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ratis, furcatis, basi flabellatim pereursn. 3— -4"' longa, 2 — 3"' lata, 

 glabra. Stamina 6, conformia, subaequilonga, supra germen 

 conniventia eoque longiora, 3'" longa; filamenta complanata, 

 tcnuia, margine albido-membranacea, erecta, strictiuscula, apicem 

 versus tlexuosa, basi ad medium mediocriter, supra medium dense 

 pills albidis articulatis penicillatim barbata; antherae versatiles 

 connexivi albidi transverse lati, utrinque emarginati securidiformis 

 basi insertae; loouli margini connexivi adnati, curvati, teretius- 

 culi, late sejuncti; ope connexivi supra lineam medianam com- 

 plicati nunc parallele contigui; pollen copiosum tiavescens, ob- 

 longum, linen iongitudinaii notatuin. Germen parvum obovato- 

 trigonum, densissime pilis erectis strictis acutissimis obsessum, 

 indeqiie bitsutum, vix V" altum, 3-loculare; gemmulae binae 

 in loculo quoque superpositae; stylus elongatns, tenuissimus, 

 liliformis, violaceus, apicem versus pauUo incrassatus, truncatus, 

 dein apice hamate incnrvus, 3 — 3Va'" longus; stigma minutum 

 vix capitellatum, papillosum. Capsula nutans e pedunculo in- 

 curvato,^ perigonii extern! foliolis navicularibus, nunc majoribus 

 arete cincta, praesente quoque plerumque perigonio interne emar- 

 cido, apice corrugato eapittilam formanti, basi ad alterum latas 

 solute, lateraliter perstdtenti, Uigono-oboTata, basi nada, supra 

 basin hirsut;^ B'" alta, B-loenlaris, ad medium, (^n ad basin?) 

 3-valviB^ valvis cenaiveBtibus, in linea inediana intertia septiferis. 

 Semina (immatura) in loculis gemina superposita, ubi sese 

 tangunt truncata, caeterum pyramidata, scrobiculato-exsculpta e* 

 operculo embryali orbiculari umbonato munita. 



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CartonemaB'Br. 



Cf. R. Br. Prodr. Flor. 271 (127); (F.Bauer illustr. t. 7 baud 

 vidi); Poir Enc. SppL II. 123; Sprng. Gen. II. 248. 1293; R. S- 

 Syst. Veg. VII. LXIV. 1470; Endl. Gen. 1035; D. Dtr. Synops. II. 

 1056. 1461; Knth. Enum. IV. 115. — R. Br. in Flinders Voy. II. 

 (venn. Schrft. I. 104); Lebm Pint. Preiss. IL 55. no. 2228. 



G ha r a c t. g e n e r, reformatiis. Flores regalares ; perigonium 

 externum caljcinum 3-pbyllum persistens; foliola lanceelata acu- 

 minato-subukta, navicularia, patentia, dein erecta; perigoniQiof 

 internum eorollinum externo brevius; foliola subrotundo-obovata, 

 basi breviter angustata, aequalia, marcescentia nee cbi-rngata; 

 stamina 6 aequalia, 3 perigonii iBtemi foliolis alterna, 3 eorum 

 basi inserta, electa petJgtentia; filamenta baSi laliuscula, subifl- 

 curra dein recta, ad apieetii, subntata, inaberbta; ^oUierae con- 



