seed-bud cut transversely, magnified. 



This is one of the species referred to in our description No. 605, and flowered last November in the 

 collection of T. Evans, Esq. at Stepney; where we were informed, that it grows naturally in shady 

 woods in Pinang, or Prince of Wales's Island, and was introduced to this country in 1808. Its beauty 

 is certainly far inferior to the Bengal species, with which however it agrees very well in essential cha- 

 racters ; but the nectary here nearly resembles a little cup, and is not contracted above, as in that spe- 

 cies. The height of the plant above ground is only about two inches. 



