CRAWFURDIA SPF.CIOSA. 
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lobo, carnoso, flavicante ; lineare, lseve, uniloculare, pluriovulatum : ovnla planiuscula, 
margiue extrorsum bilobo, parietibits oppositis duplici serie adfi.xa. Stylus teres, erec- 
tus, longitudine fere ovarii. Stigmata duo teretia, papiltosa, obtusa, recurvata. Capsula 
(fig. 6. 7.) Iloris teguraentis obtecta, la?vis, oblonga, complanata, coronata stylo persis- 
tente, denuuu bipartibili, f-pollicaris, longd pedicellata, unilocuiaris, ad basin usque 
bivalvis. Vakulce planiuscula?, intus nitida?, trinervia?, uervis pfiarginalibus incrassatis. 
Receptacula foveolata, ininuta, infra margines valvularuni recta linen disposita. Semina 
(fig. 9. 10. II. 12 ) plana, lev iter convexiuscula, orbiculata, serie simplici imbricatim 
coordinata, superliciebus latera capsula? respicieutibus,la?via, lusca, aid circumdata lata, 
tenuissima, membranaeed, integerrima, ad margineni superiorein crassioreni seminis 
bilobd, lobis parallelis, parum distantibus, cullrifornii-convexiusculis., sinu inferiorem 
partem seminis proximi rccipiente (fig. 8.) subequitante, ad extremitateni externam 
punctilio minuto uinbilicato, lntegumentum simplex, tenue, in alam istam, superne 
duplicem, ultra ambitum seminis extensum. Perispermum carnosum, aqueo-albu u. 
Embryo (fig. 13.) minimus, in cavitate propria perispenni, umbilico proximo I o cat us, 
respectu capsula? horizontalis. Cotyledones ovatae, breves. Rudicula inlera, centriluga. 
CRAWFURDIA SPECIOSA, Wall. TAB. 48 
Foliis ovatis ; floribus longe pedunculatis, solitariis ; dentibus calycinis brevibus ; 
corollis campanulatis, limbo quinquelobo, sinubus nudis. 
Habitat in Sheopore ; tempus florendi idem ac prioris. Oapsulae maturescunt 
Novembre. 
Statura major quam praecedentis speciei. Tota Uevis, glaucescens Rami 
longissimi, valde tortiles volubilesque. Folia remotiuseula, ovata, e medio iu acumen 
gracillimum attenuata, plana, tri- ad sexpollicaria, marginibus crispatulis, nunc obso¬ 
lete repandis, basi rotund at a, interdum subretusa, opaca, subtus prominenter trinervia, 
rarius quinquenervia, venis reticulatis, inconspicuis. Fetioli unguiculares, sulcati, 
submarginati, ramum lineola elevate anibientes. Flores magni, speciosi, axillares, 
solitarii, longe pedunculati, ferd bipollicares, amoene ccerulei, extus fuscesceutes. 
Pedunculi teretes, graciles, bine inde curvi, petiolo ter quaterve longiores, sesqui- 
pollicares ad bipollicares, sa?piu« ad medium vel infraapiocm bracteolts diiabus, oppo¬ 
sing lineari-lauceolatis, viridibus, trilinearibus. Calyx (fig. 1.) eylindrieo-oblongus, vix 
nnguiculariSjOre parumplicatoquinquedentatus, basin cjroll* angustatam aequans; den- 
tes lanceolati, acuti, margiuula membranacea, angustissimd, pallidaconnexi. Corolla 
I fig. 2.) cauipanulata, tubo amplo, ovato, convexo, basi angustato, subgracili ; limbus 
patens, plicatus, tubo dimidio brevior, quinquelobus ; lobi laid ovati, acuti, absque inter- 
jectis lobulis accessoriis. Faux ampla, pervia, nuda. Stamina quinque, parallela, wqua- 
lia. Filamenta membranaceo-dilatata, plana, fundo tubi contractu superne inserta, in¬ 
de decurrentia, apice acuta. Anthera- in lance corolla? erect*, subexserta?, basi 
subsagittat*. Stylus (fig. 3.) brevissimus, divisus in stigmata duo revoluto-patentia, 
papillulosa, teretia, obtusa. Capsula (fig. 4. 5.) ealjee corollaque emarcidis salvd 
apice obtecta, oblonga, valde compressa. pallid* Ilava, st>lo coronata, fere poll.car.s, 
peduneulo snffulta cvlindrieo, wquante ; unilocuiaris, bivalvis; raka> naviculares, sub- 
coriacea?, intus nitid*, marginibus incrassatis. Semina (fig. 8. 7. 8.) tenuissima, par- 
vula, oblonga,copiosa, fusca, lateribus valvularum dens* inserta, irnbricata, circumdata 
aid laid, tenuissima, orbiculari, umbilicum versus parum latiore et subretusa lateieque 
extern© appendiculatd lobulo minuto, rotundato. 
OllSERVATION. 
These two beautiful and interesting plants, are so different in their climb- 
in.r habit from all the other members of the order of Gentianew, that 1 cannot 
hesitate detaching them into a separate genus. The winged seeds and nectary, at the 
