634 "LIX. SAXIFRAGEJE. 
OcunanurTHE, Lindl que Tuwrpinia, est Sapindacea, p. 413. 
P zrracArLxx, Korthals, est Ehizophorea. 
Rarziaui, Gardner, est genus Samydearum. 
DisroMANTHERA, Turez. in Bull. Soe. Nat. Mose. 1862, ii. 328, genus imperfecte descriptum, sta- 
minibus 15 antheris poris dehiscentibus, a nobis nequaquam recognoscendum, 
ÜTaiBus Il. SaxirFRAGEX. 
l. Donatia, Forst. Char. Gen. 9. t. 5.—Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, obconicus; lobi 
5-7, wquales v. inequales. Petala 5-10, linearia v. ovata. Stamina 2 v. 3, medio disco 
epigyno depresso inserta, et basi stylorum adh:zerentia, filamentis subulatis v. filiformi- 
bus recurvis; anthere didymse, extrorse. | Ovarium inferum, 2-3-loculare; styli 2-3, 
subulati, recurvi, stigmatibus simplicibus v. capitellatis; ovula oo, placentis ab axi 
loculi pendulis affixa, adscendentia. Fructus . . . .—Herbse muscoides, dense czespitossw, 
foliosse, ramis brevibus compactis. Folia alterna, linearia, crasse coriacea, dense imbri- 
cata, integerrima, basi pilosa. Flores terminales, solitarii, sessiles, albi, interdum uni- 
sexuales. Calyx bracteolatus, bracteolis nunc in lobos calycinos abeuntibus. 
Species 2, altera Americze maxime australis, altera montium altissimorum Nove Zelandisx et Tas- 
manis ineola. DC. Prod. iv. 63. Walp. Rep. ài. 862 : Ann. v. 24. Hook. Ic, Pl. t. 16. Hook. f. 
Fl. Antarct, ii, 281; Fl. Nov. Zel.i. 80. 2. 20. Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. 450. —Genus valde ano- 
malum. 
2. E&remosyne, End. in JHueg. Enum. 53; lconogr. t. ll2.— Calycis tubus brevissi- 
mus, hemisphzricus, compressus, basi ovarii adnatus; lobi 5, lineari-oblongi. Petala 5, 
oblongo-spathulata, sspe dorso longe setosa. Stamina 5, filamentis filiformi-subulatis 
basi sensim dilatatis; antherz parvz. Ovarium semisuperum, compressum, transverse ob- 
longum, pilosum, 2-loculare; styli 2, divaricati, stigmatibus capitellatis ; ovula in loculis 
solitaria, adscendentia, placentis basilaribus in axi loculi affixa. Capsula semisupera, mem- 
branacea, compressa, transverse oblonga, subdidyma, 2-locularis, 2-valvis, valvis hianti- 
bus. Semina erecta, imperfecta tantum a nobis visa, testa pallida chartacea; albumen 
carnosum.— Herba parvula, strigoso-pilosa, facie Sagine, radice annua multicipite. Caules 
tenues, dichotome ramosi. Folia radicalia (ex Endl) obovato-spathulata, integerrima ; 
caulina alterna, sessilia, basi pectinato-pinnatifida. Flores minimi, albi, in eymulas repe- 
tito-dichotomas dispositi. Oapsula parva, strigosa., 
Species 1, in arenosis Australiz austro-occidentalis ineola. Benth. Fl, Austral. ii. 449. 
3. Leptarrhena, Brown in Parrys First Voy. Suppl. 273, in obs.—OCalycis tubus 
brevis, campanulatus, basi ovario adnatus, lobis 5 ovatis obtusis erectis. Petala 5, parva, 
anguste spathulata, basi calycis inserta. Stamina 10, filamentis subulatis petalis zequilongis ; 
antherse parvs, l-loculares, 2-valves. Carpella 2, supera, basi vix cohserentia, in stylos 
breves desinentia, stigmatibus simplicibus; ovula oo, placentis basilaribus affixa, adscen- 
dentia. Carpella matura coriacea, erecta, rostrata, intus dehiscentia, polysperma. Semina 
basilaria, adscendentia, scobiformia, testa utrinque longe producta, nucleo parvo.— 
Herba habitu Jyrole, radice gracili l-3-cipite. ^ Folia radicalia petiolata, coriacea, 
persistentia, obovata, serrata, petiolo basi dilatato vaginante.  Scapus simplex, erectus, 
l-2-bracteatus, parce glandulosus. Flores racemoso-paniculati, parvi, albi. Capsule 
erecto. 
Species 1, in Kamtehatka, et in America boreali-occidentali, indigena. ^ DC. Prod.iv. 48.  Walp. 
Hep. v. 827. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am.i. 0. 89. Sternb. Sazif. Suppl. t. 2 (Saxifraga). 
4. Astilbe, Zamilt. in Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. 210. (Hoteia, Morr. et Dene. in Ann. Sc, 
Nat. Ser. 2. ii, 316. 7. 11.)J— Calyx campanulatus, liber, basi ovario adnatus, lobis 5 rarius 
4 ovatis imbricatis. Petala 4, 5 v. O0, linearia, basi calycis inserta. Stamina v. 10, cum 
petalis inserta, filamentis elongatis; antherze cordato-didym:. ^ Ovarium 2-3-loculare, 
2-3-lobum, y. earpella 2-3 basi vix connata, carpellis in stylos erectos subulatos desinen- 
