5^4 LXXXIX, STYHDIE^. 



Oedo LXXXIX. 



Endl. Gen. 510. Lindl. Veg, Kingch 696. 



Ftoi'cs hermnpliroditi v. abortii uniaexuales, iiTcgulares t, rarius regularea. GahjcU 

 tubus ovario adnatus ; limbns e lobis 5, liberis v, bilabiatim connatis, labio superiore 

 3-lobo, infeiiorc 2-lobo, Corolla gamopetala, 5-luba, lobia inibricatisj inferiore labellnm 

 dicto cteteris multo minore v, forma digredientej y, rarius seqxialiter 5-7-loba. Stamhm 2, 

 filamentis cum stylo in cohimnam a corolla liberaui connatis ; antherre ad apicem cobiniiite 

 8essiles, loculis demnm divaricatis apiccrpie conflucntibus subnniloculares, Discvs epigy- 

 nus V, panim proniinens, v. glandulas 2 inter columnani et corollam ferens. Ovarium 

 inferum. 24oculare v. ima basi l-loculare. Stylus ad apicem columnai in stigmata 2 

 Besailia v. subsessilia divisus v. siibinteger, inter antlieraa occultus v, prominens. Ovula in 

 loculis cc, medio dissepimonto affixa, anatropa. Capmla 2-locularis v, septo eTanido 

 l-loc\daris, ab apice in valvas 2 septo parallelas plus minus deliiscens v. rarius indehis- 

 cene. Semina oo v, rariua abortu solitaiia, parva, testa teniii, albumine cai'noso. Emhryo 

 minutuSj hilo proximus, 



HcrbfCj rarius suffrutescentes. Folia radicalia v. sparsa v. secus canlem fascicnlata 

 spnrie aubverticillata, integerrima, srepius angnsta t< parva. Stipnlra 0, sed folia rarius 

 squamis scariosis intermixta. Floras in racemos v. paniculas tliyraoideaa v. corymbosas 

 torminalesqiie disj)ositi. Inflorescentia primaria stepius centrix:»eta, secundariav, rarius tota 

 centrifuga. 



Species vix lOOj fere omiics AubtrallcnseSj paucse in Ask tropica. Nova Zelandia r, America ant* 

 arctica cveBcentes. 



Oi'do Campantdaccis valdc affiuid, habitu sa^pe Loheliis uojmuUiiJ accedeus, sed filiimentis cum 

 titj-lo arete connatis constanter diTcrsiis, 



OONSPECTU:^ GENERUM. 



* Corolla iri-egnlarts hhus quinhis (lahcllnm) a e^leris valde disslmUis, 



1 , Stylidtuh. Columna stamintia rcourva v. replicata, sEcpius elastica. Labellum parvum v. 



ungustuni. — Australia^ Asia trop, 



2. Levenhookia. Colunma staminea brevis, erecta, ncc elastica, LabcUi lamina cucullafa, 

 antheras obtegens, v. elaeticc reflexa. — Australia* 



** Co^ollc^ Biihregtdaris lohi homo'morpld suhceqiuiles, 



3. FoBSTKRA. Capsula oblonga r, ovoidea, apicc deliiscens. Pedimculi v, seapi clongati, uni- 

 flori, — Australia extratrop., ^ov. Zelandia. 



4, Phyli-achne, Capsula late turbiuata, apice subplana, indehiseens, Flores inti-a folia 

 imbrieata gossiles. Plnnta dense pidvinata. — iiov. Zelandia, Amcr. aiiiard. 



1. Stylldium, Sw. in Gesellsch, Nat Fr> Berl, Mag. i, 47, /, 1, 2, non Lour. (Vente* 

 natia, Sm. Exot, Bat. ii. 13, t 66, 67, nonBeauv. ; Gandollea, Lahill in Ann, Mus. Par, 

 vi, 453, t. 63, 64, non ejusd. PI jSfoi\ J/(>/i.),— Calycis lobi 5, SiBpius in labia 2 plus 

 minus connati, Corollre irregularis lobi 5, 4 per paria asccndentes, sub.-equales v, 2 lon- 

 giores apice 2-fidi ; qninto sen labello multo minore et recnrvo, t. rarius iis suba^qiiilongo 

 angusto et incurvo. Columna staminea elongata, recurva v. replicata, in peri^Iuribus 

 speciebus elastica. Stigma iudivisum. Ovarium 2-luculare.~Hcrba3 habitu vario 

 Ordinis, Pedunculi V, scapi cc-flori, rarius in i^lanta pusilla l^fluri. 



Species 84, qnanini 1 Indiic uricntalls Inculn, cceterse omnes Australian^?, una etiam per variaft re- 

 gioues Aeii^ (ropicie di^peraa. BcntkFL Austral ir. 2 ; Bauer, lUustr. L 15. 



