﻿11 4 DICOTYL. setj EXOGEN.E. apodanthes. 



nosus, polyspermus. Semiaa numerosissima, minuta, per totam super- 

 ficiem loculi conferta. — Flores minuti, rimis ramulorum aggregati. 



1. A. Caseari,e (Poileau 1. c. p. 422, t. 26, f. 1), sepalis suborbiculatis integer- 

 , rimis, petalis obovato-rotundatis, ovario subgloboso. — In Guiana gaUica, 



ramulis Caseariae parasitica (Poiteau, Sagot!) — R. Brown 1. c. v. 19, p. 247; 

 Earsten in Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. v. 26, p. 921. Alabastra subglobosa, 1^-2 

 lin. diam. Bracteae minutae, oppositae. Sepala subcoriacea, basi subconnata. 

 Petala alba, demum rubescentia , in unguem brevissimum angustata, apicibus 

 recurvis: Ovarium supra calycem in discum siccitate obseurum explanatum, 

 in stylum conico-hemispbericum contractum, stigmate capitato , vertice 

 obscure quadri-sulcato. (v. s.) 



2. A. Flacourtle (Karsten in Linnaea v. 28, p. 413, et in Act. Acad. Nat. 

 Cur. v. 26, p. 920, t. 65, f. 16-21), bracteis apice integris v. excise mucro- 

 natis, petalis spathulatis , ovario ellipsoideo, stylo tereti, ovuloram funiculis 

 elongatis. Ad oram Venezuelae in cortice Flaeourtiae (Karsten). — An 

 ab A. Caseariae distincta? 



VII. PILQSTZLES Guillem. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, v. 2, p. 21 ; R. Brown in 

 Trans. Linn. Sac. v. 19, p. 230 et 247 — Frostia Bertero mss.; Endl. Gen. 

 p. 76; Karsten in Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. v. 26, p. 922. Apodanthis— sp. Hook ; 

 £c, t. 655, Sarna Karsten in Linnsea v. 28, p. 414; Act. Acad. I. c. 



Plores dioici. Brauteas et perianthii foliola pluriseriatae, basi lata in- 

 sertse, persistentes, sestivatione imbricatse, 4 intimse interdum paulo 

 majores erectae v. apicibus patentibus. Fl. mase. Antheras numerosse, 

 circa basim capituli stipitati v. subsessiKs I-3-seriatim verticillatse, v. 

 secus marginem annuli stipitem cingentis dispositee, 1-loculares; polten 

 subglobosum, viscosum. Fem. Ovarium inferum v- j-inferum, 1-locu- 

 lare, loculo tereti ; stylus v. brevis, conicus, stigmafee sessili depresso- 

 globoso v. conieo vertice ssepe intruso; ovula numerosissima placentis 

 parietalibus undique inserta aut per totam superflciem ovarii sparsa, 

 orthotropa, anatropa v. semianatropa. Fructus carnosus, polyspermus. 

 Semina minuta, globosav. obovoidea; testa reticulata. — Flores minuti, 

 rimis ramulorum parasitici. 



* Discus epigynus explanatus. Amherae 1-seriatae, circa oram annuli columnam 

 cingentis dispositae, Ovula placentis 4 distinctis inserta. 



I. P. jEthiopica (Welwitscb in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 27, p. 67, t. 22), brac- 

 teis (cum perianthii foliolis ad 13-15) obovato-oblongis v. suborbiculatis 

 erosis intimis puberutis, stigmate depresso. — In montibus Angolae ad Huilla' 

 alt. 5000-5500 ped., in ramulis Berliniae paniculatae (Welwitsch!). Alabastra 

 2-21 lin. diam., globosa, matura soiitaria rarius 2-na, e cupula e cortice 

 formata, 2-valvatim v. irregulariter rupta erumpentia. Flores carnosuli, ro- 

 seo-sanguinei. BracteEe 13-15, obscure 3-4-seriatim imbricatae; exteriores 

 orbiculatae ; interiores paulo latiores; intimae (v. perianthii foliola) erectae, 

 elliptico-oblongae, obtusae , concavae, minutissime eroso-ciliatae, genitalia 

 longe superantes! Discus epigynus tumidus obtusangulus, in fl. mase. fere 

 annularis. Tubus v. annulus stamineus carnosus, columuam brevem centra- 

 lem apice capitatam arcte cingens; antherae numerosae, 1-seriatae, contiguae, 

 1-loculares, poro apicali, effetEe demum collapsae membranam annularem 

 reflexam simulantes; pollen basi capituli adhaerens. Ovarium inferum, 

 placentis latis interdum confluentibus; stylus brevis, latus, conicus, stigma- 

 te hemisphaerico simplici v. 2-3 - mamillato ; ovula ovoidea, funiculo brevi 

 laterali latiusculo. Fructus globosus, bracteis imbricatis tectus, carnosus, 

 Semina pulpa nidulantia ; testa crustacea, pallide rubra; nucleo cellulis 

 minimis laetius rubentibus dense repleto. (v. in sp. vin. conserv.) 



