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linearibus v. auperne dilatatis, basi in ciipnlam connatis, laciniis interpositis ; antherai 

 2-Ioculares. Ovarium subglobosum, glabriim ; stylus gracilis, sti^mate capitellato ; 

 ovulum 1, ab apice funiculi elongati suspensum. Utriculus perianthio inclusus, mem- 

 branaceus, indehiscens. Semen inversum, globosum v. lenticularo, testa Crustacea atra 

 nitida, ariUo ; embryo annularis, albumen farinaceum cingens, cotyledonibus Imeai-ibus 

 planiusculis, radicula supera.— Herbieannuse, ramosna, glabn-e pubescentes v. lanugmosse. 

 Folia alterna, saspius angusta, integerrima. Flores in spicas terminalcs oblongas ovoideas' 

 V. conicas solitarias v. paniculatas dispositi, albi, rhachi lanuginosa ; bractete et bracteolos 

 scariosee. 



Species 1 1, AiistraliEe tropica et subtropicae incolse, quarum una (fide Blumoi) moluceana. Bcnth. 

 i^/.J.^/m/.v. 241.— Species perianthio cxtus lanato non nisi habitu et defectu lacmiarum niter 

 fllamenta ab ^rua distinguendse. Psiloti sect. PkcenostacMjs, Moq. in DC. Prod. xui. ii. 281, est 

 Psilotrichi species. 



25. Trichlnium, B. Br. Prod. 414.— Flores hermaphroditi, bractcati et 2-bra<;teolati. 

 Perianthium angustum v. elongatum, 5-partitum, basi induratum ; segmcnta requaba v. 

 3 interiora minora, elongato-linearia, rigida, basin versus 3-nervia, apicibus scariosis nudis 

 exceptis pilis articulatis barbata v. plumosa. Stamina 5, filamentis maequalibus 1-J 

 s^pius anantheris v. antheris effoetis basi in tubum membranaceum connatis, la^mns 

 interpositis v. rarius parvis hyalinis ; antherse lineares oblongai v. didymse, 2-loculareH. 

 Ovarium sessile v. stipitatum, glabrum v. lanuginosum ; stylus excentricus, ngidua, 

 gracilis, stigmate capitellato ; ovulum 1, ab apice funiculi elongati suspensum. Utriculus 

 basi perianthii indurati inclusus, membranaceus, stipltatus v. basi ang\istatus, obovoideus, 

 obliquus, indebiscens. Semen inversimi, oblongura, testa teuuiter coriacea nitida, ariUo 

 V membranaceo ; embryo hamatus, albumen farinaceum v. subcarnosum cmgeiis, coty- 

 ledonibus linearibus elongatis, radicula brevi supcra. - Herbre suffrutices v. ranus fruticuli, 

 glabri V. pilis articulatis aut stellatis pubescentes. Folia alterna, angusta, rarius obovata 

 v spathulata, integerrima. Flores in spicas densas v. capitula globosa v. oblonga dispositi, 

 pro ordiue majusculi v. magni, albi straminei v. rosei ; bracteie et bracteola3 hyalmse, nitid^. 

 Stamina et ovarium lana densa, e basi perianthii v. cuimla filamentorum onunda, mduta. 



Species ad 50, Australise incolse. Bmih. Fl. Austral, v. 217. Ga^id, in Freyc. Voy. BoL t. 49. 

 Field et Gard, Serf, t. 52, 53. HooJc,/. Fl Tasm. t. 94 (antlicrje sphalmate l-locularcs depict*), i. 

 Muell. Litk. PL Vict. L 78, ined. Bot. Beg, 1839, t, 28 



Akthhotrichixtm, F. Muell. in Trans. BoL So,. Edinh. vii. 500 ad T. cahstachyum, speciem laciniis^ 



filamonta interjectis, condituni fuit. ^ . 



HKMtSTEiRtTS, F. Mucll. in Linnea, xxv. 434, est T. corymhosim, Gaud., species marginibus 



Hegmontorum perianthii nndi.«, et semine arillato. 



GoNioTRicHB, Turcc. in Bull. Sac. Imp. Nat. Mose. 1849, ii. 37 (sphalmate GmwtricJ>c,eJs. eod. 

 1. c. 1852, ii. 181), est T. ohovaUm, Gaud, nullo eharactcre a Trichiniis typicisgenericedistinguendum. 



26. Chionothrix. Hook. / gen. nov.— Flores spicati, hermaphroditi, bracteati et 2- 

 bracteolati. Perianthium dure coriaceum, 5-partitum, basi non induratum ; segmenta 

 dorso et marginibus pilis sericeis albis suberectis segmenta non excedentibus onusta, 

 exteriora oblongo4anceolata, mutica, 3-nervia, interiora angustiora. Stamina 5, filamentis 

 late linearibus basi in tubum elongatum membranaceum connatis, smubus acutis, lacmns 

 interpositis ; antherm 2-loculares, apice lato filament! dorso insertai, Uneari-oblongce. 

 Ovarium obovoideum, glabriim, in stylnm rectum attenuatum, stigmate capitcUato ; 

 ovulum 1, ab apice funiculi elongati pendulum. Utriculus perianthio inclusus, membra- 

 naceus. Semen. . . .— Frutex pubescens, trichotomcramoaus,ramulis teretibuslignosis. 

 Folia opposita, petiolata, obovata, obtusa, integerrima, coriacea, utrinque setulis basi 

 tamidis hirtella. Flores in spicas graciles elongatas pendulas paiuculatas dispositi, 

 Btraminei; bra^te^ bracteoheque cymbiformes, hyalinre, perianthio multo breviores ; rhachi 

 spicarum tomentosa, perianthio pilis immerso. 



Species 1, S. somalemhi, moutium Somali teiiae Africi^' troi^o^o oricntalis incola. Sericncoma 

 somalensis, Sp. Moore in Trim. Jourti. Bot. 1877,70. 



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