Chenolem.] 



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draceus, pericarpio membranaceo vertice coriaceo semini non adliserente. Semen iriver- 

 sum, oblique pyriforme, rostellatum, testa tenuiter membranacea ; embryo crassiusculus, 

 hippocrepice incurvus, albus, albumen parcum cingens, cotyledonibua plano-convexis 

 radicula valida acuta oblique ascendente brevioribus.— Fruticulus humilis, rigidus, 

 ramosus, sericeo-pilosus. Folia parva, opposita, crassiuscula. Fiores axillares, scssiles, 

 paribus liorizontaliter divaricatis, perianthio fructifero pro ordine magno, basi infeme 

 gibbo, ore contracto. 



Species 1, Australia oecidontalis iucola. 3foq, in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 124. Benth. Fl. Austral. 

 V. 193. 



33. Bnchylana, B. Br. Prod. 407.— Fiores hcnuapliroditi, axillares, bracteolis minutis 

 V. 0.* Perianthium orbiculare, depressum, carnosulum v. crasse coriaceum, inappendi- 

 culatum, 54ob^^m, lobis brevibus obtusis iuflexia, fructiferis immutatis v. auctis v. dorso 

 paullo iucrassatis. Stamina 5; hypogyua, filamentis brevibus comprcssis ; antlier^e late 

 oblongs, vix exsertiB. Discus 0. Ovarium late ovoideum v. depressum ; stigmata 2-3, 

 breviuscula, iindique papillosa, basi vix connata; ovulum subsessile. Utriculus periantluo 

 carnosulo iuclusus, orbicularis, valde depressus, pericarpio membranaceo semrni non 

 adhierente. Semen horizontale, orbiculare, vix rostellatum, testa membranacea ; embryo 

 annularis, viridis, albumen parcum testoe adluurons cingens, cotyledonibus obtusis, 

 radicula gracili centrifuga.— Frutices v. suffrutices, erccti v. prostrati, glabri v. sericeo- 

 pilosi, ramulis gracilibus. Folia altema, sessilia, lineariav. lineari-lauceolata, mtegernma. 

 Fiores parvi, scssileSj solitarii. 



Species 4, Australienses. Bcnth. Fl. Austral, v. 180. Perianthium fructiferum supcrne et inforne 

 couvexum nisi in E. marginata, ubi snperne plannm marginatum basi brevissime tui-Liuatum alto 

 8-costatiim nt in Kochm hracliy^tcra. K? mkranf ha, Benth., perianthio globoso tomentoso, est 

 potius Chenolea species. 



34 Batobagia, F. Mudl Eep. Babh. Exped. 21.— Fiores hermapliroditi, minimi, 

 axillares, ebracteolati, stipitati, stipitc cavo cum perianthio articulato. Perianthium com- 

 pvessum ; tubus subcampanulatus, venosus, demum nuceus costatus et. mioqualiter 

 lon^atrursum 3-alatu3, alis lateralibus obliquis, antica multo minore; limbus mconspicuus, 

 tubulosus, hyalinus, obtuse 4-lobus, lobis ciliatis demum evanidis. Stamina 4, hypogyna, 

 filamentis compressis linearibus; antlierEe late oblongifi, exsertai. Discus 0. Ovarium late 

 ovoideum, in stylum brevem tomentosum attenuatum ; stigmata 2, subulata, undiquo 

 papillosa; ovulum ab apice funiculi suspensum. Utriculus perianthio induratofere clauso 

 injequaliter 3-alato inulusus,depresso-pyriformis, longe rostellatus, rostello intra basin cavam 

 ah-e majoris ascendente, pericarpio membranaceo inferne basi pcrianthii adhfierente vertice 

 piano crassiusculo a semine libero. Semen horizontale, oblique pyriforme, rostellatum, 

 testa tenuiter coriacea ; embryo albus, uncinatim hippocrepicus, albumen parcum cmgeiis, 

 cotyledonibus piano- con vexis radicula gracili centrifuga porrecta acuta brevioribus.— 

 flerba lumiilia, diffuse ramosa, glauca, glabra, axillis foliorum pubcscentibus. Folia parva, 

 alterna, scssilia, Uneari-oblonga, obovata v. clavata, obtusa, integerrima, carnosa. Fiores 

 valdc inconspicui, virides ; perianthium fructiferum pro planta magnum. 



Species l.v. 2, Australi-c intorioris incol^. Bcnth. FL Austral v. 192 et iu HooL Ic. PI t. 1078. 



35 scierolcena, B. Br. Prod. 410.— Fiores liermaphroditi, axiUares, liberi v. con- 

 nati,* ebracteolati, lanati v. pilosi. Perianthii tubus subglobosus, coriaceus,^ apicem 

 versus incrassatus, v. 1-2-spinosus, fructifer inordinate incrasaatus, nuceua v. lignosus ; 

 limbus minutus, breviter tubulosus, membranaceus, 4-fidu3. Stamina 5, hypogyna, 

 filamentis compressis ; antherie late oblongie, exsertEC. Discus 0. Ovarium oblique 

 ovoideum, hirsutum, in stylum tomentosiim attenuatum, stigmatibus 2 cra.ssius- 

 culis subulatis basi v. altius connatis undique papillosis ; ovulum ab apice funiculi 

 elongati auspensum. Utriculus perianthio avmato rarius inerini indiirato inclusns, 

 depresso-pyriformis, obliquus, rostellatus, pericarpio membranaceo semini non adhrc- 

 reute inferne perianthio adnato supeme incrassato libero. Semen horizontale, deprcsso- 



