652 CLXX. SCITAMINEJE. 2 [Marantec. 
tubus e corolla breviter exsertus nli ius ; dbi p t i2 Modes obovati, inzequales ; 
labellum latum, intus oblique fere in 1 * ist parum dilatatus ; 
staminifer irregularis, anthera a dalexd adnata  1-loculari. cS papillis .carnosis 
dense vestitum, 3-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis ; stylus inclusus, basi tubo stamineo adnatus, 
apice incurvus, sub stigmate dorso crassiusculo appendiculatus, stigmate inflexo 2-valvi. 
Capsula subglob 3-dyma, 3-locularis, v. abortu 2-dyma 2-locularis, pericarpio crassius- 
culo extus dense tuberculoso v. echinato, in valvas 3 v. abortu 2 breviter v. usque ad 
basin dehiscens. Semina: ovoidea v. globosa, nigra, arillo reflexo, laciniis carnosulis 
linearibus arcte f —Caules elati, ramosi, interdum basi sub- 
lignosi, erecti vs subscandentes; foliati. Inflorescentia terminalis v. intra f summa 
: focis; ifimplex m ramis paucis divaricatis. ^ Bractewe complicate, ante 
labastra includentes, anthesi peracta caducissimse rhachin 
nudam foxliügam. more Thalie relinquentes. Flores sub quaque bractea in pedicello 
brevissimo gemini, sessiles, in una specie a collectore albi dicuntur, in altera rubri, in tertia 
pallide czerulei. 
Species nobis adsunt 4 v. 5, Afriez tropicee occidentalis incole, quarum una etiam in terra. Niam- 
niam a Schweinfurthio lecta sub n. 3061. 
29. Thaumatococcus, Benth. gen. nov.—Sepala 3, libera, subsequalia, corolla parum 
breviora. Corolle tubus breviter cylindraceus, lobi obovales, subzquales.  Andrcecii 
tubus supra faucem coroll brevis; lobus petaloideus lateralis unicus, oblique ovalis; 
labellum latum, undulatum ; cucullatus . . .; staminifer angustus, anthera 1-locu- 
lari a latere adnata. AISESPS 3-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis ; stylus. crassiuseulus tubo. 
stamineo basi adnatus, apice inflexus, stigmate oblique i 
Fructus crasse carnosus, truncatus, obtuse 3-queter, angulis tamen sic itate. acutis fere 
alatis, indehiscens, 3-locularis. Semina in loculis solitaria, erecta, magna, ovata, com- 
pressiuscula, arillo crasso mucilaginoso siccitate duro nitidissimo ommino involuta; testa 
albumini farinaceo adnata et embryo hippocrepicus omnino normales.—Rhizoma lignosum, 
repens, caulibus brevissimis. Folia e rhi ie oriunda vaginis paucis brevibus stipata, 
petiolo erecto longissimo, lamina ampla. Scapi breves e rhizomate ascendentes, fere a 
basi floriferi, bracteis erectis spathaceis subimbricatis obtecti. Flores intra bracteas 
gemini, bracteola stipati, vix bracteas excedentes. 
eu 1, Africe tang occidentalis jneola, ubi fructus KafempAe dictus cum. fruetu Bumelie 
iie '* bacca Bennett. in. Pharmac, Journ. xiv. 161, cum ic. (Phry- 
nium Danielli). 
Species a Horaninovio perperam eum Calathea colorata et Stromanthe sanguinea (Phrynio, Hook.) 
associata, a quibus longe differt habitu inflorescentia floribus et fructu. 
p 
30. Pnrynium, Wüld. Spec. Pl. i. 17. (Phyllodes, Lour. Fl. Coch. 13.)—Sepala 3, 
angusta. Oorollm tubus calyce tél v. vix longior, lobi 3, anguste oblongi, subzquales. 
Andrcecii tubus e corolla breviter exsertus ; lobus SoBlotddus lateralis integer v. 3-fidus 
(rarius laterales 2 1) ; labellum latum, intus t; cristatum ; Ilatus 1 v. interdum. 
2, altero hinc lobulo reflexo aucto; staminifer linearis, uno latere interdum petaloideo- 
appendiculatus, anthera 1l-loculari a latere adnata. Ovarium 3-loculare, loculis 1-oyu- 
latis, v. in speciebus ceeterum similibus loculis 2 parvis vacuis Tfovolaium. evadit ; stylus 
basi tubo stamineo adnatus, inclusus, superne involutus, stigmate incrassato à latere 
2-valvi. Fructus ovoideus globosus v, 2-3-dymus, pericarpio crassiusculo demum tenuiore 
interdum dehiscente. Semina 1-3, ovoidea v. oblonga, erecta, angulata v. compressius- 
cula, arillo carnoso brevi reflexo.— Caules foliati in rhi repente brevissimi, foliis 
subradicalibus, petiolis longis erectis caulem simulantibus ; floriferi erecti, l-foliati v. 
rarius co-foliati inflorescentia laterali capitata v. spicata ad bin v. specie in medio petiolo 
sessili. Braeteze primariz serie simplici imbricate v. approximatz. Flores sub quaque 
bractea swpius numerosi, per paria bracteola complicata stipati, bracteolis etiam sepe 
