LXXVII. DATISCEJE. 846 
. Species 2, altera Orientis et Asim occidentalis usque ad Nepaliam incola, altera Californiea et 
Mexicana. A. DC. Prod. xv. parsi. 410. — Gertn. Fruct..t. 80 (capsula 5-placentifera depicta). 
TRicERASTES, Presl, Rel. Henk. ii. 88. 1.64; A. DC. l.c. 411; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 316, ic. 
&ylog., charactere nullo generico a Datisca differt. 
2. "Tetrameles, ÀJ. Dr. in Denh. et Clapp. App. 25. (Anictoclea, Nimmo in Grah. Cat. 
Bomb. Pl. 252.)— Flores dioici. Fl. 4: Calycis tubus brevissimus; lobi 4, ovati v. 
oblongi, denticulo.hic illic interdum interjecto, equales v. inzequales. Petala 0. Stamina 
4, cirea diseum depressum disposita filamentis elongatis; antherm breves, didymse,. 
loculis introrsum dehiscentibus.. Ovarii rudimentum O0 v. 4.gonum. Fl. 9: Calycis 
tubus sub 4-gonus: dentes 4; breves. Petala0. Staminodia 0. Ovarium apice intrusum ; 
stvli 4, subulati, breves, stigmatibus subdilatatis intus truncatis et papillosis ; ovula pla- 
centis 4 parietalibus 3-4-seriatim inserta. Capsula membranacea, subglobosa, 4 suleata, 
apiee inter stvlos dehiscens. Semina...—Arbor elata. Folia decidua, longe petiolata. 
ovato-. v. cordato-rotundata, acuminata, inzqualiter dentata v. subintegerrima, subtus 
hirtella v: tómentosa. Flores ante folia evoluti, in racemos elongatos paniculatos graciles 
multifloros dispositi. parvi, breviter pedicellati, subglandulosi, pedunculis pedicellisque 
hirtellis. 
Species 1, Indis orientalis, Zevlanim et Javs. incole. 4. DC. Prod. xv. pàrs 1. 4Al.  Benm. 
Pl. Jav. Rar. $. 17. Wight. Ic. t. 1956. 
3 Octomeles, M q F7. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 336.—Flores dioiei. Fl. $: Calycis coriacei 
tubus hemisphzerieus : lobi.8, triangulares, erecti. Petala 8, parva, ovato-subulata, fauci 
ealycis inserta. Stamma, 8, cum petalis inserta, fllainentis erectis filiformibus basi dila- 
tatis ; antherz magne, lineari-oblongs;, recurvz, loculis lateraliter dehiscentibus. Ovarii 
rudimentum 0. Fl. 9: Calyeis tubus. turbinato-cvlindraceus. basi truncata sessilis, 
obseure 8-gonus; lobi 8 ut in mare. Petala non visa (an 0. an delapsa?). Staminodia 0. 
Ovarium apice profunde concavum; styli 8, margini verticis ovarii inserti, breves, subu- 
lati, divaricati, stigmatibus capitatis ; ovula in placentas 8,crassas ad axin fere ovarii pro- 
duetas undique conferta. Fructus coriaceus (maturus non visus), stigmatibus persisten- 
tibus coronatus.—A rbor elata, ramulis crassis, foliis subtus et inflorescentia lepidoto-furfu- 
raceis.—Folia longe petiolata, cordato-rotundata, acuminata, integerrima. Flores majus- 
culi, in spieas vàlde elongatas axillares cernuas dispositi, rachi spice robusta simplici. 
Species 1l, ins. Arehipelagi Indici incola. .4. DC. Prod. xv. pársi.412.  Exemplaria 2 exami- 
nayimus, alterum 9 Jaranicum a Miquelio communicatum, alterum d in Borneo lecfum. 
Ozpo LXXVIII. CACTEZE. 
| i i i i Mem. 
Endl. Gen. 942; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 746 ; DC. Rev. Cact. in Mem. Mus. Par. xvii. (1828), et 
Cact. in Coll. prt viii. 1894 ; Pfeiffer, Enum. Diagnost. Cact. 1837 ; Zuccar. in Abhand!. Bayer. 
Akad. Wiss. ii. 597 ; Salm-Dyck, Caet. in Hort. Dyck. Cult. 1850. 
Flores hermaphroditi, regulares, rarissime irregulares. Calycis tubus ovario adhatus, 
limbus brevissime v. longe ultra ovarium in tubum productus ; lobi oc, sepe numerosi et 
co-seriati, squammformes, foliacei v. petaloidei, imbricati. Petala oO, ssepius numerosa et 
co-seriata, exteriora a lobis calyeis non distincta, libera v. in tubum brevem connata, 
erecta v. patentia, in paucis 2-labiatim expansa, imbricata. Stamina sepissime numerosis- 
sima et cC-seriata, fauci calycis inserta, libera v. basi petalis adnata ; filamenta filiformia, 
libera v. exteriora calycis tubo unilateraliter v. toto ambitu adhzrentia, squilonga v. 
exteriora longiora.  Améhere parve, oblongs, loculis antice dehiscentibus. Ovarium 
cauli immersum v. liberum, leve v. sepalis exterioribus squamzeformibus auctum v. areo- 
latum v. pulvilligerum, l-loeulare. Stylus elongatus, terminalis ; simplex, filiformis v. 
eylindrieus, levis v. basin versus incrassatus ; stigma 2-oo-radiatum, radiis sepissime 
- patentibus linearibus facie papillosis.  Ovu/a perplurima, placentis oo parietalibus inserta, 
horizontalia, anatropa. Bacca pulposa, levis squamosa v. areolata, glaberrima v. pulvil- 
