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of the lobes and throat of a bright yellow colour. Stamens 4, didy- 

 namous, inserted on the lower part of the tube of the corolla : fila- 

 ments flattened, glabrous : anthers oblong, cohering, 1 -celled, opening 

 by a single pore at the apex, each with a lower deflexed spur at its 

 base. Hypogynous disk none. Ovary free, 1 -celled. Ovules nume- 

 rous, attached to two parietal placentae. Style filiform, glabrous : 

 stigma 2-lobed, the upper lobe abortive, the lower round, flat, yellow. 

 Capsule ovate- globose, enclosed in the persistent calyx, and crowned 

 with the base of the style, glabrous, about 6 lines in diameter, 

 between coriaceous and fleshy, 1- celled, 2-valved, the valves placen- 

 tiferous in the middle. Placenta slightly projecting, and then diverg- 

 ing right and left, each branch dilating into a thick fleshy triangular 

 body, which bears seeds on its entire surface. Seeds attached by 

 a short orange-coloured funiculus, mostly horizontal, oblong, obtuse, 

 slightly curved, reticulately striated, and of a brownish colour : testa 

 membranous, consisting of two coats, the outer lax and separating 

 easily from the inner, which is punctate, of a brownish colour, and 

 firmly adherent to the albumen. Embryo orthotropous, in the axis 

 of fleshy albumen, elliptical : cotyledons small, fleshy : radical conical, 

 obtuse, directed towards the hilum. 



Obs. — This, as a species, is distinguished from the last by 

 its smaller corolla, which has besides a three-coloured limb, 

 and the deflexed, not erect, spurs of the anthers. It is by 

 far the most common species, and the three brilliant colours 

 of the limb of the corolla give it a very striking appearance. 



3. Christisonia neilgherrica, Gardn. 



C. Scapo crasso simplici basi densi imbricato-squamoso 

 glabro, floribus racemosis, pedicellis bibracteatis erectis, 

 calyce 5-dentato sub-bilabiato, dentibus obtusissimis, corolla 

 (lutea ?) calyce subduplo longiore, limbo bilabiato, labio 

 superiore erecto bilobo, labiis intigris, lobis labii inferioris 

 patentibus subsequalibus obtusis integris, filamentis glabris, 

 antheris ovatis, calcaribus obtusis deflexis, stigmate oblongo- 

 obtuso curvato. 



