COG XCIV, MONOTROPE^. 



diculata, alhnmine mollitcr canioso ; embryo mimitissimuSj ovuideus, indivisus, liilo 

 proximua. — Herba gracilis, data, badia, glanduloso-piibescens, aphylla, squamosa, radice 

 madreporoideo. Squama inferiores sparsiii, lineari-lanceolatflo, superiores rara)- Flores 

 in racemes mido3 elungatos disx)ositi, pedicellati, iiutantes, albi, bracteati. 



Species 1, America? borealia tam orientalis qxiam occideiitalis ineola, J)C. Prod, vii. 779. A. 

 Grcn^ in Proo. Anwr. Acad. viL 370. Lindl: Coll BoL t 6. Embryo certe liilo prosimus, iiec ab eo 

 remotus, Titi deseripsit Lindleyiie. 



2, Sarcodes, Torr, PL Fremont 17, t 10. (Pterosporopsi^, Kellog, ex A. Gray, 

 Soimla 5, concava, basi subsaceata, glanduloso-pubcsccntiaj persisteutia. Corolla camjia- 

 milata, 5-loba, persistans, lobis brevibus ovatia erectis. Stamina 10, filamcntis subulato- 

 filiformibus glabris ima basi connatis ; antherse oblonga, 2-loculai'es, dorso basi insertu3, 

 lociilLs dorso sub ax^ice rimis brevibus magnia obliquis dehiscentibus. Discus 0, Ovarium 

 conico-hemisphfcricum, 5-lobum, apice intruso, 5-loculare ; stylus columnaris, stigmate late 

 annulato conico-hemisphcerico 5-lobo ; ovula in loculis numerosissima, in placentis crassis 

 2-lobis angulo interior! adnatis conferta. Capsula depre3so-5-loba, 5-locularis, membiu- 

 nacea, loculicide 5-valvis, polysperma, Semina minutissima, ovoidea, testa reticulata 

 aptera apiculata, albumine camoso ; embryo minimus, ovoideus, indivisus, radicula hilo 

 proxima.— Herba simplex, robusta, camosa, rubra, apliylla, sqnamistecta, radice coralloi- 

 dea. Squama? liueares, integorrimje, carnosae, Fiores numerosi, erecti, in racemum 

 Bpiciformem dense bracteatum disp .rsiti, inferiores longius x^edicellati- 



Species 1 Californiea, A. Gray m Vroc, Amei\ Acad, vii. 370. Ckatin, AtiaL t. 55. 



3, Schweinitzia, EUtott in NutL Gen. N. Am. PL AddeM. et Bot S. Car. and Georg. i. 

 478. (Mcmotropsh, Schvjein. ex ML Lc.) — Sepala squamiformia, erecta, oblongodancco^ 

 lata, persistentia- Corolla campanulata, 5-loba, basi 5-gibba, persistans. Stamina 10, 

 filamentis filiformi-subulatis glabris ; antlieras dorso infra apicem affisai (in alabastro 

 Hon reversse)^ didym^B, 2-loculares, loculis saccifurmibus vei-ticc rimis subposticis liian- 

 tibns dehiseentes. Discus 10-crcnatus- Ovarium globosum, 5-loculare ; stylus brevis, 

 crassus, stigmate discifonni umbilicato 5-gono ; ovula in loculis numerosissima, in placentis 

 crassis 2-lobi3 anguXo interior! adpatis conferta, Capsula ovoidea, 5-locularis, loculicide 1 

 5-valvis, polj^spcrma. Semina minuta, testa nucleo conform! , . . , — Herba liumilia, 

 glaberrima, badia, odorem Viol(E spirans, aphylla, caule squamoso. Squamre sparsfe, 

 ovatie, aubacutse, integeiTimee. Flotes subcariK>si, camei, in spicam paucifioramdispositi, 

 nutantes. 



Species 1, in American borcalis regione caiidiore rarissima, A. Gray, Chlor, Bar. Amer. i. 15, i. 2, 

 Man. BoL N. U. St. ed. 5, 304, et in Proc. Amer. Acad. vii. 370. JValp. Ann. iL 1125. Chatin, 

 Anat. t. 5i. Capsula a nobis non visa, 



4, iffewberrya, Torr. in Ann. Lye, N, Yorh, viii. 55. (Hemitomcs, A, Gray in Bot' 

 Newberry Exped. 80, t 12^ absque char.) — Sepala 2, bracte^onnia, angusta. Corolla 

 tubuloso-urceolata, supra medium 4-5-loba, intua villosa, luarcescens, lobis patentibus- 

 Stamina 8 v. 10, filamentis filiformibus supeme longe barbatis ; antheme late oblongre, 

 S-lobae, loculis ante anthesin antice dehiscentibus, rimis longitudinalibus conncctivo 

 ^roximis, valvis exteiioribus post antliosiii revolutis cumque margine postice conniven- 

 tibus loculum posticum vacuum efficientibus- Discus 0. Ovarium ovoideimi, spurie 

 5-loculare ; stylus elongatus, pilosus, stigmate depresso-capitato umbilicato pervio ; 

 placenta 4, 2-lamellatte, lamellis divaricatis uadjque creberrime ovuliferia, locellos 4 

 ijyiutiun centralem circiimdantes formantibus. Fjnictus .... — Hurba glabra, caulc 

 fiimplicL Squampo laxe imbricate, oblongfe, margine uudulata), supremoe flores involu- 

 Crantes- Flores subsessilcs in capitnlum depressum dispositi, bracteati, bracteis fiores 

 eequantibus squamia cauUms consimilibus. 



Species 1, Californiae ineola, A. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad, vii. 370. Specimen vidimus valde 



dilaceratum ab A. Grayo beiitivolo commodatum, Descriptio ovarii ex A, Grayo, be* 



