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2. Campylosiphon, Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1384.— Perianthii tubus tenuis, incurvus, 
exalatus ; lobi 6, 2-seriati, omnes tamen uus Jong parum inzquales. Anthere 
3, intra Vabusid infra lobos interiores sul lati lo supra loculos non 
producto ; loculi ad latera tivi inentes, t im in valvas 2 superpositas 
tes. Ovarium elongat sub-3- quetrum, 6-costat 3-loculare, placentis axilibus 
, Septis tenuissimis ; stylus perianthio inclusus, apice clavatus, in lobos 3 latos 
vertice sti divisus; ovula in placentis numerosissima. Capsula 
angusta, incurva, perianthio ueeas coronata, (demum inter costas lateraliter 
dehiscens ?). gemina gulato-globosa, testa appressa.—Herba tenuis, 
aphylla, succulenta, caule simplici v. apice 2- d EP aii nune numerosis linearibus sub- 
imbricatis nunc minimis sparsis instructo. Flores ratione plantze longinseuli, insigniter 
ineurvi, in racemo simplici v. 2-fido ad axillas bractearum iosarum 
breviter pedicellati. 
Species 1, in sylvis humidis Brasiliz borealis a Spruceo et a Traillio lecta. 
3. Gymnosiphon, Blume, Enwn. Pl. Jav. 29. (Ptychomeria, Benth. i» Hook. Kew 
Journ. vii, 14. Benitzia, Karst. in Linnza xxviii. 420).—Perianthii tubus elongatus, 
exalatus, infra apicem demum circumscissus ; lobi 3 exteriores lati, induplicato-valvati, 
lateraliter interdum fere in lobulos expansi ; 3 Bua sis v. i Antherze 3, intra 
partem deciduam tubi infra lobos int v. f brevissi fuliz; 
loculi ad latera ti diculati crassi. im dehi t Ovarium 1- 
loculare, placentis 3 parietalibus ; stylus pon inclusus, apice in lobos 3 breves 
to-dilatatos vertice stigmat que 2-cornutos v. 2-aristatos divisus, 
ovula placentas dense obt t Capsula subglobosa, turbinata v. oblonga, perianthii 
tubi parte persistente coronata, apice demum irregulariter rupta v. simul rimis lateralibus 
dehiscens. Semina minima, angulato-globosa, varie rugosa, testa appressa exappendiculata. 
—Herb:e annue (v. rhizomate perenni ?) tenere, coloratz v. hyalinee, caule erecto simplici, 
foliis omnibus ad S parvas l reductis. Flores parvuli, in cyma bifida 
sessiles v. breviter pedicell ime erecti, lum tamen patentes v. subnutantes ; 
cyma nunc laxa, ramis dobpi floribus dissitis, nunc fere in capitulum contracta. 
Species ad 12, quarum 2 v. 3 Archipelagi Malayani, 1 Africz tropieze, incole, ester omnes 
Amerieanz tropiez. JValp. Ann. vi. 38 (Ptychomeria) et 41 (Benitzia). Beccari, Malaisia, i. 240, t. 14. 
Cxwsocanpa, Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 043, t. 88, f. 4, est G. refractus, species Brasiliensis, 
quie a genere nequaquam. differt nisi capsula plus minus refracta, interdumque nec semper inzqualiter 
maturescens. Styli rami 2-cornuti v. 2-aristati observantur etiam in G. cymoso, G. divaricato et G. 
cornuto, 
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4. Dictyostegia, Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 538, t. 97. —Perianthii tubus exalatus, 
ti ; lobi 3 exteri. valvati, 3 minores. Anthers 3, intra tubum infra 
lobos interiores ad ees ua Gonspibuds fere sessiles ; loculi ad latera connectivi 
parum dilatati d Ovarium 1-loeulare, 
placentis 3 parietalibus v. interdum basi placentis medio connatis breviter 3-loculare ; 
stylus perianthio inclusus, apice in lobos 3 breves crassos vertice stigmatosos divisus ; 
ovula numerosa, in placentis conferta. Capsula globosa, perianthio supra capsulam plus 
minus constricto sed persistente coronata, demum inter placentas varie rupta, pus dis- 
lincte 3-valvis. Semina minima, rus testa tenuissima, hyalina, reticulata, laxa, 
nucleo. centrali subgloboso 4—6-plo longior. —Herbo»e tenere ,. coloratz, caule simplici v. 
subramoso, foliis ad las par j reductis, rhizómate interdum parvo 
oblongo fere tuberiformi. Flores in No 2-fida v. rarius in racemo simplici pedicellati, 
anthesi peracta scpissime nutantes. 
Species 4 v. 5, Americz et Africs itropieze ineole. Benth. im Hook. Kew Journ. vii. 18. Karst. 
in Linnea, xxviii. 421. — Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 264 ( Apteria). 
5. Apteria, Nutt. in Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad . vii. 64, t. 9 (Stemoptera, Miers in 
Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 62).—Perianthii tubus exalatus, continuus, infra lobos interiores in 
