286 MOULTONIA : A NEW BORNEAN GESNERACEOUS GENUS. 
to separate as an operculum from the lower portion of the 
capsule which remains enclosed in the calyx. For a clear 
understanding of the mechanism of dehiscence better 
material than that at our disposal is necessary. 
Explanation of Plates II. and III. 
Illustrating Professor Bayley Balfour and Mr. W. W. Smith’s 
paper on Moultonia. 
(The Plates are taken from photographs by Mr. Robert M. Adam.) 
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Plate II. Moultonia singularh , Balf. fil. et W. W. Sm. 
,, III. Chirita hamosa , R. Br. Plant in flower in the Royal 
Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 
