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colour, and in having exserted stamens. The anthers are 

 too imperfectly represented to afford any knowledge as to 

 their structure. 



7. Christisonia subacaulis, Gardn. 



" Caulis brivissimus, crassus, squamatus. Pedunculi in 

 caule 3-4, squamis breviores, uniflori. Calyx 6-7-lin. 

 longus, tubulosus, basi parum inflatus, apice irregulariter 

 4-5-dentatus. Corolla 2-2J-pollicaris ; tubus basi tenuis, e 

 calyce breviter exsertus, dein in faucem amplam dilatatus ; 

 limbus breviter et late sub-bilabiatim 5-lobus. Stamina 4, 

 glabra. Antherae glabra?, loculis calcaratis, stigma capita- 

 turn ? Capsulam non vidi." — Bentham. Phelipeea subacaulis, 

 Benth. Scroph. Ind, p. 55. Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 3, p. 

 463. 



Hab. — " In Peninsula ? In Herb. Madr. cum /Eginetia 

 abbreviata miscitur." Benth. I. c. 



Obs. — The above description, copied from Mr. Bentham, 

 as I possess no specimen, so completely agrees with the 

 essential character of the present genus, that I have no 

 hesitation in considering it an additional species. It is im- 

 possible to say how far it differs from some of t,he Ceylon 

 species, but the much larger size of the corolla would appear 

 to point it out as distinct from the Neilgherry one, indepen- 

 dent of the shape of the calyx. 



Kandy, Ceylon: 2\st August, 1847. 



