954 CLXXXIX. CYCLANTHACEJE, [Cyclanthec. 
segmenta in seriem duplicem multidentatam connata, alia basin àlia apicem rhacheos 
spectantia. Staminodia brevia, inter se et cum perianthio confluentia, antheris imperfectis 
instructa. Ovaria rhachi immersa, inter se confluentia et cavernam continuam efformantia ; 
stylus crassus, stigmatibu inatis ; ovula ; placentis 2 parietalibus funiculis 
elongatis affixa, inappendieulata. Fructus syncarpium discis distinctis tumidis sulcatis 
opertum. Semina ovoidea, funiculo elongato, testa extus pellucida intus sulcata, 
rhaphe angusta, albumine carnoso ; embryo rectus, cylindraceus.— Herbs» acaules, lactes- 
centes. Folia conferta, longe petiolata, bifurcata, segmentis lanceolatis 1-costatis plieatis 
nervis parallelis, nervulis transversis distinctis, petiolo tereti basi vaginante. Pedun- | 
culus longissimus, nudus v. bracteatus, eylindraceus; spath:we plures, apicem versus 
peduneuli complets. Flores odori. i 
Species 3 v. 4? Ameriez tropieme incole, Kunth, Enuwm. Pl. ii. 107, 089. Jic. Sc. Nat. Bot. 
Monocot. 1. 5, 6. Popp. et FEndl, INov. Gen. et. Sp. ii. 88, £. 152, 154. Drude in. Mart. Fl. Bras. 
iii. ii. 245, £. 60. - 
On»o CXC. T€XPHACEJZ. 
Endl. Gen, Pl. 241. Lindl. Veg. Kingd, 126. 
. Flores in diversis spadicibus monoici, v. abortu dioici. Perianthium e squamulis paleisve 
n is v. e filis tenuissimis constans. Fl. d: Stamina 6 v. plura, s;epius squamis 
paleisve perianthii dense confertis sine ordine immixta, filamenta distincta v. connata, 
filiformia v. capillaria, perianthium longe sup ia, flaecida. — Amtherc basifixre, erectz, 
lineares oblonge v. cuneatze, loculis in longitudi dehi ibus, ivo interdum in 
acumen conicum producto ; pollen globosum v. lobat Ovarii rudimenta0. Fl.9: 
Ovariwm. superum, 1-2-loculare, sessile v. stipitatum, loculis l-ovulatis. Styli tot quot 
loculi, breves v. elongati, terminales, persistentes, lineares v. linguseformes, introrsum in 
longitudinem stigmatosi. Ovula ab apice loculi pendula, anatropa, funiculo brevi v. 0. 
Fructus membranaceus v. subdrupaceus, 1- rarius 2-loculari , eres v. pressi lat 
sessilis v. stipitatus, stylo ; pericarpium v. membranaceum et 
dehi jv? intus induratum indehi: Semen, loculo conforme, pendulum, 
testa membranacea interdum ope chalaz i pericarpio adh , funieulo 0, 
i fari v. sub Embryo axilis, cylin- 
rhaphe obsoleta ; albumen s 
draceus, extremitate radicul plumula fissura laterali latente. 
Herb:e aquaticz v. paludosse, rhizomate perennante repente ramos annuos foliaque 
proferente ; caules enodes, faroti simplices v. ramosi. Folia alterna, linearia, integerrima, 
erecta et emersa v. natantia, basi vaginantia, vagina aperta, enervia v. l-costata, nervis 
parallelis. Flores parvi v. minuti, in spadicibus globosis v. cylindraceis nudis v. basi foliaceo- 
bracteatis sessiles, d i conferti, ebracteati et ebracteolati ; spadices d' in caule 
superiores. 
Species ad 16, in aquis paludibusque duleibus Europe, Asi temperate et tropic, Australie, et 
Americze borealis temperatze vigentes, 
Ordo Pandaneis proximus, differt caulibus annuis foliisque inermibus, perianthio evoluto, stylo 
elongato, ovulo ab apice loculi pendulo, funiculo obsoleto et embryone elongato. 
CONSPEOTUS GENERUM. 
1. Tyrus. P ium e filistenuissimis, Antherelineares, Ovarium Stipitatum, Fruetts 
siccus, demum unilateraliter fissus.— eg. temp. et. trop. 
2. SeAncANIUM, Perianthium e squamis hyalinis, Antherm oblongrz v. euneatz; Ovarium 
sessile, l- rarius 2-loculare, Fructus extus spongiosus, indehiscens,— Reg, bor, temp, et frigid., 
: Australasia, 
