GreviUeece.] CXLIV. PROTIJACE^. 170 



junioris ?) pinnata. Flores gerainatim pedicellati, in racemos axillares v. laterales 

 dispositi. Bractete (v. minutaj caducte ?), 



Species edifcK ad 30, Ameriose tropicse incol^e, quoad distinctiones difficiilimse, foliis interdum 

 in eadem arbore integerrimis dentatis pinnatisque. Meism.in DC,Brod.'s\Y.'^2^, etin Mart, Ft. 

 Bras. V. It. 31 ad 33 (oTulis errore erectis depictis). Bnu et Pav, FL Per. ei Chil, t. 98, 99 

 {Embothrimn). H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. t, 1 18 f7c^ 1 20. Ihidgc, PI. Gui. t. 39. Moric. PL Nouv. 

 Amer.t. 100. Pohl, PI. Bras, let. 86 ad 88, 90. Bof. Mag. t. QO^n. His addidcrunt i?;w?y«. c/ G*?-/* 

 in Ann. 8c. Nat. scr. 5, i. 345 speciem Novo -Caledoni cam, a nobis non visani, charactcribus ex auct. 

 omniiio Hoiipala, alteramque (/. c. ser. 5, xiii, 373) ex specimine nostro ab Americanis pauUo diver- 

 sam, foliis masimis integris 3-lobisve et squaniis lijpogjnis in cupulam vix lobatani conuatis. 



Auctores recentiores nomcn Aubletianum xatie scripserunt Ropala, Rupala et Khopala, sed 

 derivatio ralde incerta verisimiliter more Aubletiano ex nomine quodam vernaculo potius quam a 

 ItSiraAou, et ortliograpbiam suam maluimus retinere. 



33. lambertla, Sm. in Trans. Linn, Soc. iv. 214, t. 20. — Flores liermaphroditi, 

 regulares v. vix irregiilares. Periantliii tubus elongatus, superne saspe dilatatus et 

 leviter incurvuSj lobis angiistis revolutis,.2 anticis ssepius altius solutia. Anthers ad basin 

 laminanim subsesailes, connectivo breviter apicnlatre. Squamas hypogynae 4, planic, 

 liberie v. connatiGj rarius deficientea. Ovarium dense pilosum ; stylus filifonuis, supeiiie 

 interdum leviter iucrassatus sulcatusque, stigniate parvo termiiiali v. postice breviter 

 decurrente ; ovula 2, pendula. FoUicula sessilis, brevis, tmncata, dura, niargine inferiore 

 sf«pe in cornu producta, et valvulse interdum. angulo superiore comutce. Seiuina plana, 

 anguste marginata. — Frutices. Folia S-4-natim verticillata v. sub ramis vegctioribus 

 sparsa, integra v. spinoso-dentata, venulis sa3pe transversis. Flores longiusculi, rubri 

 v. 'flavi, sessiles, solitarii v. septeni, bracteis coloratis imbricatis involucrati, iuvolucris 

 sessilibus terminalibus v. axillaribus. 



Species 8, Australise extratropicse imprimis occidentalis inoola). Bcnfh. FL Austral, v. 413. Cav. 

 Ic. t. 547. Audr. Bot. Tiep. t. 69. Wcndl Scrt. Hannov. t. 21. Field. Scrt.Pl. t. 22, 23. HooJ^. Tc, 

 PI. t, 553. Bot. Beg. t. 528. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 80. 



34r. Xylomeluxn, yS^m. in Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. 214. — Flores hermai)hroditi v. polygamic 

 regulares. Perianthium tenuiter cylindraceum, limbo ovoideo recto, segmentis per 

 anthesin solutis superne rcvolutis. Stamina paullo infra luniiuas aflixa, filanientis 

 brevibua ; anther^e ovatse, connectivo ultra loculos in appendiculam obtusam v. glandu- 

 liformem producto. Glandulte hypogynie 4, parvee. Ovarium in floribus porfectia 

 fiubsessile v. breviter stipitatum ; stylus filiformis, apice clavatus, stigmate nunc 

 terminali parvo nimc magno pulviniformi ; in floribui* sterilibus ^stylus apice clavatus 

 stignuite Jion cvoluto ; ovula 2, coUateralia, infra medium lateraliter affixa, amphitropa. 

 Fructus magnus, ovoideus v. apice attenuatus, crassus, lignosus, diu indehiscens, demum 

 (an semper ?) uno latere v, in valvas 2 dehiscens. Semen abortu siepins unicum, erectum, 

 samaroidcumj nucleo compresso oblique ovato superne in alam menibranaceam oblongam 

 producto, rapbe tenui nunc alam undique marginante nunc inconspicua. — Arbores v. 

 frutices elatiorea. Folia opposita, indivisa, integerrima v. spinoso-dentata. Flores 

 mediocres, sub quaque bractea per paria sessiles, dense spicati, inferiores sa piiis perfecti, 

 supcriores steriles, spicis oppositia axillaribus v. in fascicule terminali demum laterali 

 congestis, Bracteie parva?, in spica juniore imbricatse, per anthesin deciduse. 



Species 4, omnea Australianse. Benth, FL AjtstraL v. 407. Gartn. Fruct. t, 47 [Banhia). 

 Wils. in White Voy. t. 21 {BanUia). Cai\ Ic. t. 536 {HaAca). EndL Icoiwgr. t. 47, 48. Beickb. 

 IconofjT. Zxot. t. 90. UooJc. Ic. PL f. 446. 



35. Bellcia, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 83. (llelittophyllum, Bl Bijdr. 052. Castronia, 

 Noronh. ex Ki<£.)— Flores hermaphroditi, regulares. Perianthii tubus tenuis, limbo 

 vix latiore recto ovato v, oblongo, segmentis per anthesin solutis revohitig. Anthera* 

 filamentis brevibus paullo infra laminam affixse, oblongee, connectivo breviter appendi- 

 culatte. GlandulsB hypogynae 4, distinctly v. in discum annularcm v. cupnlatum eonnatse. 

 Ovarium sessile ; stylus elongatns, rectus, apice parum incrassatua, stigmate terminali ; 



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