610 PHANEROGAMIA. 



seeming neglect of a manuscript name), I dedicated a genus of Vio- 

 lacem (p. 89) to the memory of Mr. Agate, which unfortunately is 

 already published. This is the less to be regretted, however, since 

 the present genus is not so strongly marked in its characters as is 

 desirable for this purpose, and it may not improbably be merged iu 

 Camilla. 



Plate 76. — Haplopetalon" Eichii: a flowering branch, of the 

 natural size. Fig. 1. Stipules. 2. Diagram of the flower. 3. A 

 flower-bud. 4. Vertical section of the same. 5. An expanded flower. 

 6. Vertical section of the same. 7. Stamens, with a portion of the 

 disk. 8. A pair of ovules. — The details variously magnified. 



3. CROSSOSTYLIS, Forst. 



Calyx prof uncle quadrifidus, quadrangularis ; lobis triangulatis cesti- 

 vatione valvatis. Petala 4, calyce inserta, ligulata, imguiculata, apice 

 truncato tri-quinquedentata, carinata, cestivatione involute, decidua. 

 Stamina fertilia circiter 20, margini libera disci perigyni inserta : 

 filamenta elongata, subulato-filiformia, basi dilatata subconnata intus 

 glandida subglobosa instructa : antherce ovoidece, introrsce, biloculares. 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Filamenta sterilia circ. 20, fertilibus 

 alterna, iisdem dimidio breviora, subulato-linearia, villosissima. 

 Stylus filiformis, elongatus, apice radiato-12-fidus ; lobis filiformibus 

 apice stigmatosis in phalanges 4 basi plus minus coadunatis. Ova- 

 rium depressum, calycis tubo semiadnatum, vertice libero demum*con- 

 vexum 12-radiatum, 12-loculare. Ovula in loculis gemina, anatropa, e 

 columna centrali appensa. (Bacca hemisplierica, multistriata, supera, 

 unilocular is, polysperma, ex Forst.) — Arbuscula glabra; foliis oppo- 

 sitis obovatis integerrimis vel subserrulatis ; stipulis interpetiolaribus 

 caducis; pedunculis axillaribus brevibus apice bi-trifloris rariusve 

 quadrifloris ; floribus pjedicellatis. 



1. Crossostylis biflora, Forst. (Tab. 77.) 



Crossostylis biflora, Forst. Char. Gen. p. 87, t. 44, Prodr. p. 49, & Ms. ed. in Gail!. 

 Zeph. Tait. p. 60. 



