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albo. In Gallia australi, Sicilia, Sardinia (Asch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 11, 

 p. 330), et ins. Canariens. — J. Gay in Bull. Bot. Soc. Frarice, v. 10, 

 314. Hypocystis rubra Clus. Hist. n. 134, cum ic. Hist. p. 68. H. pur- 

 purea ilore candicante, Tourn. Coroll. p. 46. C. Hypocystis var. Cana- 

 riensis Webb Phyt. Canar. v. 3. p. 429. 



2. C. dioicus (Juss. in Ann. Mus. v. 12, p. 443), floribus dioicis racemosis 

 2-bracteolatis , perianthio hispido 4-lobo, lobis erectis. ?f In Africa australi 

 prope Cape-Town in radicibus Eriocephali racemosi. — Hook. Ic. pl. t. 336; 

 R. Br. 1. c. v. 19, p. 246; Griffith, I. c. v. 19, p. 3.23. Phelypaea sanguinea 

 Thunb. Prodr. plant. Cap. p. 1, Fl. Cap. p. 2. Hypolepis sanguinea Pers. 

 Ench. v. 2, p. 598; Harv. Gen. S. Afr. plant. Ed. 1, p. 300. Aphyteia multi- 

 ceps Burchell's travels v. 1 , p. 213, in not. — Caules 4-6-un ciales, stricti, car- 

 nosi, simplices v. divisi, 1-3-flori. Squamae laxe imbricatae, oblongae, denticu- 

 latae. Flores 2-pollicares, breviter pedicellati. Bracteas oblonga; obtusae; 

 bracteolae oblongo-spathulatae concavae. Fl. masc. Perianthium infundibulare ; 

 tubus 6-sulcatus, intus basin versus papillosus, septis 6 lobis perianthii al- 

 ternis a parietibus ad columnam genitalium extensis quasi 6-loceIlatus; lobi 

 elongato-oblongi, obtusi, suberecti, extus papillosi, marginibus membranaceis 

 subfimbriatis, basi uno latere lacinula lineari-Ianceolata aucti. Columna sta- 

 minifera exserta, 6-sulcata, glabra; antherae 7-8, counectivis in processubus 

 patulis superne productis; pcllen 3-4-globatum. Fl. faem. Perianthium 

 masculo brevius, tubo magis costato, lobis latioribus et brevioribus. Ovarium 

 compressum, 6-costatum v. angulatum , placentis 12-14: stylus columnaris, 

 stigmate magno globoso e lamellis 12-14 cuneato-subulatis dense papillosis. 

 Ovula minuta. — Descriptio pro max. part. ex Griffith, I. c. (v. s.) 



3. C. Americanus (R. Br. 1. v. 19,. p. 246), floribus dioicis sessilibus ebracteo- 

 latis, perianthio 8-9-fido, lobis patentibus. — In sylvis humidis Mexici 

 (Barclay!), ad Oaxaca (Andrieux! etc). — A. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. v. 5, 

 p. 188. — Totus pulvereo-pubescens, siccitate brunneus. Caulis crassus , 4-6-pol- 

 licaris. Squamae breves, orbiculatae, crassae, coriaceae. Spica elongata, laxi- 

 flora. Flores pauci v. numerosi, supra-axiliares , basi cum rhachi spicae 

 incrassatae confluentes. Fl. masc. Perianthium -J— | poll. diam. , rotato-campa- 

 nulatum, profunde 4-lobum, lobis obtusis, aestivatione altero exteriore, altero . 

 interiore, 2 intermediis subconvolutivis. Columna staminea -jL-i poll. longa; 

 antherae 8-10, connectivis apice elongatis subulatis interdum radiantibus. 

 Fl. foem. Ovarium subglobosum; stylus £-£ poll. longus, stigmate radiato 

 obscure lobato; placentas 10-14, tenues, lamelliformes, simplices, ad axin 

 fere loculi projecfee, cumpaucisbrevioribus interjectis. Ovula lineari-oblonga, 

 confertissima. Descriptio pro max. part. ex Gray, I. o. (v. s.) 



TribusII. HYDNOREjE B. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 19, p. 244. 

 Flores hermaphroditi v. unisexsuales. Perianthium superum, 

 elongatum, 3-lobum, lobi 1-seriati, Eestivatione valvati. Antherse 

 in annulum v. columnam 3 -lobam connatae, lobi perianthii lobis 

 oppositi, loculis elongatis longitudioaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium 

 inferum, 1-loculare; placentse ab apice loculi pendulas, v. lamel- 

 liformes et parietales; ovula orthotropa. Fructus inferus, carnosus. 

 Semina recta ; embryo in axi albuminis subcartilaginei globosus. 

 — PJantse in radicibus parasiticae, aphyllee, ebractealae, rbizomate 

 angulato. Flores magni, crasse carnosi, odore cadaveris. 



II. HYDNORA Thunb. in Act. Holm. 1775, p. 69 et 1777 p. 144; E. Meyer 

 in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cvr. v. 16, p. 773 ; Endl. Gen. Pl. p. 75. — Aphy- 

 teia Linn. Amssn. Acad. v. 8, p. 310; Gsertn. fruct. v. 2, p. 262 \Pers. Ench. 

 v. 2, p. 211. — Prosopanche Bary in Abhandl, Ilalle 10, t. 1, 2. 



Flores bermaphroditi, rarius dioici. Perianthji tubus subcylindraeeus, 



