860 OLXXXIV. RAPATEACEJE. 
tubus cylindraceus ; lobi ovati, patentes. Antherw apice inappendiculatz, superne swpius 
ineurvz, poro unico obliquo dehiscentes. Ovarium alte 3-lobum, 3-loculare ; stylus inter 
lobos affixus ; ovula in quoque loculo 2, erecta v. ascendentia. Fructus abortu 1-locularis, 
l-spermus, pericarpio membranaceo vix demum dehiscente, ovarii lobis cseteris aborti- 
entibus immutatis ad basin lobi fertilis persistentil Semen oblongum, obtusum, in- 
appendiculatum, teres, testa. i la tenuissime striato-rugosula ; albumen et embryo 
normalia,— Folia radicalia, disticha, longa, coriacea, in petiolum contracta, basi in vaginam 
longam angustam complicatam dilatata. Scapi axillares, nudi, apice cum spatha erecta 
complicata acuminata continui. Flores intra spatham sessiles, densissime conferti, in 
spicam unilateralem dispositi, margines spathze non v. vix superantes. Bracteol E 
lineares, laxze, subzequilongz et vix sepalis breviores. 
Species 1, Guianensis. Kara. in Linnea, xxxvii. 488. —Seub. in Mart. Fl. Bras, iii. i. d 18, f. 2. 
Judge, Pl. Gui. t. 31 (Mnasium). 
Mnasium spherocephalum, Rudge, l.c. t. 12, ex ordine excludendum, est ZAurnia, Hook, f. infra 
ad caleem Juncacearum deseripta, * 
Ono CLXXXV. PLAGELLARIEZ. 
Endl. Gen. 131 (JuxcAcEARUM genus). 
Flores hermaphroditi v. dioici, regulares. Perianthium. inferum, ab ovario liberum, 
istens, tubo 0; segmenta 6, distincta, parva, sub-2-seriatim imbricata, parum 
in:q; , Sicca v. subpetaloid Stamina 6, hypogyna v. basi segmentis breviter 
adhzrentia ; filamenta libera, filiformia.  Anthere ovate v. oblongze, . basifixze, erectze, 
loculis 2 parallelis int rima longitudinali .dehi il Ovarium. superum, 
S3-loculare. Stylus brevis ramis 3 stigmatosis v. stigmata 3 distincta, linearia v. depressa. 
Ovula in loculis solitaria, anairopa, axi lateraliter affixa. Fructus succulentus v. 
drupaceus, parvus, indehiscens, loculis v. pyrenis 3 v. abortu 2 v. 1. Semina ovoidea 
globosa v. hemisphserica, lateraliter affixa, testa b v. i 1 Albumen. 
pi , fari bryo lenticularis, prope hilum albumini appressus, 
Caules elati validi v. scandentes, foliati, Folia sepe longa, tenuiter multivenia, v. 
prominenter plicato-venosa.  Panicula terminalis, sepius ampla, ramosissima, supra folia 
bsessilis, floribus is parvis secus ramulos ilibus ssepe fasciculatis. Bractem 
ad basin ramulorum paniculz interdum lanceolatz, sub floribus minute v. 0. 
Species 6 v. forte 7 v. 8, regionum calidiorum.orbis veteris incole, | 
Ordo parvus, interdum Juncaceis relatus, v. eum | 4stelia genere Liliacearu; comparatus, sed 
seminum struetura ei Ztapateacearu; subsimilis, cum neutro ordine jungere sinit, 
CONSPEOTUS GENERUM, 
l. FracxLLARIA. Flores h phroditi. Perianthi (parvum) subpetaloid. Drupa 
lesperma rarius 2-sperma, endocarpio osseo. Caulis scandens. Folia tenuiter multivenia, 
acumine in cirrum spiralem desinente,— Eg. trop. Asie, Africe, Australie, ct in. ins, maris 
Pacifici. 
2. JomviiLEA. Flores hermaphroditi. Perianthii Segmenta sicca, aenta. Drupa sepius 
S-pyrena. Caulis erectus, Folia plicato-venosa, acumine recto,—4rchip, Malay., ins. saris 
-Pacifici. ; 
3. Susuw. Flores dioici. Perianthii segmenta sicca, obtusa. Bacca l-3-sperma. Caulis 
erectus. Folia tenuiter multivenia, sepius t. venulosa, acumine recto.—Zeylania, 
Archip. et Penins, Malay. 
l. Flagellaria, Li»n. Gen. n. 450.— Flores hermaphroditi, Perianthii segmenta 
ovata, btusiuscula, subpetaloid Stylus alte v. fere ad basin divisus in ramos 
sügmatosos 3 subintegros v, 2-partitos, Drapa parva, subglobosa v. ovoidea, exocarpio 
