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Ordo incertae sedis. BALANOPHORACEJE (1). — Balanophoreae 

 s. Balanophoraceae L. C. Rich. in Mem. Mus. Paris. VIII 

 (1822), 404; Scholt el Endl. Melet.' bot. 10; Marl. Nov. Gen. 

 III, 181; Endl. Gen. pl. 72; Meissn. Gen. pl. 366 (274); J. D. 

 Hooker in Lindl. Veget. Kingd. III, edit. 88. et in Transact. 

 Linn. Soc. Lond. XXII, 1. — Balanophorese et Cynomoriaceae 

 Eichl. in Actes Congr. bot. Paris 1867, p. 137, el in Martii Fl. 

 Bras. fasc. Balanophorex (s. Balanoph. bras.) 1, 7; Miers in 

 Transact. Linn. Soc. XXV, 461. — Lathraeophilaceae Leandro do 

 Sacramento in Ann. sc. nat. 2 C s£r. VII, 32. 



Plores typice raro abortu diclines, rarissime hermaphroditi. 

 saepius dioici aut in eadem inflorescentia aut in distinctis ejusdem 

 plantae inflorescentiis monoici. — Masculi aut nudi, estaminibus 



2 rarius 1 , liberis aut raro coalitis constantes, aut saepius perigo- 

 nio simplici instructi. Perigonii phylla 3-4 (2-8), passim libera, 

 ssepius basi v. rarius prorsus in tubum v. calyptram connata, 

 segmentis actinomorphis raro in zygomorphiam tendentibus, 

 praefloratione solemniter valvatis. Stamina magnopere varia, 

 infra ad genera speciesque accuratius describenda ; in floribus 

 perigonio instructis solemniter ejus phyllis numero aaqualia 

 lisque anteposita, saspius conriata, filamentis plq. cylindricis 

 in connectivum continuo transeuntibus raro cum eo arti- 

 culatis, antheris 1 -polythecis, 1 -multilocularibus, per rimas 

 porosve dehiscentibus, valvis strato cellularum spiriferarum 

 plerumque destitutis. Pollinis granula ut plurimum globosa 

 V. elliptica, saepius tristriata v. triplicata, poris verrucisque 



3 v. nullis, exina laevi. In floribus abortu masculis pistilli 

 rudimentum obvium . Flores feminei raro perigonio supero vel 

 semisupero, gamophyllo trilobo veLe squamis liberis conflato 

 gaudent, saepius pistilla nuda referunt, nonnunquam margine 

 supero ovarii subproducto quasi perigonio rudimentario coro- 

 nata, e carpidiis 1 v. 2 rarius 3 valvatim coalitis conflata. 

 Ovarium ovoideum usque lineare; styli l aut 2, lerminales, 

 cylindrici, stigmate simplici obtuso v. capitato rarius obscure 

 lobato terminati, saepius decidui, rarius deficiunt stigmate dis- 

 coideo sessili. Ovula multum varia, sub tribubus accuratius 

 describenda, fere semper integumento destituta, subinde ad 

 saccum amnioticum s. embryonalem reducta, haud raro cum 

 ovario in corpus solidum connata. Fructus nucamentaceus v. 

 subdrupaceus, epicarpio carnoso coriaceo v. membranaceo 

 endocarpio solemniter in putamen sclerenchymaticum con- 

 verso. Semen constanter solitarium fructus cavitatem explens, 

 raro pericarpio adnatum, endospermium refert nudum, raris- 



(1) Auclore D p " Eichler. 



