^34 CL. BALANOPHORExE. [Cynomoriete. 



TrIBUS I. CYNOMORIEiE, 



1, CynomoTium, Idnn. Gen. n. 922. Spadices unisexuales. Tlores polygami. Peri- 

 anthii segmenta 4-6, rarius 1-3 v. 7-8, lineari-clavata, in fl. § et $ rarius, in fl. ^ ssepius 

 siibrGgiilariter verticillata, in fl. g et (? basi v. lateribus ovarii adnata v. fere epigyna, 

 fructu persistentia. Stamen 1, posticum, in fl. ^ basi perianthii insertuoi, in fl. gepi- 

 gynum stylo antepositum, filamento crassiuscnlo filiform i ; anthera dorsifixa, versatilis, 

 S-locularis, loculis 24ocellatis rimis anticis deliisccntibns ; pollen globosnm, 3-verruco- 

 sum. Ovarium oblique globoso-ovoidemn, stii>itatum, 1-loculare, in fl. ^ ad stylum 

 nidimentarium reductum ; stylus terminalis, elongatus, sursum sensim incrassatus, 

 antice^ canaliculatus, stigmate obtuso v. truncato ; ovulum ab apice locuH pendulum, 

 parietibus ovarii non adheerens, hemitropum, integumento unico, micropyle obliqua 

 deorsum spectante. Fmctus nuceus, stylo perianthioque mai'cescente auctiis, ovoideo- 

 globosus, pericarpio coriaceo semini adhasrente. Semen globosum, testa crassiuscula, 

 albumine subcarneo oleoso ; embryo minimus, pyriformis, indivisus, radicula niicro- 

 pylem spectante.— Herba carnosa, fusco-rubra v. purpurea, amyligera ; rliizoma priDium 

 aubglobosum, demum clongatum cylindraceum ramosunx, pilis assugantibus vestitum, 

 ramia ascendentibus in pedunculos spadiciferos abeuntibus, volva 0. Pedunculi crassi, 

 Squamis laxis v. imbricatis deciduis tecti. Spadices cylindracei v. clavati, e mammillis 

 floriferis deplanatis basi bracteatis constantes ; bractere breviter stipitata^, lamina late 

 triangularis basi deorsum producta, primum imbricatfe demum deciduio. Flores plerique 



2 y cum ^ et ^ immixti, in cannulas irregulareti abbreviatas paucifloras conferti. 



Species 1, regionis Mediterraneee ab ins. Canariensibus adSyriam et Asite centralis incola. Eichler 

 in DC. Prod. xrii. 122. Hick, in Mim. Mus. Par. yult. 21. Hool'f. in- Trans. Linn, Soc. xxii. i. 1 a. 

 Weddcll m Arch. Mm, Par. x. t. 24 ad 27, eiin Ann. Sc. Nat ser. 3, xiv. t. 11 J. 43 ad 47. Hofmeist. 

 in Pnngsh. Jahrh. i. t 10,/. 1 ad 5, et in Is'cue Bcitrag, mmhryohild. i. t. 11. Stamina rarissime 2 a 

 Parlatoreo (in Fl. Ital. iv. 382) descripta. 



TrIBUS II. SAROOPHYTEyE. 



2. Sarcophyte, Spmrm. in K. Vet. AJmd. Handl Stockh. xxvH. 300, t. 7. (Ichthyosma, 

 Schlecht. in Unnma ii. 671, t. 8, iii, 104.) Spadices unisexuales. Flores dioici. Fl. g\ 

 Perianthium tubo brevi solido ; lobi 3-4, ovati, concavi, valvati. Stamina 3 v. 4, basi 

 loborum perianthii inserta, filamentis brevibus cylindraccis ; anthers baeMxfe, globosa?, 

 multilocellatie, locellis periphcricis apice ruptis demum confluentibus ; pollen globosum' 

 3-porosum. Ovarii rudinienta 0. Fl. $ plus minusve in capitula connati. Ovarium 

 ovoideum, 3-loculare ; stigma sessile, discoideum ; ovula 3, ab apice placentae centralis 

 primum liberie pendula, ad saccos embryonales reducta, anatropa. Fructus, syncarpium 

 camosulum, endocarpiis induratis obtuse 3-gonis 1-locularibus 1-spermis. Semen aub- 

 globosum, integumento 0, albumine camoso oleoso ; embryo centralis, globosus. —Herba 

 crassa, carnosa, sanguinea, glaberrima, amyligera, odore ingrato ; rbizoma amorphum, 

 lobatum, esquamatum, circa pedunculi basin in volvambrevem irregulariter lobatam pro- 

 ductum. Pedunculi breves, crassi, squamis persistentibus instructi. Spadices ampH, 

 pyramidati, paniculatim ramosi ; bractese ad basin ramorum primariorum persistentes. 

 Flores (J ramis spadicis solitarii ; $ in capitula subglobosa subsessilia concreti. Fructus 

 syepiasime cassi, putamine osseo. 



Species 1, Africse australis incola. Eixihlcr in DC. Prod. xvii. 126, et in Act. Congr. Bot. Par. 

 1867, if. 2,/. 21, 22. Grif. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. if. 38. Hook./, ibid. xxii. ^. 1 c. ' Trait. Thcs. 

 Dot, t. 90. Wedd, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, xiv. t. 10, / 34 ad 48. Hofmeist. Neue Dciirag. 

 Emhryohild. i. L 13. Ovarii loculi et ovula ex Eichlero. 



Tribcs III. Mystropetale^. 



3. My.tropetalon. Uarv. in Ann, Nat. IlUt. .•<er. 1, ii. 385, f. 19, 20. (Blepbarochlamys, 

 Fresl, Epim. Bot. 245. )~ Spadices androi^yni. Flores monoicL Fl. ^: Perianthium 



