Proieem.] CXLIV. PEOTEACE^. I7I 



hypog3'npe 4, lineares v. filiformes. Ovarium subsessile, villosum v. setoso-hispidum ; 

 styli apex cylindraceus vix dilatatus, stigmate terminali triincato ; ovnhim 1, lateraliter 

 medio V. supra medium affixum. Nux ovoidea v. ovoideo-globosa, styli basi rostrata v. 

 stylo deciduo nuda.— Fruticcs dense foliati. Folia sparsa, augustissime 3-fida piunatiada 

 V, magis dissecta, rarius liinc hide indivisa. Flores sub quaque bractea solitarii, sessiles 

 dense capitati, bracteis vacuis imbricatis involucrati, capitulis ad apices ram ornm nunc soli- 

 tariis sessilibus v. pedunculatis, nunc cc corymbosis v. in capitulum compositum congestis. 



Species enumeratse 52, Africse aiistralis incolae, plurimse tamen inter se nimis affines. Mcissn. in 

 DC. Prod. xiv. 284. Andr. Bot, Rep. t. 264, 337, 349, 447, 507, 512, 522, 536, 545 {Trotca). 



7. nximetes, Salish. Fm'ad. Lond.suh n. 67, etin KiuglU, Prot 04. — Flores hermaphro- 

 diti, regulares. Perianthium tenue, rectum v. curvulum, limbo recto oblongo v. vix tubo 

 latiore, segmentis per anthesin solutis v. ima basi breviter connatis. Anther^e in laminis 

 subsessiles, oblongre v. lineares, connectivo breviter appendiculat.-e v. imdce. Squamulge 

 ^ypogyn^e 4j lineares. Ovarium glabrum v. parce pilosum ; styli apex vix incrassatus, 

 stigmate parvo terminali v. obliquo ; ovulum 1, lateraliter v. fere ad apicem affixum, plus 

 minus amphitropum. Nux sessilis, ovoidea, glabra, pericarpio membranaceo v. leviter 

 indurato.— Frutices. Folia sparsa, sub quaque bractea solitarii, sessiles, integerrima v. 

 rarius apice dentata. Flores capitati, capitulis sessilibus bracteis membranaceis involucratis. 



Species 14, Africse australis inoola?. Meiss?i. in DC. Prod. xiv. 2Q2. Genus in s-ectiones 2 ad 

 inflorescentiam dividitur : — 



1. Elimimetes, 'Endl, Capitula ssepe panciflora, in axillis superiorilms sessilia. Involucri squamje 

 membranficese, ssepins appressre. Folia plana, coviacea.^ ScichL Iconogr. Exot. t. 92, 93. 

 Orothaatnus, Pajppo ccc Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4357 (ie. in FL des Serres t. 338 repetita) ab Eumimete 

 non differt nisi capitulis paucioribus nee vere terminalibus, involucri bracteis magis patentibus 

 amplis coloratis. 



2. Pseudomimetes, Endl Capitula terminalia, multiflora, parvula, subglobosa, inter folia summa 

 eessilia. Fruticuli diffusi v. divarieato-ramosi, ericoidei, foliis parvulis. Hue pertinent DiastelltB 

 species nonnuUse, Salisb, in Knight, Prot. 69. 



8. Sorocephalus, B, Br. in Trans. Linn Soc. x. l39. (Sorantbe, Salish. in KnujU, 

 Prot. n.)— Flores hermaphroditi, regulares. Perianthium tenue, iina basi latius, Hmbo 

 pai-vo recto globoso v. oblongo, segmentis per anthesin alte solutis cum laminis revolutis, 

 ima basi cohserentibus. Antherce in laminis subsessiles, oblongje. Squamulfe hypogyn^e 

 4, lineari-filiformes. Styli apex parum incrassatus, breviter oblongus, rectus v. obliquus 

 stigmate parvo terminali v. obliquo ; ovulum 1, lateraliter affixum, amphitropum. Nux 

 ovoidea v. oblonga, pericarpio basin versus indurato a stipite brevi crasso v. a basi peri- 

 carpii brevissime persistente deciduo.— Frutices erecti v. rarius diffusi, ericoidei, dense 

 foliati. Folia spai'sa, conferta v. fere imbricata, lanceolata v. angnsta, interdum subulata, 

 integra v. inferiora dissecta. Florum capitula par\-a, pauci- (l-6-)flora, bracteis totidem 

 paryis involucrata, in spicas broves densas capitatas v. dense corymbosas confei-ta. Bractefe 

 capitula subtendeutia breves, membranacese v. demum auctse lat^ imbricat^eque, capitulo 

 composito subgloboso strobilum Leucadeiulri simulante. 



Species ad 10, Africa australis incolse. 3Ici^n. in DC. Prod. xiv. 303. Atidr,Bof. Fev t 517 

 {Protca). ^' ' 



Genus in sectiones 2 dividitur : Mischocaryoii, Endl., nuce basi integra, pericarpio toto a stipite 



deciduo; et C«r(fwcary(?«, Endl., nucG delapsa basi emarginata, pericarpii basin brevissime persis- 

 tentem relinquento. 



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9. Wlvenia. R. Br, in Trans, Linn. Soc. x. 133. (Paranomua, Salisb. Farad. Land, svh 

 n. 67, et in Knight, Prot. G7-)— Flores hennaphroditi, regulares. Perianthium tenue 

 ima basi latius, limbo parvulo globoso v. oblongo nunc vix tubo latiore, segmentis per 

 anthesin alte solutis revolutis ima ba^i cohserentibus. Antherie in lauiini3''subsessilea 

 lineares v. oblonga), connectivo brevissime apiculatai v. nudfe. Squama; hypogyn^ 4' 

 lineares. Ovarium subsessile, glabrum v. pilosum ; styli apex srepiua parum incra^isatus' 



