Euburmanniea.] OLXVIIL. BURMANNIACEJE. 459 
saccula 3 lata tus ; lobi 3 exteri. ovati subvalvati, 3 interiores minores erecti. 
Stamina 3, intra tubum ad basin saceulorum affixa, filamentis utrinque late petaloideo- 
alatis; antherz ad apicem filamenti tubo incluss ; loculi divaricati, plus minus lateraliter 
stipitati, transversim dehiscentes fere 2-lobi. Ovarium 1-loculare, placentis 3 parietalibus 
parum prominulis ; stylus perianthio inclusus, apice in lobos 3 breves crassos diretognton 
vertice stigmatosos divisus ; ovula in quaque placenta Capsula obovoid 
globosa, perianthio marcescente v. deciduo denudata, demum ad latera inter costas rüptey 
(v. fide Miersii apice 3-valvis). Semina minima, obovoideo-oblonga, testa reti 
laxa, nucleum vix superante.—Herba tenera, colorata, caule erecto pimphs v. subramoso, 
folis ad sq; las parvas j reductis. Floresq inG iy t Dictyost 
sepius inajores, solitarii v. pauci, pedicellati, nutantes. 
Species edite 3, omnes tamen unius varietates videntur, nee nisi magnitudine plantze v. floris dif- 
ferunt, Ameriez borealis et tropiez ineole.  Miers im Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 546,:.38. Mig. 
Stirp. Surin. 216, t. 65. — Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 660. : 
Tarsus IL. TurswrEx. 
6. eis Griff. dn e. Linn. Soc. xix. 9341, t. 39.— Perianthii tubus ovoideo-cam- 
ius v. turbi rictus; lobi 6, nune omnes longe subulati crassiusculi 
demum recurvi, nunc 3 subulti 3 alterni breves ovati. uude 6, fauci affixa, intra 
tubum deflexa, fil. ti , tivis late dilatatis, in tubum 
deflexum connatis v. iventil th loculos distinctos parallelos l 
Ovarium breve, latum, 1-loculare, AD 3 parietalibus mox a pariete solutis in cavo 
ovarii columnaribus ; stylus brevissimus conicus v. parum elongatus, stigmatibus 3 cras- 
siusculis erectis ; ovula in quaque placenta numerosa. Fructus turbinatus, vertice cum 
perianthio demum ci isse deciduo l remanet, pio crasso. Semina 
numerosa, ovoidea v. subglobosa, rugosa, testa adnata. — Herbs breves, carnosse, coloratze, 
simplices v. rarius divisz, foliis omnibus ad squamellas concolores reductis. Flos terminalis, 
ratione plant: magnus, v. rarius flores plures breviter pedicellati racemum brevem formant. 
Species, si rite omnes in genere unieo conservatz, 7 v. 8, quarum 2 Ameriezm tropic, ceterae 
Zeylanis, Burmre v. Archipelagi Malayani incole. 
Species typica, T. Brunoniana, Griff. 1. c., a cxteris differt caule plurifloro. Huic addidit Hook. f. 
in Thw. Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 325, T. Gardnerianam (que T. Brunoniana, Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xx. t. 15, f. 20, 21, non Griff.) e Zeylania, et Beccari in Malaisia i. 251, t. 11, 12, species 3 Borneenses, 
Ab his generice distinguere nequimus plantas 2 Brasilienses, nobis quidem non nisi ieonibus et 
descriptione Miersii notus, viz., OPRroMERIS, Miers in Trans, Linn. Soc. xx. 373, t. 15, perianthio 
jneurvo, et Mvosrowa, Miers, l. c. xxv. 474, t. 57. 
T. Bagnisia, Deccari, Malaisia, i. 949, t. 19.— Perianthii tubus amplus, obovoideo- 
oblongus, ore constrictus; lobi 3, unguiculati, apice dilatato conniventes, calyptram 
9-stipitatam formantes, dentibus 3 parvis cum unguibus alternis. Stamina 6, fauci affixa, 
intra tubum deflexa ; antherz subsessiles, connectivis maximis membranaceis in tubum 
deflexum connatis; loculi parvi, distincti, adnati. Ovarium breve, latum, 1-loculare, 
placentis 3 parietalibus ; stylus brevi , conicus, stigmatibus 3 brevibus crassiusculis 
sub-2-fidis patentibus ; i ovula in quaque plscentu numerosissima. Fructus turbinato- 
p p isse deciduo truncatus, v. margine parum elevato cinctus. 
Semina . . . —Herba carnosa, humilis, colorata, foliis omnibus ad squamas reductis, 
quarum n 2 sub flore paullo majores bracteiformes. Flos ratione plante magnus 
Thismisformis. 
Species 1, Nov: Guinez incola. 
Sancosrenox, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd, Bat. i. 65, t. 18, est verisimiliter, ut jam indieavit Beccari, 
specimen defloratum Zagnisie vel Geomitre, perianthio jam delapso, ovario solo cum stylo super- 
stante et; pro flore fomineo descripto. 
8. Geomitra, Beccari, Malaisia, i. 250, t. 10, 11.—Perianthii tubus amplus, obovoideo- 
)bl , ore vix ictus ; lobi 3, unguiculati, superne dilatati conniventesque, supra 
