Cymodocec.] CXOV. NAIADACEZE. 1019 
Enum.ii. 118. Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 177, ezcl. sp. 1. Ascherson in Linnza, xxxv. 160, et in ANuov. 
Giorn. Bot. Ital. ii. 180. 
Genus ab Aschersonio in sectiones sequentes divisum :— : 
1. Phycagrostis. Flores in ramos foliosos terminales, axibus floriferis spicam foliosam mentienti- 
bus. Folia plana, plurinervia, apicem versus plus minusve dentata. CvMoDocra, Ken. l.c. 
PuvcaanosrIs, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 649. — Bornet in Aun. Sc. Nat. Ser. v. i. 5, 6. 1 ad 11. Carolini in 
Usteri, Neue Aun. v. 42, t. 3, errore 4 (P. major). 
2. Physosch Infi ja dict cymosa, multiflora, floribus bracteis haud foliosis 
stipatis. Folia subulato-teretiuseula, carnosula. Species 1, Indica (C. isoc/afolia, Asch.). 
HaropuLa, Endl. Geu. Pl. 1368. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 227. Aschers. in. Linnea, xxxv. 163. 
Solms-Laub. in. Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Athiop. 196. (DierAwTHERA, Thou. Gen. Nov. Madagasc. 3. 
Steinh. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, ix. 98, t. 3 B). Genus prorsus ignotum ex descriptionibus Cymodocez 
valde affine. Species enumerat sunt: 1. H. australis, Miq., Madag: ie et ins. Mal 
ineola. 2. H. Wrightii, Aschers., Cubensis. Harum fructum. H. Wrightii tantum vidimus minutus 
est, globosus, stylo eapillari persistente, pericarpio crasse coriaceo; semen globosum, parietale, basi 
lata loculo affixum, testa crassiuseula; embryo globosus, superne 2-lobus, extremitate cotyledonari 
brevi vermiformi adscendente in sinu embryonis posita. 
Onpo CXCVI. ERIOCAULEZ. 
Endl. Gen. Pl. 122, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 122. Kcrnicke, Monogr. in Linnea, xxvii. 564 ; et in Mart. 
Fl. Bras. iii, i. 273. 
Flores minimi, regulares v. vix irregulares, unisexuales, in capitulis sepissime andro- 
gynis densissime aggregati. Perianthium scariosum hyali v. tenuiter membranaceum, 
duplici serie 3-merum v. 2-merum, exterioris segmenta 3 v. 2, distincta v. rarius prsesertim 
in f. d basi v. altius connata v. in fl. Q in speciebus paucis desunt ; interius in fl. d 
wepissime stipitatum (ad apicem tori stipitiformis v. clavati affixum), cyathiforme v. 
tubuloso-campanulatum, 3- v. 2-lobum v. e segmentis 3 v. 2 distincti posit: 
rarius deficiens ; in fl. Q. perianthium interius ab exteriore ssepius parum distat interdum 
tamen ut in mare longi le stipitat e seg is 3 v. 2 distinctis v. medio col tib 
compositum, v. rarius deficiens. Stamina in fl. d' basi v. prope basin perianthii interioris 
affixa, ejusque lobis segmentisve nunc numero :qualia et opposita, nunc numero dupla 
segmentis opposita et alterna, v. interdum abortu pauciora, perianthio inclusa v. breviter 
exserta ; filamenta distincta, filiformia v. leviter planata.  Anthere parvule, ovatce 
v. oblong:e, prope basin dorsifix:z, loculis saepius 2 discretis paralleli rimis longitudinali 
bus dehiscentibus; rarius sub-l-loculares, antice sulcats' et rima unica dehiscentes, 
polline emisso aperi evidenter l-loculares ; staminodia in fl. 9 rara, minima. Ovarium 
in fl. 9. intra perianthium interius sessile v. rarius breviter stipitatum, breve, 3- v. 2-locu- 
lare sepeque 3- v. 2-lobum. Stylus terminalis, filiformis, superne v. jam infra medium 
in ramos 3 v. 2 indivisos v. 2-fidos superne i tigmat divisus, int ]! 
lobis intermediis polymorphis appendiculatus. vla in loculis solitaria, pendula, ortho- 
tropa. Fructus ovario conformis nec multum auctus, membranaceus, 3- v. 2-locularis, 
loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentib Semina in loculis solitaria, pendula, ovoidea 
oblonga v. subglobosa, testa appressa sepius striata v. minute tuberculata. Albumen 
farinaceum v. laxe carnosum. Embryo parvus, lenticularis turbinatus v. obovoideus, ab 
hilo remotus, albumini applicitus. 
Herb» palud ligi quatieze v. pestres, perennes v. rarius annus, nunc 
caule brevissimo czespitosz, acaules dictse, nune caule foliato plus minus evoluto simplici 
v.ramoso. Folia angusta, sepius breviter linearia, haud raro laxe fenestrato-venosa sub- 
pellucida v. fistulosa, i 1 rigidule l a, in caule brevissimo v. ad apicem 
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