HdosidecE.] CL. BALANOPHORE^. 237 



(ovarii rudimento i) aiictus ; lobi 3, ovati, concavi, valvati. Stamina 3, filainuutis in 

 tubum connatis apicibus libcris; anther.-Te perianthii lobis opposit£e, basifixie, ovato- 

 qordatie, connata^, loculis 2-4-locellatis apicibus ruptis deliiscentibus ; pollen globoso-{ 

 trigonuni. Fl. $ ; Perianthium superum, e labiis 2 rotundatis v. triangularibus brevibus 

 antero-posticis. Ovarium oblongum v. ellipsoideum, a dorso compressum, 2-loculare; styli 

 2, elongati, filiformes, decidni^ stigmatibus capitellatis; ovula 2 ex apice placentse 

 centralis primum liberse demum in septum medium dilatatui pendula, cum septo ovarii- 

 que parietibus confluentia, aiiatropa. Fructus nuceus, 1-locularis, 1-spermus. Semen 

 oblongum, albumine oleoso ; embryo minutissimus, snbovoideus, apicalia. — Herbfe car- 

 nosoe, rubr^ v. fusco-rubriie, glaberrimpe, amyligerre ; rhizoma tuberosum globosum v. 

 deforme, simplex lobatum v. ramosum, nudum ; volva v. obscura, Pedunculi cyliii- 

 dracei v. obconici, squaniis oblongis v. triangulari-ovatia acutis tecti. Spadices globosi 

 V. depresao-liemisph.norici rarius subtabuliformes ; bracteis subpeltatis primum imbricatis 

 cito deciduis tecti. Flores in mamillis deplanatis bracteis respond entibus spadicis con-; 

 ferti, foliis numerosisaimis lineari-clavatis immixti ; bracteolte 0. 



Species 4, Brasilise, Novae Granad?e et ins. Tamaicse incolto. Eichl. in DC. Prod. xvii. 131, ct in 

 Act. Congr. Bot. Par. 1868, t. 2, / 20, et in Mart. Fl. Bras. iv. ii. t. 7, 8. Hofmcist. Neue Beittl 

 Embryohild. \. t. 17, /. 1 ad 6. Sph^rorhizon, Hooi-. f, in Trans. Limi. Soc. xiii. 50, t. 10, et Phyi. 

 W)COKYNE, Hook.f. I.e. 61, i. 11. Hof,deist. l.c, t. 17,/. 7, 8, recte aL Eichlero ad Scyhalium reducta. 

 Ovula a nobis nou visa. 



9. Helosis, Fdch. in Mem, Mus. Par. viii. 416, t. 20, (Lathrseophila, Leandr. Sacram. in 



Ann. So. Nat. ser. 2, viii. 32. Caldasia, Mutis, Sem. Nov. Granat 26, ex Schott et Endl. 

 Melet. 11.) — Spadices androgyni. Fl. J' : Perianthii tubus cylindraceus, baai intus processu 

 conico (ovarii rudimento ?) auctus ; lobi 3, ovati, concavi, valvati. Stamina 2, filameutis in 

 tubum comiatis apicibus liberis ; antberse basifixse, ovato-cordata?, connatse, loculis primum 



l-4-locellati3, demum plus minusveconfluentibusab apice deorsumanticev.posticedisruptis, 

 pollen globoso-3-gonum. Fl. $ : Perianthium auperum, e labiis 2 triangularibus obtusia 

 brevibus alabastro interdum lobatis antero-posticis. Ovarium ellipsoideum, 1-loculare; 

 styli 2, elongati, filiformes, decidui, stigmatibus capitellatis ; ovulum 1, ab apice loculi pen- 

 dulum. Fructus nuceus. Semen oblongum v. aubglobosum, albumine oleoao ; embryo 

 microscopicus, apicalis, aubovoideus, indivisus. — Herbse glabrae, carnospe, fusco-rubrfc, 

 amyligeree ; rhizoma tuberosum ramos elongates cylindraceos niidoa subterraneos 

 emittens ; volva (nisi annnlus pedunculi) 0. Pedunculi ramis insidentes erecti, nudi, 

 brevea v. elongati, baai v. altiua oblique annulati. Spadices late ovati v. globosi, bracteis 

 peltatis hexagonis valvatim connexis cito deciduis tecti. Flores utriusque sexua in 

 mamillis deplanatis apadicis bracteis respondentibus conferti, pilis numerosissimis lineari- 

 clavatis immixti ; bracteolre 0. 



Species 3 (an unius varietates ?), Amerieae tropicse incolae. Eichl. in J)C. Prod. :^yn. 134; Act. 

 Congr. Bot. Par. 1868, ;". I, /. 5, 6, et t. 2,/. 23 ad 27, et in Mart. Fl. Bras. iv. ii. t. 4, 5, 6. Mart. 

 Nov. Gen. et 8p. iii. t, 298, /. 2, et t. 300. HooJc.f. in Tra?fs. Linn. Soc. xsii. t. 15, 16. Wcdd. in 

 Ann. Sc. Naf. ser. 3, xiv. t. 11,/. 39 ad 42. HofmeiM. Neue Beitr. EmhryohiU. i. t. 16, /. 1 ad 5. 

 Solms-Lauh. in Pringsli. Jahrh. vi. 530. Oviilum quod nobis pendulum videtur cs descriptione 

 Eiclileri et Hufnieisteri ' erectum, atropuni, toto amlitu ovario coalitum.' Embryo a nobis non visus. 



10. Coryncea, Hook. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. 31, t. 13, 14. — Spadices nnisexuales 

 y. androgyni. Fl. ^ : Perianthium tubulosum v. infmidibulare, margine crenato-lacero, basi 

 intus processu conico (ovarii rudimento ?) auctum. Stamina 3, filamentis in tubum ima 

 basi perianthii insertum connatis ; antherre basifixpe, ovato-cordatse, coalitfe, 2-loculares, 

 loculis apicibus disruptis dehiscentibus ; pollen globoso-trigonum. Fl $ : Perianthium 

 superum, e labiis 2 rotundatis brevibus antero-posticis. Ovarium ellipsoideum v. obovoi- 

 deum, a dorso comprcssum, 1-loculare ; styli 2, elongati, filiformes, decidui, stigmatibus 

 capitellatis ; ovulum 1, ab apice loculi pendulum. Fructus nuceus. Semen globosum 

 V. subglobosum, albumine oleoso; embryo . . .— Herbse glabr.-r', camosfe, fusco- 

 rubrse, amyligerse j rhizoma tuberosum, lobatum, rarius ramoa cmitten^, nudimi ; volva 



