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two, sterile filaments two. Ovary embraced by a nectarial 

 ring. Style one. Berry oblong, many-seeded, as in the 

 genus. 



9. CYRTANDRA CARNOSA. 



C. foliis lanceolato-oblongis basi obliquis carnosis oppo- 

 sitis, altero minimo subrotundo. 



Creeping or scandent, obscurely four-sided, smooth. Leaves 

 opposite, unequal ; the one lanceolate-oblong, oblique at the 

 base, entire, thick, fleshy, veinless, smooth above, tomentose 

 beneath, about seven or eight inches long ; the other small 

 cordate, subrotund, acuminate. Head axillary, short-pedun- 

 cled, three to seven-flowered. Involucre of two ovate 

 acuminate leaflets. Flowers white, very short-pedicelled. 

 Calyx short, five-toothed. CoroUa much longer than the 

 calyx, infundibular ; limb five-lobed, nearly equal. Stamina 

 two fertile, shorter than the corolla ; filaments curved, broad- 

 er above ; two sterile ; lobes of the anthers slightly unequal. 

 Style simple. Stigma dilated. Berry two-celled, many- 

 seeded ; placentation as in the genus. 



** Frutescentes, corolla bilabiata. 



10. CYRTANDRA FRUTESCENS. 



C. erecta, foliis oppositis lanceolatis serratis glabris, pe- 

 dunculis axillaribus trifloris. 



Suffrutescent, erect. Leaves opposite, petiolate, broad- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, smooth; seven to nine inches 

 long. Peduncles axillary, generally three-flowered, not so 

 long as the petioles. Bracts linear, at the base of the pedi- 

 cels. Calyx five-parted ; segments subulate, erect. Corolla 

 purpUsh, bilabiate, the lower lip longer, three-lobed; lobes 

 very shallow. Stamina two fertile, two sterile. Stigma 

 dilated, sub-bilabiate. Berry cylindrical, longer than in 

 the other species, two-celled ; lobes of the septa revolute. 



