2'^S CL. BALANOPHORE^. [Helosideee, 



cupulari v. (nisi pediinculi annnlus). Peclunculi e lobos rlnzomatis erumpentes, craasi, 

 breves v. elongati, nudi, interdum obliqxie annulati. Spadices globoai, oblongi v. clavati, 

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

 m mamillis deplanatis spadicis bracteis respondentibus conferti ; pilis numerosissimis 

 Hneari-clavatis immixti ; bracteolse 0. 



Species 4, Andium Penivise et Novee Grenada incolse. Elekler in DC. Frod. xvii. 137. Chatin, 

 Comp. Ami. t. 96 (Balanophora). 



- 11. Rbopalocnemis, Jungh. hi Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xviii. Srippl, i. 213. (Phfeocor- 

 dylis, Griff, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 100, i. 8.)— Spadices imisexuales. Mores dioici. Fl. 

 ^ : Periantliium infundibulare, margine crenato-lacero, ovarii rndimento 0. Stamina 3, 

 filamentis in colnmnam elongatam solidam comiatis ; anthers ellipsoidese, basifixa?, in 

 capitulum ^ ovoideum septis verticalibus et transversia multilocellatum confluentes, 

 apicibus disrnptis dehiscentea, locellis demum confluentibiis ; pollen globoso-trigonum. 

 Fl. $ : Perianthium supenim, e labiis 2 antero-posticis rotundatis. Ovarium ellipsoideum, 

 a dorso compressum, 1-lociiIare ; styli 2, elongati, filiformes, decidui, stigmatibus capi- 

 tellatis; oviiUim 1, pendulum. Fructus nuceiis. Semen globosum, albuminis strato 

 tenui; embryo magnus, amylaceus, non oleosus.— Herba crassa, robusta, flavo-fusca v. 

 ferruginea, glabra, amyligera ; rhizoma magnum, miiltilobatum, nudun\, rugosum ; volva 

 craasa, lobata, lobis subtriangularibus. Pediinculi breves, robusti, fl. $ nudi, fl. $ floribus 

 imperfectis bracteisve deformatis verrucati. Spadices magni, oblongo-cylindracei, 

 obtusi, bracteis peltatis hexagonis valvatim connexis deciduis tecti. Flores utriusque 

 sexus pilia numerosissimis filiformi-clavatis immixti ; bracteolfe 0. 



Species 1, montium Indise maxime orientalis et Javae incola. Elchl. in DC. Prod. xvii. 138. 

 ^pp. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xxii. pars i. L 11 ad 25. HooJc. f. in Travs. Linn. Soc. xxii. f. 12. 

 Rofmmt. Neue Beitrag. Emhryobild. i. t. 16,/. 6 ad 8. Descriptio seminis ox Hofmeistero. 



Teibus VIII. Lophophyte^. 



32. lophophytum, Scliott et Endl. Melet. Bot. i. t. 1. (Arcliimedea, Leandr, Sacram 

 %n Ann. Sc. Nat ser. 2, vii. 32. Lepidophyton, Booh. /. m Lindl. Veg. Khigd. ed. 3, 

 90.)— Spadices androgyni, rai-ius unisexuales. Flores mamillis unisexualibun spadicis 

 bracteis suffultis conferti- Fl. <? : Perianthium 0. Stamina 2, libera, filamentis brevibus 

 filiformibus ; antheras basifixie, lineari-oblongse, 2-loculares, loculis 2-locellatis rimis longi- 

 tudinalibus dehiscentibus'; pollen eUipsoideum, 3-striatum. Fl. ? : Perianthii limbus 

 truncatua, vertice intruso. Ovarium prisma tico-cla vat urn, primum 1-loculare, demum 

 ope placenta in septum transformatse 2-loculare ; styli 2, fundo verticis intrusi floris 

 maerti, breves, decidui, stigmatibus capitellatis ; ovula 2, ab apice placentae primum 

 hberse centralis pendula, demum cum locuH parietibus septoque coalita, anatropa. 

 Fructus clavato-pyramidatufl, nuceus, 1-locularis 1-spermua. Semen loculum fere 

 implens, subovoideum, compressum, albumine oleoso ; embryo . . . — Herbse crassffi, 

 glabra), amyligerse ; rhizoma tuberosum v. cylindraceo-elongatum, globosum v. lobatum' 

 tessellatim rimosum, plus minusve squamatum, basi nudum ; volva 0. Pedunculi ramos 

 V. lobos rhizomatis terminantes, breves, squamis multiaeriatim imbricatis rigidis triangu- 

 lari-ovatis acutis persistentibua caeruleo-nigrescentibus fuscisve tecti. Spadicea oblongo- 

 conici, demum elongati, flavi v. aibi, mamillis floriferis primum confertis demum axi 

 spadicis elongato remotis, ? in spadice inferioribus ; bractece squamia pedunculi consimiles 

 sed longius stipitatas et deciduae. Flores dense congesti, <? squamulis camosis (fl. $ imper- 

 fectis ?) immixti ; <^ nudi v. rarissime bracteolati. 



Species 4, descriptte, quarum 2-3 adhue dubise, Amerieae tropicie australis incolae. Eic/U. in DC. 

 Prod. xvn. 127 ; in Act Bot. Congr. Par. 1867, t. l,f. 13 ad 19 ; et in Mart, Fl. Bras. iv. ii. t. 9 ad 

 15. Booh. /. in Tram. Linn. Soc. xxii. t. 9. Wedd. in Ann, Sc. Nat. set: 3, xiv. i. 10, /. 29 ad 33 

 Chat. Comp. Anat. i. t. 100, 101. Ovula et gomina a nobis non visa. 



