Galacinefe.] XCVI. DIAPENSIACE.^. . 621 



ebracteahis, S-pqrtitus, segmentis lanceolatis imbricatis (dcciduis ? ). Corolla prufund* 

 5-partita, decidua, segmontis obovato-spatliiilatia integerrimis imbricatis. Stamina 5, 

 cum staminodiis totidem in tubum basi corolliB adnatnm connata, filamentis subspathu- 

 latis staminodiis spatlmlatis brevioribus et apice latioribus; antherfe filamento adnata, 

 1-loculares, transverse 2-valves, introrsnm dehiscentes. Ovaiium ovoideum, 3-locnlare, in 

 stylura brevem attemiatum, stigmate obscure 3-lobo ; ovula in loculis nnmerosa, anatropa. 

 Capsula ovoidca, 3-locularis, loculicide S-valvis, valvis septiferis ab axi placentifero solntis, 

 polysperraa. Semina angulata, testa laxa sursiim longe attenuata, albumine camoso ; 

 embryo teres, curvnlus.— Herba glaberrima, rliizomate pereiinaiitc brevi prostrate intns 

 rubro. Foliu omnia radicalia, reniforniia v. cordato-orbiculai-ia, crenato-deiitata, nervis 

 radiantibns, potiolo gracili basi vaginante. Flores ad apieem scapi elongati gracilis aphylli 

 basi sqiianiis lanceolato-subulatig tecti dense racemosi, parvi, albi, pedicellis brovibns 

 gracilibus basi minute bracteatis medio 2-bracteolatis, Capaulaj erectfe. 



, Species 1, montiuiii C'iirolinie iucola. DC. Prod. vii. 776. G(srfn. f. Fi-uct. iii. t, 210 {Ei-i/lhro- 

 rhica). Chapm. FL S. XI. St. 268. Bot. Mucj. t. 754. 



6. Berneuxia, Bom. in Bull. -Soc. Bot. Fr. xx. 159.— Calyx squamoso-bracteatus, 

 5-partitus, segmentis oblongis obtusis venosis imbricatis. Corolla 5-partita, lobia 

 obovatis obtnsis integerrimis imbricatis. Stamina 5, cum staminodiis totidem brevibus 

 spatlmlatis barbatis ima basi corolUo in annnlum connata, fiiamcntis elongatis crassiusculis 

 cylindraceis ima baai barbatis ; antheraj 2-locularea, loculis connectivum marginantibus 

 reniformibus longitndinaliter deliiscentibus. Ovarium depresso-globosum, 3-loculare ; 

 stylus cylindraceus, stigmate parvo discoideo ; ovula in loculis nnmerosa,. anatropa. 

 Fructus .... — Herba glaberrima, rhizomate elongato tortuoso inter folia squamifero. 

 Folia coriacea, obovato- v. elliptico-spatliulata, subacuta, integerrima, reticulato-venosa 

 petdolo elongato robusto basi dilatato. Flores in pedunculo tenninali racemoso-capitati 

 bracteolis lineari-lanceolatie submembranaceis. 



'■ Species 1, Tjbetire luasi'mc orieiitfilis incola, 



. Ordo XCVir. I.ENIirOACE2:, 



Torr, in Ann, Lyo. Nat. Hist. N. York, viii. (stibordo jMoxiVTropkaiium). Solms-Lauliacli in Ab- 



baudl. Nat. Gcsell. Halle, xi (ordo). 



Flores rogulares, hermaphroditic Cah/x fero ad basin C-lO^r^^ titns, segmentis linearibus 

 V. subuiatig erectis v. apice inflexis. Corolla gamopetala, tnbulosa v, subinfundibularis, 

 limbo erocto v. demum patente, lobis 5-8 brevibus latLs imbricatis (interdum contortis i), 

 integris retusis v, undulato-plicatis, Sfamina infra apieem tiibi affixa, numero loborum 

 corollie sequalia et iis altema, 1-2-seriata, filamentis brevibiis, Antherce dorse v. projie 

 apieem affix?e, 2 loculares, loculis parallelis v, divergentibns rima longitudinali dehiscenti- 

 bii3 ; * pollen libeniin ovoidemu triplicatnm.' Discus 0. Ovarium superum, depresao-glo- 

 bosumj loculis 10-14 1-seriatis axin crassum centralem cingentibas, singulis septo spurio 

 mediano divisis, ideoque locelli spurii 20-28 per paria approximati. Stylus simplex * tel^ 

 conductricis fascicules tot quot ovarium loculos includens ;' stigma subcapitatum obsolete 

 crenatum v. brevitor lobatum, Omla in locellis solitaria (in quoque carpello gemina) sub- 

 horizontaliaj anatropa, micropyle supcra. Fmctus dinipaceo-capsularis demum irref^ulariter 

 circumscissus, coccos osseos tot quot ovarii locelloa spurios continens j cocci axim simpUci 



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