608 XGIV- MONOTEOPE.S. 



Discus 0. Ovaiium fusiforme 6-sulcatum, in stylum crassum 6-gonum attenuatmuj stig- 

 mate pileLfornii liemispliierico obscure 6-lobo ; ovula in locuUs numcrosissiiua, placentis 

 C crassis parictalibus conferta. Fructus ? — Herba glaberrima, crassinscnlaj erecta, caule 

 squamosOj simplici v, apicem versus bis terve diviso, ramulis unifloris. Squamae con- 

 f uitiB, eroctee, e basi lata ovato-lanceolata;, acutte, integeiTima^. Flores poUicares, squauiis 

 superioribus bracteieformibii^ velati ; petala ochreo-rubra- 



Spccios 1 {C. kJia.<ufna), monUiun Khasi®, in sjlvis ad ^lu^^Iuii incola, Placeiitatio ovarii haud 

 bene e sicco ecruiatHj sed iit nobis videtuT plane parietaiis, 



9, Pleuricosporaf A. Gray in Proc. Araer. ^cad. vii. 3G9. — Sepala 4-6, iniequalia, 

 oblongo- v- obovato-lanceolataj finibriato-laceraj basi non saccata, Petala 5, sepalis sub- 

 duplo longiora, obovato-lanceolata, finibriato-Iacera, basi non saccata, inibricata. Stamina 

 8 V- lOj disco obacuro in&erta, filamentis filifurmi-complaiiatis glabris ; autherte basifixaij 

 innatse, angiisto-lineares^ acutpej rimis anticis longitudinalibus deliiscentes- Ovarium bite 

 ovoldeumj 1-loculare, in stylum brevem crassum attenuatum, stigmate late infuiidibuli- 

 formi-capitato ; ovula iu placentis 4-5 pavietalibus bilamcUatis uiidiiiue ovuliferis conferta* 

 Capsula , . . . Seniina miniita, ovoideaj nitidula, testa nucleo confonni ; embryo .... 

 — Herba glabra, 3-5-pollicariSj sjepius craasa, squamosa. Squamae confertte, imbricatse, 

 infimte ovatee margiiiibus erosia, superiores floralesque ovato-lanceulatae marginibus 

 scariosis firabriolatis, Flores numerosij in sx>icam cyliiidraceam muHifloram dispositi 

 albidi ? 



Spccit^s Ij CaliforniEe ad Mariposam incolaj specimino ab A, Grayo bcnovole cojnmodato. 



OitDo XCV. 



Endl. Gen. 746 «t 1411. Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 448. 



Flores regulares, bermapliroditi. Calyx 5- rarius 4-partitu5, v. sepala 4-5 libera, char- 

 taceo-coriacea, nervosa^ ssepius concava, imbricata, persistentia. Corolla 5- rarius 4-loba v- 

 -partita^ decidua v. rarins marcescens ; tubus brevis v. elongatus, cyJindraceus v. infun- 

 dibularis, intus glabcr v, piloaus v. fascit^ilis pilorum squaiuisve pilosis instructus ; lobi 

 breves V, elongati, erecti patentes V, recurvi, imbricati contorti v, valvati, intus glabri 

 villosi V- penicillati, rarius corolla polypetaja, v- clausa et calyptratim decidua- Stamina 

 5, rarius 4^ liypogyna v, tubo v. fauci coroHte affixa, filamentia brevibus v. elongatis 

 filiformibus v, complanatis liberia, Anth€r(£ dorsifixa), oblongye v, lineares, rima unica 

 media antica per totam longitudinem dehiscentes etsi septo longitudinali perfecto spurie 

 2-loculares ; pollen simplex et subglobosum v- conglobatum. Discus cupularis annularis 

 V. e squamis simplicibus Vp 2-lidis numero carpellia ajqualibus, (harki/m globosum v* 

 ovoideum, 2 10- rarissime 1-loculare^ teres v. 3-5-lobum, vertice intruso v. in styli basin 

 attenuate- Stylus filiformis, brevis v. elongates, stigmate punctiformi discoideo v, capi- 

 tellato simplici v, lobulato intei^dum annulato v, indusiato, O.imla in loculia solitaria, 

 ab apice pendula, rapbe dorsali, v, plura et in placentis ab angulo interiore pendulis v, 

 adscendentibus conf erta, anatropa, Fructus^ nunc drupa exsucca v. pulposa, 2-5-pyrena, 

 pyrenis 1-spermis, nunc capsula loculicide dehiscens polysperma, valvis septiferis a 

 columna placentifura solutia. Semina parva v. minuta, testa membranacea, albumine 

 camoso, Emhryo axilis, ortholropus, teres ; cotyledones breves; radicula elongata, hilo 

 proxim% 



Frutices v, arbusculfe, ramulia cicatricatis v, amiulatis. Folia alterna, rarius suboppo- 

 sita V. pseudo-verticillata, cum ramo articulata, stepins conferta v- imbricata, coriacea v. 

 rigida, persiatentia, ericoidea v. e basibus vaginantibus elongato-subulata v. graminea, 

 integerrima v- serrulata, nervis ssepius parallelis. Flores solitarii, spicati v, racemosi, axil* 



