Carludovicec.] CLXXXIX. OYCLANTHACEJ. 953 
2. Carludovica, Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. et Chil. Prod. 146, t. 31. (Ludovia, Pers. Syn. ii. 
- D76. Salmia, Willd. in Gesellsch. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. v. 399.)—Flores in spiras densas 
— dispositi, d 4 singulum 9 stipantes. Fl. d: Perianthium stipitat »bliquum, 
margine 1-2-seriatim multidentatum. Stamina numerosa, filamentis inter se et cum 
perianthio confluentibus, apicibus liberis breviter attenuatis ; antherce oblong:e, didym:e, | 
exserte, dorso affix:e. Fl. 9 liberi v. rhachi spadicis immersi et adnati. Perianthium 
4-gonum, 4-fidum, v. 4-partitum, segmentis lobisve obtuse quadratis demum 
tibus indurati istentil Staminodia 4, longissima, filiformia, basi faciei segmen- 
p , tong 
- torum adnata, decidua, apicibus i d antheras imperfectas g Ovarium 
D perianthio immersum, liberum v. tubo adnatum, 1-loculare ; stigmata 4, sessilia, stellatim 
patentia, demum. tumida et indurata; ovula perplurima, placentis 4 crassis parietalibus 
loeulo intrusis v. ab apice loculi pendulis funiculis brevibus affixa, inappendiculata. Syn- 
carpium perianthii segmentis induratis stigmata tumida stipantibus opertum. 
Semina ellipsoi r ilia, inappendiculata, testa coriacea extus carnosa, albumine 
copioso carnoso corneo ; embryo minutus.— Herbze v. suffrutices, caudice brevi humili 
v. elongato erecto decumbente v. seandente annulato. Folia alterna v. fasciculata, rarius 
disticha, 2-fida palmatisecta v. rarissime integra, segmentis multieostatis integris v. den- 
tatis, petiolo brevi v. elongato basi vaginante. Spadix simplex, oblongus v. cylindraceus, 
axillaris, breviter v. longe peduneulatus. Spathz 2 v. plures, cymbiformes, caduer. 
Species ad 30, Americze tropieze et insularum Indie occidentalis incole. Kwnzh, Enum. Pl. iii, 
104, 588. .H. Wendl. Ind. Palm. 43. Poit. in Mém. Mus. Par. ix. 27, t. 1 (Ludovia) Drude in 
Mart. Fl. Bras, iii. ii. 931, £. 64 ad 59. Lodd. Bot. Cab 1. 1068. Hook. Journ. Bot. 1840, t. 3, 4. 
Popp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. t. 151, 154. Bot. Mag. t. 2950-1 (Ludovia), 6418. Regel, Gartenft. 
1.992, 1046. Ill. Hortic. t. 165. Rev. Hortic. 1861, t. 10, 11; 1869, JF. 1. Girst. in. Vidensk, 
Meddel. Natur. Foren. Kjobenh. 1851, 196. Gard. Chron. 1871, ii. 715, f. 136; 1879, ii. 278, f. 46. 
EvopiawraUs, (Erst. in. Vidensk. Meddel. Natur. Foren. Kjob. 1875, 1945 Amer. Centr. t. 1. Walp. 
Ann. y. 860, ex descriptione auctoris a. Carludovica non differt nisi staminibus dentibusque perianthii 
in fl.d 2-seriatis et ovario libero. — SancixANTRUS, (Erst. 1. c, 196; Amer, Cent. 1. 2... Walp. l.c. 
861, differt ovario supero ct staminibus cavum totum perianthii implentibus. 
3. Zudovia, Brongn. i Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, xv. 301, t. 1; et in FL. des Serres, xv. 93, 
1. 1015-6.—Flores in spiras densas dispositi, d 4 singulum 9 stipantes. Fl. d: Peri- 
anthium disciforme, crassum, breviter pedicellat ]tidentat Stamina numerosa, 
filamentis inter se et cum perianthio confluentibus, apicibus breviter liberis attenuatis ; 
antherw oblong:e, didymze, exsertw, dorso affixze, .Fl.9 : Perianthium 0. Staminodia 4, 
longissima, filiformia, basi ovario adnata, apicibus uncinatis anthera imperfecta instructis. 
Ovaria inter se et cum. pedicellis florum d confluentia, 1-locularia ; stigmata 4, sessilia, 
ovato-linearia, stellatim patentia ; ovula numerosa, placentis 4 ab apice loculi pendulis 
funiculis brevibus affixa, inappendiculata. Syncarpium . . .— Caudex radicans, crassus, 
oblique assurgens, annulatus. Folia disticha, maxima, crassa, rigida, basi breviter 
ginanti. :bpetiolata, 1. lata v. subspathulata, acuta, apicem versus crenato-dentata, 
nervis obliquis subimmersis, Spadices axillares, breviter ped lati, oblongo-cylindracei ; 
spathze 3—D, distichze. 
Species 2, Guiansz galliem et Prasilim incole. JDrude in Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. ii, 242, t. 60, f. 1. 
Genus a nobis non visum, ex auctore a Car/udovica differt perianthioin fl. 9 0, inodiis basi ovarii 
aceretis, habitu subrepente, et foliis distichis crassis, haud plieatis, contextura solida. 
Tarsus IL. OCycLANTHEZ. 
4. Cyclanthus, Poit. in Mém. Mus. Paris, ix. 35, t. 2, 3. (Cyclosanthes, Popp. in 
Froriep. Notiz. xxxi. 312. Discanthus, Spruce in. Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 196.)—Flores in 
annulos alternatim d' et Q superpositos, v. in spiram confluentes dispositi. EL.d: 
Perianthium 0. Stamina 6, filamentis brevibus mono- v. diadelphis; anthere lineari- 
oblongs, basifix:, Fl. 9 inter se per totum cyelum v. spiram confluentes, Perianthii 
