858 CLXXXIV. RAPATEACEJE, 
basiaffixa. Antherw ultra loculos anticos breviter produet, inappendieulatz, poro v. rima 
obliqua dehiseentes. Bractes involucrantes membranaceze, latze,— Z/ras. bor, Guiana. 
4. SrEGOLEPIS. Dracteole Rapatez. Ovula in loculis 2-co rarius solitaria, axi lateraliter 
affixa. Anthere apice nee produetz nec appendiculatze, poro obliquo dehiscentes. Bractew 
invol tenuiter b: , Inox v. 0.— Guiana, 
$5. ScmaNocEPHALIUM.  Braeteole Ztapa?ez. Ovula in loculis 2. Antherw apice nec pro- 
Quetze nee app poro dupliei dehi Bractec involuerantes deflexte, pro maxima 
parte occultz.— Brasilia bor. 
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** Flores unilateraliter spicati, intra spatham erectam. 
sessiles, densissime conferti. 
6. SeArHANTHUS. Bracteolow lineares, subeequales, laxe, caleyee parum breviores. Ovarium 
alte 3-lobum, ovulis in quoque lobo 2, Capsula l-sperma, lobis 2 ovarii immutatis ad basin 
capsule persistentibus.— Guiana. 
l. Cephalostemon, Rob. Schomb. Rapat. und Sa«ofrid. 9, charactere quoad stylum falso. 
—Calycis tubus hyalinus; lobi rigide paleacei, e bracteolis exserti. ^ Corollo tubus 
hyalinus, lobilati. Anthercw apice postice ultra locellos anticos products, ibidem rima 
brevi antice dehiscentes, inappendiculat Ovarium latum, apice retusum, vix perfecte 
3-loculare ; ovula in loculis solitaria, a basi erecta. Capsula lata, ima basi brevissime 
indivisa, fere ad basin in valvas 3 coriaceas loculicide dehiscens. Semina 3 v. abortu 
pauciora, erecta, ovoidea, apice appendice albida papill .bspongi, mitrzeformi 
coronata.—Herbew perennes. Folia radicalia, graminea v. longe linearia. Scapus elatus 
Y. brevis, basi vagina longa interdum laminam brevem ferente stipata. Flores in capitulo 
terminali plures, sessiles, singuli bracteolis numerosis basi ovatis imbricatis appressis 
superne setaceo-acuminatis v. in acumen l p q itt tis stipati. 
Bracteze sub capitulo invol tes 2, herb , lineari-l latz, floribus paullo 
longiores. 
Species 4, Brasilize et Guianze incole, Kern. in Linnea xxxvii. 443, quarum 2 sole nobis notze, 
bracteolis longe setaceo-acuminatis. C. gracilis, Schomb. (Hapatea gracilis, Peepp. et Endl. Nov. 
Gen. et Sp. t, 168, analysi ex Kern. quoad stylum erronea), bracteolis ut in prioribus setaceo- 
acuminatis, et, C. squarrosa, Korn. (Fapatea. squarrosa, Kunth), bracteolis in acumen lanceolatum 
pungens attenuatis, nobis ignotz sunt, hzc ex Keernickio sectionem bene distinctam format, 
2. Rapatea, Aubl. Pl. Gui. i. 305, t. 118. (Mnasium, Schweb. Gen. Pl. 214.)— Calycis 
tubus hyalinus, lobi rigide paleacei, lancgol. ii, acuti, luto-imbricati. Corolle tubus 
hyalinus; lobi lati. Antherm postice ultra loculos anticos in collum breve, apice ap- 
pendice erecta cochleat; t prod ; poro intra basin cochles dehiscentes. 
Ovarium sessile, imperfecte 3-loculare ; ovula in loculis solitaria, a basi erecta. Capsula 
obovoidea v. clavata, basi pericarpio tenui indivisa, supra medium v. fere ad basin in 
valvas 3 coriaceas loculieide dehiscens. Semina oblonga, obtusa, subteretia, inappendicu- 
lata.—Herb:e e rhizomate crasso robuste, v. humiles. Folia radicalia, elongata v. 
lanceolata, longe petiolata v. in vaginam complicatam subsessilia. Scapus elatus v. brevis, 
nudus. Flores in capitulo sessiles, v. (in R. paludosa) breviter pedicellati, singuli 
bracteolis numerosis imbricatis appressis obtusiusculis ab infimis ovatis gradatim longiori- 
bus stipati. Bractec capitulum involucrantes 2, herbace:, a basi lata longe acuminatze. 
Species 6 (v. 6? ), Guianee et Brasiliz borealis incole. — Kan. in Linnea, xxxvii. 461. — Seub. in 
art. Fl. Bras, ii. i. 127, t. 17. Desv, in. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 1, xiii. 7. 4. 
R. Friderici- Augusti, Schomb. Rapat, und Saxofr. 11, t. 1, ex ic. et deser., nobis eadem videtur ac 
R. paludosa, Aul. 
3. Saxofridericia, Rob. Schomb. Rapatea, Friderici- Augusti und Sa«ofridericia. regalis, 
4to, Braunschweig, 1845, 19, t. 2.—Oalycis tubus hyalinus; lobi rigide paleacei, lanceo- 
lati, acuti, convuluto-imbricati. Corollie tubus hyalinus ; lobilati. Antherz ultra loculos 
anticos breviter product nec distincte appendiculatze, apice poro v. rima obliqua unica 
dehiscentes. Ovarium sessile, imperfecte v. perfecte 3-loculare ; ovula in loculis oo (2-8), 
