66 ON THE APOCINEiE. 



LYON SI A- 



Char. Corolla infundibuliformis, fauce tuboque 



esquamatis, limbo 5partito, recurvo, laciniis 



aequilateris : aestivatione valvata. 

 Stamina exserta. Filamenta medio tubo inser- 



ta, filiformia. Anthers sagittatae, medio stig- 



mati cohaerentes, lobis posticis polline vacuis. 

 Ovarium biloculare. Stylus i, filifbrmis, apice 



dilatato. 

 Stigma subconieum. 

 Squama 5, hypogynae, connatae. 

 Capsula cylindracea, bilocularis, valvis folli- 



culiformibus, dissepimento parallelo libero 



utrinque semenifero' 

 Habitus. Frutex volubilis. Folia opposita. Cyma 

 terminales, trichotomae- Flores inter minores, 

 limbo barbato. 

 P atria. Nova Hollandia. 



Obs. This genus is perhaps too nearly related to 

 the New Holland portion of Parsonsia, from 

 which it differs chiefly in its fruit being capsu- 

 lar. It is named in memory of Israel Lyons, 

 author of " Fasciculus Plantarum circa Canta- 

 brigiam nascentium," and from whom Sir Jo- 

 seph Banks received his earilest instructions in 

 botany, 



