Tab. 5468. 



GENETHYLLIS fimbriata. 



Thyme-leaved Genethyllis. 



Nat. Ord. Myrtace^e (sect. Cham^elauce^:). — Icosandria Monogyxia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx tubulosus, 5-costatus, dimidiatus, inferne ovario adnatus, 

 basi carnosus, superius in faucem produetus, limbo obtuso, 5-detitato; totus 

 laavis v. inferiore parte ovarium corticante rugulosus, vel rugis transverse paral- 

 lelis in marginem liberum cartilagineum productis pluriaimulatis. Corolla sca- 

 riosa vel membranacea, limbo calycis adnata ; petala 5, concava vel naviculari- 

 carinata, in acumen obtusum extenuata, conniventia. Andronilis ultra calycis 

 limbum .brevissimo, brevi, v. longiori spatio monadelpha, inferius inde contluens 

 in laminam parieti faucis adnatam. Staminodia 10, staminibus totidem rite 

 alterna, varise configurationis dentifonnia, subulata, liguliformia, petaloiilea, pne- 

 floratione erecta. Filamenta staminodiis subaequalia v. loagiora, filiformia, 

 praefloratione introflexa, antheris duplici serie, altiori et demissiori, fauci appli- 

 catis. Antlierae globosae, connectivi simplicis/k>«^ inserts, bilocellatse, locellis 

 subconfluentibus, virgineis leviter constrictis, poro postico dehiscentibus. Ova- 

 rium calyci omnino immersum, vertice truncatum, laminaque epigyna indutuui. 

 Ooula gemina paucave in placenta basifixa centrali erecta, anatropa. Stylus exser- 

 tus, infra stigma barbatus, v. glabra. Fructus . . . . — Flores in apicibus ra- 

 muloritm pauci vel numerosi, capitati, congesti, in axis dilatati receptaculiformis 

 artolis sessiles v. pedicellati, bracteis slipali, internis hebetatis, extimis vero sape 

 auctis coloratisque involucrum capituli exhibentibus . Bracetolae bines, libera, 

 juxta calycis basin opposite, sessiles, membranacecB, naviculares, carinata, jtons 

 primordi/im amplectentes, dein diveryentes, sub anthesi deciduce. Schauer. 



Genethyllis (InvolucratBe) fimbriata ; erecta ramosa glabra, foliis confertis 

 plerumque oppositis decussatis ellipticis obtusis, supra convexis, subtus 

 pallidis, margine ciliatis, capitulis terminalibus cernuis 8-10-floris, iavolucro 

 campanulato pollicari, bracteis carinatis elliptico- v. ovato-oblongis margine 

 fimbriatis, exterioribus ovatis herbaceis quadrifariam imbricatis, bracteolis 

 lauceolatis acuminatis cariuatis tlores sessiles subfequantibus, calyce ovato- 

 cylindrico basi lsevissimo crustaceo minute punctato, fauce contracte corru.- 

 gata, lobis minutissimis, petalis ovatis acutis membranaceis, stammodus 

 iiliformibus filamenta subulata Eequantibus, stylo filiformi, longe exserto 

 apice bispido. Kipp. 



Genethyllis fimbriata. Kipp's Joiim. of Linn. Soc. v. 1. Bot.p. 49. 



A lovely shrub, as are all the species of the genus yet known 



SEPTEMBER 1ST, 1864. 



