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2-labiatum, 3-partitnm ; segmenta spatliulata, concava, unguiciilata, antico pauUo minore, 

 valvata. Stamina uuguibus segnieiitorum perianthii inserta, 2.fertilia, tertium, segmento 

 antico insertum, rudimentarium v. 0, filamentis filiformibus ; antherge conniventes, dorsi- 

 fix«, versatiles, 2-loculares, loculis 2-locellatis extrorsum dehiscentibus ; pollen cubicunij 

 granulatum. Fl. $ disco cupulari inserti. Perianthium superum, tubuloaum v. urceo- 

 latum, 3-lobum, decidunm. Staminuin rudinienta 2, minima, v. 0. Ovarium ovoideum, 

 puberulum, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, terminaljs, deciduus, stigmate obscure 3-lobo ; 

 ovula in loculis solitaria, elongata, pendula, ad saccos embryonales reducta, anatropa ? 

 Fructus subglobosus, nuceus, pericarpio carnosulo intus crustaceo, 1-spermus. Semen 

 globosum, integumento 0^ sdbumine grumoso oleoso ; embryo niinutus, apicalis, pyri- 

 formis, indivisus, radicula supera. — Herbfe carnoste, amyligeree ; rhizoma ignotum. 

 Pedunculi squamis sparsis lineari-lanceolatis tecti. Spadicea oblongi. Flores aessilcs, 

 confertij bracteati et 2-bracteolatij J in spadicibus terminales. 



Species 2, Africse australis incola. ffooh /. in Trans, Linn. Soc. sxii. t 1 b. EicUcr in DO. 

 Prod. xvii. 124, et in Act. Congr. Bot. Par. 1867, t. l,f. 10. Descriptio ovulorum ex Eichlero. 



Tkibus IV. Dactylakthe.e. 



4. Dactylanthus, Hook. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. 42o, t. 75. — Spadiccs uni- 

 sexualesj confcrti. Flores dioici. FL cj : Perianthium 0. Stamina 1-2, filameutis 

 brevissimis ; antkeraj dorso basi affixai, didymre, 2-loculares, loculis rimis lateralibus 

 deliiscentibua ; pollen subgloboso-trigonum. Fl. $ : Perianthium ovario adnatum, in 

 processus 2-3 angustos erectos epigynos productum. Ovarium atipitatum, ovoideo- 

 oblongum, utrinque attenuatum ; stylus tenninalisj filiformis, stigmate obtuso • ovula . . . 

 Fructus . . . — Herba carnosa, glaberrima, ferruginea, intus rubra; rhizoma lobatum, 

 tuberculatum, esquamatum ; volva 0. Pedunculi eonferti, squamis imbricatis ovato- 

 oblongis obtusis tecti ; squama; siiperiores majores, oblonga?, involucrum spadicem superans 

 efformantes. Spadices ad apicem pedunculi numerosi, gracilcs, erecti, cylindracei, basi 

 nudi V. floribus imx:>erfectis sparsis aucti ; pars florifera anguste fusiformis v. cylindracea; 

 (J robustiores. Flores dense eonferti, ebractcati et ebracteolati, 



Speciey 1, NoA-ae Zclandise incola. Hoolc.f, HamJh. N. Zeal. Fl. 2o5. Gcuus defectu exemplarium 

 iniperfecte coguitiun. 



TrIBUS V. ECBALANOPHORE.E, 



6. Balanophora, Forst. Cliar. Gen. t. 50. (Cynopsole, Endl. Gen. 74. Sarcocordylis, 

 Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 7240, nomcn tantum.) — Spadices unisexuales v. androgyni. 

 Flores monoici v. dioici. Fl. ^J : Perianthii tubus cj^lindraceus, solidus; lobi 3-6, ovati, con- 

 cavi, valvati. Stamina 3-go, lilamentis 0, v. in columnam solidam cylindraceam connatis ; 

 antherte connatre, v. inter se distinctre et 2-loculares loculis 2-locellatis, v. in capitulum 

 3^x-locellatum omnino confluentes, loculis locellisA-e extrorsum longitudinaliter v. rarius 

 trans versim dehiscentibus ; pollen subtrigono-globosum, la;ve v. pustulatum. Ovarii 

 rudimenta 0. Fl. $ ; Perianthium 0. Ovarium ellipsoideum, compressum, 1-loculare, 

 utrinque angustatum v. basi stipitatum, apice in stylum gracilem persistentem attenu- 

 atum, stigmate terminali ; ovulum 1, ab apice loculi penduhim, integumento 0, anatropum. 

 Fructus nuceus, pericarpio crustaceo semini adha^rente. Semen globosum, albumine 

 copioso oleoso j embryo minimus, subglobosus, e cellulis 2-3 constans,— Herbee camosie, 

 glabree, rubr^e fiavte albidffi v. fuscas, cera scatentes ; rhizoma tuberosum, simplex 

 V. lobatum, rarius elongatum, lenticellis stellato-lobulatis conspersum, lobis ad basin 

 pedunculorum in volvam lobatam ampliatis. Pedunculi cylindracei, graciles v. robusti, 

 squamis persistentibus tecti, v, fere nudi et involucro annulari lobato cincti. Spadicea 

 ovoidei globosi cylindracei v. clavati. Flores corporibus cellulosis clavatis densissime 

 confertis immixti, ^ majusculi, in spadicibus androgynis Inferiores v. inter $ sparsi ; $ 

 stratum tenue efformantes, minuti, interdum cum stipitibus corporum clavatorum sparsi 

 V. verticillati. 



