650 LIX. SAXIFRAGE£, — ix[Gunanien. 
sita, simplicia, petiolata, coriacea, lanceolata, acuminata, grosse serrata, subtus glauca v. 
pubescentia. Stipule membranace:s, decidus. Pedunculi graciles, axillares v. in paniculas 
terminales dispositi, l-cephali. Flores parvi, in capitula globosa multiflora sessiles, brac- 
teolati, receptaculo villoso; capitula fructifera non aucta.  Bracteolw sspe dissitz, infe- - 
riores involucrum simulantes. 
Species 1, Australie orientalis temperate ineola. — BentÀ. FT. Austral.ii. 440. — Dot. Mag. t. 1811. 
Stamina ima basi calycis inserta, ovarii basi adhzrentia. 
D6. Geissois, Labill. Sert. Austr.-Caled. 50. t. 50.—Calyx 4—5-partitus, basi ovarii ad- 
natus, lobis intus hirsutis deciduis valvatis. Petala 0. Stamina oo (10-20), basi disci 
tenuis hypogyni inserta, filamentis filiformibus elongatis; anthersz didyms. ^ Ovarium 
liberum, oblongo-conicum, 2-loculare; styli 2, filiformes, basi connati, stigmatibus sim- 
plieibus; ovula co, placentis 2-partitis 2-seriatim sursum imbricata. Capsula coriacea, 
lineari-elongata v. oblongo-clavata, 2-locularis, ab apice septicide 2-valvis, polysperma. 
Semina adscendentia, oblonga, imbricata, complanata, testa membranacea reticulata 
superne alata; embryo in axe albuminis carnosi, ejusdem longitudinis; cotyledones sub- 
foliacez.— Arbores, trunco crasso. Folia opposita, coriacea, petiolata, digitatim .8—5- 
foliolata, integerrima v. serrata, Stipule magn:e, membranaces. Flores speciosi, in race- 
mos simplices laterales dispositi, purpurei, Ovarium glaberrimum v. villosum. 
Species 4, Nova Caledoniz et ins. Fiji incole, pauc:e Australienses. Walp. Rep. v. 834: Anm. 
v.31. 4. Gray in Bot. U. S. Expl. Exped. 678. t. 80. — Brongn. et Gris. in Aun. Sc. Nat. Ser. 
5.1. 868. Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. 445. 
D7. Belangera, Cambess. Syn. Cunon. Bras. Mer. 9, et in St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. 
ii. 203. £. 115-117. (Polystemon, Jon in Ediünb. New Phil.Journ.ix. 95. Lamanonia, 
Vell. Fl. Flum. v. t. 104.)—Oalyx liber, 6-phyllus, deciduus, valvatus. Petala 0. 
Stamina perplurima, sub margine disci tenuis inserta, filamentis capillaribus; antherce 
parvs, didymse. Ovarium liberum, ovoideum, basi cum disco confluens, 2-loculare; styli 
2, divergentes, liberi stigmatibus minutis capitatis; ovula perplurima, adscendentia, 
placentis 2-seriatim affixa. Capsula oblongo-cylindrica, lignosa, 2-locularis, septicide 
2-valvis, valvis 2-fidis, polysperma. Semina complanata, sursum imbricata, oblonga, ad 
nucleum basilarem gibba, testa coriacea sursum in alam membranaceam producta; em- 
bryo majusculus, in axe albuminis parci carnosi; cotyledonibus planiuseulis oblongis, radi- 
cula tereti —AÀ rbores glabre y. pubescentes, ramulis oppositis. Folia opposita, coriacea, 
petiolata, 3—-5-foliolata, foliolis lanceolatis integerrimis v. serratis. Stipule ample, mem- 
branaces. Flores albi v. flavi, in racemos simplices axillares dispositi, inter minores, 
pedicellis ebracteatis, alabastris erectis. 
Species 4, Brasilize meridionalis ineole. DC. Prod. iv. 11. | Moric. Pl. Nouv. Amér. t. 90. 
58. Spireeanthemum, 4. Gray, Bot. U. S. Expl. Exped. 6606. t. 83.—Flores hermaphro- 
diti v. polygamo-dioici. Calycis tubus brevis,liber; limbus 4-5-partitus, lobis ovato-tri- 
angularibus persistentibus valvatis. Petala 0. Stamina 4-5 v. duplo plura, basi calycis 
inserta, fere hypogyna, calyci squilonga, filamentis filiformibus; antherz didymse. Squa- 
mule hypogynz inter stamina et ovarium 8-10,linearia. Ovarii carpella in fl. 4 0, in 
fl. 9 4-5, rarius 2-3, libera, oblongo-ovoidea, in stylos totidem attenuata, stigmatibus sub- 
capitatis; ovula in carpellis 1—5, collateralia v. 2-seriata.  Follieuli 2-5, calyce duplo longi- 
ores, compressi, cartilaginei v. coriacel, intus dehisceentes, 1—2-spermi. Semina oblonga, 
compressa, testa membranacea superne v. utrinque alata; embryo subcylindricus, albu- 
mine carnoso brevior.—Frutices et arbuseulm, ramulis teretibus. Folia opposita v. ver- 
tieilata, petiolata, simplicia, ovalia v. oblonga, integerrima v. serrata.  Stipule de- 
cidum. Flores in panieulas axillares multifloras dispositi, parvi, pedicellati, pedicellis 
articulatis. 
Species 5, insularum Nove Caledonise, Fiji, et ener incole.  JWalp. Ann. v. 23. Brongn. et 
Gris. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 5. i. 373. 
59. Aphanopetalum, Endl. Gen. Pl. n. 818, et. Iconogr. t. 96.—Calycis tubus parvus, 
