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strictly a congener of the Ceylon species, it differs from all of 

 them in having a somewhat bilabiate calyx, and the anterior 

 lip of the stigma oblong, not broadly dilated. Dr. Wight, 

 so far as I now recollect, stated that the corolla was of a 

 yellow colour. It differs from the two preceding species, 

 and agrees with all the following, in having an unbranched 

 scape. 



4. Christisonia pallida, Gardn. 



C. Scapo simplici elongato infra medium verrucoso-hispido 

 caeteris distanter squamoso, floribus racemosis, pedicellis 

 bibracteatis, calyce 5-fido, lobis ovatis acutis aequalibus, 

 corolla (pallide rosea) calyce subduplo longiore, limbo pa- 

 tente, laciniis rotundatis subaequalibus undulatis integris, 

 filamentis glabris, antheris ovato-oblongis, calcaribus ascen- 

 dentibus acutis, stigmate oblique depresso-rotundato. 



Hab. — On the Hunnisgiria range, Central Province, 

 Ceylon. Mr. Lear, 1839. 



Descr. — Epirhizal, herbaceous, leafless. Scape simple, the lower 

 portion verrucosely hispid, the upper glabrous and distantly scaley, 

 about 5 inches long. Scales obtuse, reddish, 6 lines long. Flowers 

 about 4, racemose. Pedicels short. Calyx tubular, of a pale red 

 colour, about 1 inch long : limb 5-toothed, teeth ovate, acute. 

 Corolla infundibuliform : tube yellowish, a little constricted at the 

 throat, about 2 inches long : limb 5-lobed, patent, somewhat bilabi- 

 ate, lobes rounded, entire, undulated, the two upper whitish, the 

 three lower pale rose-coloured. Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted 

 on the lower part of the tube of the corolla : filaments glabrous : 

 anthers ovate-oblong, 1 -celled, each opening by a single pore at the 

 apex, and with an erect, conical, acute spur, as long as itself at its 

 base. Ovary free, ovate. Style filiform, glabrous s stigma 2-lobed, 

 the upper lobe abortive, the lower thick, flattened, roundish, 

 obtuse. 



