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cdndatorum abeuntes.— £lanta carnosa, glaberrima, sanguinea, odore 

 ingrato nisces putrescentes semulante, in Africa australi crescit. 



Quoad anatomiam et morphologiam cf. preeter auctores supra citatos : 

 Unger in Annal. Wien. Mus. II, t. 5, fig. 28, t. 7, fig. 48; Weddefll in 

 Ahn. sc. nat. 3" ser.-XIV, t. 10, fig. 34-38 ; Hofmeister Neue Beitrsege 

 I, 581, tab. 13; Eichl. in Act. Congr. bot. Paris 1867, tab. 2 ex parte. 



S. sangdinea Sparrm. 1. c. et auct. 11. cc; Trattinick Archiv. d. GewaSchskunde 

 I, 89, Thes. bot. lab. 90; Harvey Gen. South-Afric. plants 300, et in Harvey 

 et Sonder Fl. Cap. II. 574 ! Ichthyosma Wehdemanni Schlecht. 1. c. Super 

 radioes Mimosearum (Acaciae capensis, caffrae, etc), in Africa australi, e. gr. 

 prope Grahamstown, Uitenhage, Quagga's Flat, etc. (Sparrmann, Wehde- 

 mann, Ecklon!, Drige ! , Zeyher!, Scholl!). Planta mascula spithaminea v. 

 subpedalis, gracilior quam feminea, plq. palmaris. Rhizoma fusco-nigrescens 

 pugni magnitudine et ultra, grosse lobatum nunc brachiiformi-elongatum, 

 irregulariter nodoso-exasperatum. Volva breviter ochreaeformis, coriacea, hauil 

 ultra 1 cm. longa. Pedunculus crassus longitrorsum sulcatus in 3 4-8, in 9 

 2-4 om. longus; squamae coriaceae ovatae, acuminatae, basi lata incrassata 

 sessiles,6istincte decrescentes,inferiores confertiores l-ljcm.,sursum iaxiores 

 usque 2 \ cm. langaa. Bracteae squamis pedunculi conformes, sursum gradatim 

 decrescentes, ramo suo plus minus adnataa. Rami paniculas primarii cras- 

 siusculi, inferiores in 3 5-3 cm. long., sursum gradatim diminuti, in 9 paullo 

 breviores. Flores 3 secus ramos longiores 20-30 undique versi, pedicellis 

 243 mm. longis a<$ ramum semiadnato-decurrentibus, 7-9 mm. diam., lobis 

 pSrigonii coriaceo-carnosis aperte patentibus. Capitula feminea secus ramos 

 circ. 6-12, pedicellis brevissimis crassis, distinctius adauc quam in 3 decur- 

 rentihus, anthesi 6-8, maturitate 10-12 mm. diametientia, ex ovariis 120-180 

 in stratum 1 \ v. maturitate 2-2 \ mm. crassum conspirantibus exstructa. 

 Fructus longe plerique in, speciminibus mihi aliisque examinatis cassi, puta- 

 mine instructi osseo fere solido , semine abortivo ; in fructibus bene evolutis 

 putamen e cellularum strato duplici v. hinc inde simplici conflatum semen 

 includit circ. 1 mm. lougum. (v. in alcoh. et sicc. in herb. Mus. Kew. et Caes. 

 Vindob., sicc. etiam in tierb. Reg. Berolin., Monac. et Boissier.) 



Tribtis IV. LOPHOPHYTE/E. Schott et Endl. Melet. bot. 1, l. 1 ; 

 Hook. f. Trdns. Linn. Soc. XXII, 30; Eicht. Ba'anoph. bras. 7, 

 4.5. — Lophophytideae J. D. Hook. in Lindl. Veget. Kingd. 90. 



Flores $ nudi. Stamina 2 libera, antheris elliptico-cordatis usque 

 linearibus, dithecis, 4-loeularibus, longitrorsum birimosis, valvis 

 strato qellularum spiriferarum instructis. — Flores 9 ovaria nuda 

 referunt obovata v. obverse oblonga, distyla, margine supero circa 

 stylorum bitsin producto. Ovula 2, carpidiis (stylisque) anteposita, 

 ex apice placentfe axilis (juventute centralis liberse, anthesi) in 

 dissepimentum completum trausformalae descendentia, multicellu- 

 laria, anatropa apotropa (juventute libere pendula, anthesi) cum 

 ov&rio s&ptoque circumoirea coalita. — Plantae glaberrimEe, amylo 

 scatftntes. fthizoma et inflorescentia pro generibus varia. 



IV. LOPHOPHYTUM Sehott et EnU. Melet. bot. 1, t.l; Endl. Gen. pl. n. 715 ; 

 Hook. f. in Transac.t. linn. Soc. XXII, 47, t. 9; Eiehl. Balanoph. bras. 45, 

 i. 9-V5. — Archimedea Leandm do Saoramento in Ann. sc. nat. 2 C ser. VII, 

 p. 32. — Lepidophytam Hook. f. in Linil. Veget. Kingd. 3 ed. 90. 



t 

 Flores 3 : Stamina 2 libera, in axe vix conspicuo ad dextram et si- 



nistram posita; filameuta brevia ftliformia, ad basin antheras affixa et 



