CXOVIIL | RESTIACEZE. 1037 
AnrocnRonrUS, Aes in. Lindl. Introd. Nat, Syst. ed. 2, 451. (ANrGutocnonrUs, Kunth, Enum. PL iii. 
484), genus ad specimen d solum conditum et ideo valde incertum, est tamen ex charactere dato 
verisimiliter Willdenowie species, W. striate, 'hunb., valde affinis nisi eadem. . 
20. Ceratocaryum, ANees in, Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst. ed. 2, 451.— Flores dioici, spiculis 
d laxe co-floris, 9 1-floris, bracteolis 0. Fl. 4 intra glumas longe lineares subscariosas 
dissitas pedicellati. Perianthii segmenta 6, linearia, acuta, interiora margine scariosa. 
Stamina 3, filamentis brevibus; antherw oblongs, dorsifixze, l-loculares, rima unica 
dehiscent Pistilli rudiment 0. FI. 9 glumis co (ad 6) magnis acutis rigide sub- 
scariosis imbricatis inclusus. Perianthii segmenta 6, parva, hyalina, sub fructu ovata, 
squamiformia, arcte appressa. Ovarium obtusum, 1-loculare, 1-ovulatum ; styli 2, a basi 
distincti, longiuseuli, crassi, undique papilloso-stigmatosi. Fructus ovoideus, leviter 
p tatus, papillis tul liformibus undique obtectus, stylis diu persistentibus 
coronatus, basi squamis 6 orbiculatis appressis (perianthii segmentis ?) stipatus.— Caules 
e rhizomate squamoso rigidi, erecti, simplices. Vagins in tubum arcte convolutze, per- 
sistentes, apice demum scariosw lacereque. Spicule ad apicem caulis subsessiles, d 
plures in spicam compositam oblongam dense thyrsoideam confertze, glumis perianthiisque 
argenteo-nitentibus insignes ; 9 paucre, magne, rigidz. Bractes spathacem paucze, magnre, 
rigidze, nitidze, ssepius purpurascentes, caduce. 
Species 2, Africz australis incole. Mast. i» DC. Monogr. Phanerog. i. 390, t. 4. Genus vix ae 
ne vix a Willdenowia distinetum. 
On»o CXCIX. CYPERACEZE. 
Endl Gen, 109. Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 117. 
Flores hermaphroditi v. unisexuales, in spicas parvas spiculas dietas dispositi, singuli ad 
axillam bractez parvie glume dictse solitarii, sessiles v. subsessiles. Glumce in spicula 
distiche v. undique imbricatz, inferiores 1-2 rarius plures vacu:e, c:ters flores obtegentes, 
v. rarius spicula 9 ad glumam floremque i redueta, Perianthium perfectum 0 (nisi in 
Oreobolo), sed in floribus t generum nonnullorum adsunt setze v. squamella 6 v. pauciores 
rarius plures hypogyne dictze, sed semper extra. stamina affix: ssepeque sub-2-seriatze, quie 
isimilit ianthio I l Stamina 3 v. pauciora, rarius 4-6 v. co, filamentis 
Anthere e spieula scepissime exsertz, basifixze, 
oblongr v. lineares, loculis 2 parallelis longit dinaliter dehiscentil Ovariwm inte- 
grum, erectum, in centro floris sessile v. stipiti brevi interdum incrassato v. in discum 
dilatato impositum, l-loeulare. Stylus terminalis centralis, cum ovario continuus v. 
rarius articulatus, filiformis v. basi incrassatus, a basi v. supra basin persistentem deciduus, 
superne v, jam infra medium in ramos 2-3 v. rarius co filiformes introrsum a basi stigma- 
toso-papillosos ssepe stigmata dictos divisus v. rarius apice subulato indivisus y. minute 
9-3-dentatus. Ovulum 1, a basi ovarii erectum, anatropum. Fructus parvus, gluma 
obtectus v. exsertus, nuceus, indehiscens, sub stylo 2-fido plus minus complanatus v. 
9.convexus; sub stylo 3-fido obscure v. distincte 3-queter; pericarpium crustaceum 
v. interdum subdrup exocarpio tenui v. suberoso-i t docarpi 
duro. Semen a basi erectum, a pericarpio (an semper 7) liberum, testa tenui. Embryo 
intra basin albuminis copiosi farinacei v. carnosi parvus, lenticularis globosus v. ovoideus. 
Herb: perennes rarius annuse, habitu Graminels accedentes, ssepius tamen rigidiores, 
interd j ides, rest v. fluitantes, ssepius it y. rhizoma repens v. 
stolones emittens, vaginisque brevibus l is demum t x tib tect 
Caulis solidus v. rarius cavus, tenuis humilisque v. elongat validus interd orgyalis, 
liberis filiformibus v. leviter complanatis. 
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