Page:Journal of botany, British and foreign, Volume 9 (1871).djvu/65

 NEW SPECIES OF PHANEROGAMOUS PLANTS. 55

bodies have not been included. In most cases only the diagnostic cha- racters and native country have been quoted, lengthy descriptions and other details being omitted. To save unnecessaiy repetition, in the case of species first described in this Journal a reference to the page of last year's volume is all that is given.

Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) Leopoldii, HoH. Veltcli. {AmarylU- dacece) (afi". A. pardmae). Not described. — Gard. Chroti. 1870, p. 733 and fig. 140 ; also figured in Mor. Mag. plates 475, 476.

Aphanocalyx, Ollv. gen. nov. {LeguminoscB, Casalpiniea). Calyx ob- soletus v. ad dentes minutos reductus. Petalum 1 posticum, bracteolas superans, obovato-cuneatum ; petala lateralia et postica obsoleta, v. inter- dum petalum 1 laterale posticum subsequans v. eodem brevius. Stamina 10, omnia antherifera ; filamenta filiformia, glabra, libera v, basi leviter coalita ; antherae parvse, late ellipticse, versatiles, longitudinaliter dehis- centes. Ovarium dense pilosum, breviter stipitatum, biovulatum ; stylus filiformis; stigma terminale capitatum. Leguraen . . . — Arbor inermis, inflorescentia excepta glabra ; foliola unijuga, coriacea, 2-3-nervosa. Flores in racemis breviljus axillaribus congesti. Bractese scariosse, de- ciduse ; bracteohe alabastrum bivalvatim includentes mucronulatse, per anthesin persistentes.

A. CYNOAiETROiDES, OUv. sp. utiica. — Hab. Mount John, Kongui Eiver, West Tropical Africa. Flowering in September, G. Mann. — Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 1066.

Artabotrys Hongkongensis, Hance (Anonacea). — Vide Journ. Bot. Vol. VIII. p. 71.

Asparagus virgatus, Baker {JAliacecB, AsparaginecB) ; fruticosa, erecta, 4-5-pedalis, caule primario dimidio inferlore nudo, dimidio supe- riore copiose divaricatim ramoso, ramulis gracilibus virgatis angulatis sulcatis, foliis minutis inconspicuis lanceolatis membranaceis calcare mdlo modo spinoso, cladodiis ternis setiformibus mucronatis erecto-pateutibus internodiis subtcquantibus facile deciduis, floribus sparsis solitariis e nodis plerisque efoliatis nutantibus, pedicellis brevibus gracilibus infra medium articulatis. — Hab. Cape Colony, Hort. Saunders, from Mr, Cooper. Next Asparagopsis scoparia, Kunth. — Ref. Bot. t. 214.

Barleria Mackenii, Rook. f. (^Acanthaceae) ; glaberrima, caule ob- tuse 4-gono, foliis recurvis anguste ovato- vel elliptico-lanceolatis sub- acutis petiolatis teuuissime strigillosis integerrimis, floribus terminalibus paucis in axillis supremis, bracteis parvis subulatis, sepalis exterioribus amplis late ovato- vel rotundato-cordatis obtusis venosis, interioribus parvis e basi ovato subulato-acurainatis, corollas purpureas tubo infundi- buliformi calycem tequaiite, limbi lobis subsequalitcr rotundatis basi atro- purpureis, stauiiuodiis 3, 2 lateraliter minutis subulatis intermedio lato apiculato approxiinatis. — Hab. Natal, Hort. Kew., sent by Mr. M'Keu. —Bot. Mag. t. 5S66.

BoTHRiosPORA, Hook. f. gc'H. nov. (RiibiacefP, Hamelieae). Calycis tubus obconicus ; limbi loin 4 v. 5, oblongi, obtusi, erecti, persistentes. Corolla breviter infundibuliformis, fere rotata, fauce villosa ; lobi 4-5, oblongi, obtusi, quincimciales. Stamina 5, fauci corollee inserta, fila- mentis filiformibus exsertis basi pilosis; antherae breves, oblongae, dorso insertae, utrinque obtusa?, recurva\ Discus annularis. Ovarium 4- v. 5- loculare ; stylus erectus, stigmatibus 4 v. 5 lineai'ibus erectis obtusis ; ovula porplurimn, placcntis tumidis axi ovarii peltatim affixis inserta.

�� �