accordance with that of Phelipaa ramosa, the typical
species of the genus, will at once explain my
reasons for restoring the genus Oystanche, as distinct
from Phelipcsa, to its place in the system. Mr.
Stocks considers the ovary of this plant dicarpillary,
to me it seems to confirm the view above expressed
that it is 4-carpillary, but may have more, just as a
4-merous species may occasionally present a 5-
merous flower. My draftsman has stumbled on
such a one. Mr. Stocks’ presents the normal form,
and mine the abnormal, and probably that of mine
had a 5-carpillary ovary. The want of hairs in the
bottom of the tube of the corolla of my figure is, I
suspect, attributable to an oversight of the draftsman,
which has induced me to change the name
first given (C. tubulosa), to that given by Mr.
Stocks, but still not without some degree of hesitation,
as it appears possible, that, if both are really
species, which I doubt, both are here represented.
It is to be hoped Mr. S. will be able to clear up
the doubt that now hangs over C. tubulosa, as distinct
from C. lutea, which the written characters
scarcely suffice to distinguish.
After my own figure was printed oflj I received
from Mr. Stocks the above description and the beautiful
drawing of No. 1420-&W. The latter being
made from recent plants, and giving a much better
idea of the appearance and habit of the plant than
one taken from a dried specimen, I have also printed.
The group of young plants, Fig. 11, is an interesting
addition to the analysis. The differences
of aspect of the two specimens is striking, but are,
I believe, variations only. The want o f hairs in
the base of the corolla of my drawing I have since
found to originate in an oversight of the draftsman.
1421. ./Eginetia pedunculata (Wall.), glabrous,
scape simple, furnished with a few attenuated scales;
floral scales triangular: calyx spathaceo-monophyl-
lous, split on the anterior side; corolla equalling the
calyx, tube inflated, limb 5-cleft, lobes about equal,
reniform, denticulate: filaments glabrous: stigma
large, cordato-peltate.—Peduncles 1-flowered, equalling
or exceeding the scape. Flowers large, tube
yellow, limb obscurely violet, calyx? filled with a
viscid fluid. Stamens incluse. Capsule ovate.
Courtallum, in Bamboo jungles, flowering August
and September.
Oligopholis. (R. W.)
Generic Character. Hermaphrodite, ebracteo-
late. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Corolla infundibuli-
form, sub-ringent, 5-lobed. Stamens didynamous,
incluse; anthers 2-celled, 1 fertile; the other sterile,
subulate. Ovary one-celled, embraced at the base
by a cup-shaped disk: placentae 2, large, fleshy,
nearly filling the whole cavity, covered on all sides
with minute ovules; style sub-clavate; stigma peltate
Capsule—seed.
Herbaceous, parasitical plants, with erect, slightly
ramous, nearly naked stems, only furnished with a
few scales (whence the name), peduncles axillary,
longer than the floral scale, ebracteolate. Corolla
tubular, ventricose above, more than twice the
length of the calyx. Filaments thickened below
with a ring of hairs at the base.
1422. OnGOLEPIS TUBULOSA. (R. W.)
Courtallum, parasitic on roots of Bamboos ? flowering
September.
Erect, or ascending, glabrous plants, from 6 to 10
inches high, bearing towards the apex a few, long-
ish, peduncled flowers. The original drawing, taken
from fresh specimens not having been coloured, I
can scarcely recall at this distance of time the
colour of the flowers, but believe it was purple.
1423. Christisonia subacaulis (Gardner), stems
very short, thick, scaly: peduncles 3-4, shorter than
the ssales, 1-flowered: corolla 2-2£ inches long, tube
slender, shortly exserted beyond the calyx; thin, expanding
into a large sub-bilabiate, 5-lobed limb:
stamens 4, glabrous: anthers glabrous, cells calcar-
ate. Stigma capitate ?” Benth. scrofed Ind.
The figure seems to agree with this description
except the anthers which, since sending the drawing
to the Lithographer, I find are incorrectly represented
in the figure, the cells of the upper pair being
distinct, one apparently sterile and calcar.ate, the
other fertile, the lower pair 2-celled as here represented;
in short the draftsman had succeeded in
extracting one anther of the inferior pair from the
aglulinated mass, and has taken the liberty of representing
all the rest the same, and therefore far from
the truth, a liberty only excusable on the ground of
the specimens being few and not very well dried.
I suspect, when better known, this will form the
type of a genus. The large, loose calyx, want of
bracteoles, and peculiar anthers combine to justify
this conclusion. I at first considered it a true
Phelipasa.
Campbellia. (R. W.) . y
Calyx tubular, 5-lobed, bibracteolate. Corolla
sub-infundibuliform, bilabiate; the upper lip more
or less deeply 2-lobed, the under 3-lobed. Stamens
didynamous, incluse; anthers 1-celled, pendulous,
opening by a pore at the apex. Ovary spuriously
2-celled at the base, 1-celled at the apex; carpels
deeply inflexed, placentiferous margins revolute;
style simple; stigma capitate. Capsule, like the
ovary, imperfectly 2-celled. Seed oblong; testa
loose, reticulate, produced at the ends into a w in g ;
albumen copious; embryo minute.
Herbaceous plants, parasitic on the roots of others.
Stems simple, scaly. Flowers axillary, peduncled,
aggregated towards the apex of the stem, each furnished
with two bracteols. Stamens shorter than the
corolla. Style hooked at the apex; stigma clavate,
drooping.
This genus is very nearly allied to Hyobanche
from which it is principally distinguished by the
form of the corolla. It is nearly allied to Christisonia,
from which it is separated by its I-celled
anthers and bracteolate flowers, a character not unworthy
of notice, though of only secondary rank.
I have named it in honor of Dr. William H.
Campbell, l.l.d., the first Secretary of the Edinburgh
Botanical Society, and his brother Captain J.
Campbell, of the Madras Establishment, long an
active collector of plants for the use of his brother
and other Botanical friends.
1424. Campbellia aurantiaca (R. W.), stems
simple, covered on all sides with closely appressed,
sub-orbicular scales; floral ones or bracts broad, obo-
vate, bracteoles lanceolate, entire: flowers sessile,
stipulate: corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx,
pubescent within, five-lobed: stamens scarcely didy