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glabrae, vix faucein attingentes, labii superioris basi obtectae, conniventes et contiguae, 
baud vero connexae. Pistillum (fig. 3.) longitudine staminum duoruin fertilium. Ova¬ 
rium parvunt, ovatum, leviter coniplanatum, glabrura, bisulcatum, basi hinc munitum 
annulo membranaceo, incomplete, angustissimo, adpresso, persistcnte : uniloculare, 
omits copiosis, insertis super placentis duabus latis, oppositis, parietalibus. Caysula 
(fig. 8.) glabra, ovata, compressa, fusca, calyce persistente obtecta (fig. 7.) eodemque 
paulo brevior, lineas duas emetiens, basi suffulta nectario isto incompleto, immutato, 
unilocularis, inlViV medium bivalvis : valvulae (fig. 10.) plume, bidentafte, dentibus tri- 
angularibus, acutis. Placenta? (fig. 9. 10.) dua>, opposite, plana?, ovata*. subcaruosie, 
valvarum axi longitudinaliter inserta*, superficie planfi, scminifcra contigmc, unde seetio 
capsulte immaturse ovariique primo intuitu bilocularis evadet. Semina wtlde minuta, ct 
copiosa, ferruginca. 
Observation. 
In the structure of the ovary and capsule, the plant recedes somewhat from the 
character of the family of Scrophularince, as well as from the genus under w hich 1 have 
placed it. As far as 1 can judge from a dried specimen of Wulfenia carinthiaca , which 
I owe to the liberality of Proff. De Candolle, the curiously interrupted, lateral, annular 
nectary of the ovarium exists also in that species. The leaves of our plant, are very ob¬ 
lique at their base ; one side being sometimes an inch shorter than the other, leaving 
the base of the rib half naked. Since the plate was struck off, I have had the 
pleasure of receiving specimens of another oblique-leaved species from P. J. Noton, 
Esq. Assay Master at Bombay, gathered by that gentleman in a swamp near Nil- 
ghirry, which I have great satisfaction in calling Wulfenia Notoniana , and which may 
be distinguished by the following specific character: Caule carnoso, hinc linea dense 
villosa notato ; foliis alternis, ovatis obliquis, basi dimidiato-cordatis, suprA, juxta costam 
et margines pilosis, subtus laevibus ; racemo terminali, brevi, secundo; rachi peduncu- 
lisque villosis ; labio inferiore corollae indiviso, maximo, obovato. The flowers are 
much larger in this species, than in W. obliqua. 
ADAMIA, Wall 
Calyx ovario adnatus, limbo quinqucdcntatus. Petala quinque, dentibus calycinis 
alternantia, epigyna, verticem ovarii ambientia. Stamina decent, quorum alterna petalis 
opposita. Styli quinque. Stigmata clavata, sub-biloba. Bacca infera, coronata, 
subquinquelocularis, polysperma. 
Classis Linnseana Decandria pentagynia. 
Ordo naturalist Araliaceee? 
Genus consecration memoria? amici et fautoris carissimi, sempiternd colendae, 
beati John Adam, armigeri, in consiliis supremis Calcuttensibus quondam prwsidis, 
botanices, horticulturse et rerum agrestium in Indiis orientalibus strenui et indelessi 
promotoris. 
Habitus. Frutex elegatis, ramosa. Folia opposita, serrata, exstipulata. Flores 
paniculati, cyanei. Fructus valde numerosi, cternlei, baccati. 
ADAMIA CYANEA, Wall TAB 36. 
Incolit apricos saxosos, montanos, a Bechiaco usque ad valient magnam: floret 
Maio, Junto; fructus maturi Octobre—Decembre. 
Nonten Parbutteum Bansook. 
