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hardened conical free part of the fruit ; in others, again, all have 

 a tendency to close over the young fruit. In H. grcmdiflorum 

 and parvifolivm the calycine segments are much enlarged, oblong, 

 narrowed at the base, thin and spreading horizontally, whilst the 

 shorter and broader tomentose petals close over the fruit : in the 

 H. hracteatwm the same arrangement apparently takes place ; but 

 it is the petals or inner row that are enlarged and spreading, 

 whilst the calycine segments, or outer row, remain broad and short, 

 and close over the fruit. 



HOMALIUM, Jacq^. 



Homalium et Blackwellia, Juss. Gen. p. 343; DC. Prod, vol.ii. p. 54; et 

 Auct. recent. — Cordylanthes, Blume, Mus. Bot. vol. ii. p. 27. 



Calycis tubus turbinatus v. oblongus ovarii basi adnatus ; limbus 

 pluripartitus segmentis (4-12) petalisque totidem cum iis al- 

 ternantibus persistentibus post anthesin ssepius accretis. Glan- 

 dula pulvinata intus ad basin cujusve calycis segmenti. Sta- 

 mina ad basin petalorum inserta iis opposita, tot quot petala, 

 vel ad quodque petalum 2-7 approximata v. fasciculata. Ova- 

 rium uniloculare, basi adnatum et vacuum, superne liberum 

 conicum, stylis 3-5 liberis v. basi connatis coronatum ; placentae 

 parietales versus apicem cavitatis tot quot styli et cum iis alter- 

 nantes ; ovula in quaque placenta 2-6 (ssepius 4) pendula. 

 Eructus paullo accretus, siccus, medio calycis segmentis peta- 

 lisque persistentibus et ssepius accretis cinctus, apice valvulis 

 stylos findentibus et medio placentiferis breviter dehiscens (v. in- 

 duratus et indehiscens ?) . Semina pauca parva pendula oblonga. 

 Albumen hand copiosum. Embryo rectus, radicula brevi supera, 

 cotyledonibus oblongis tenuiter foliaceis. — Arbores fruticesve 

 regionvm calidiorum utriiisque orhis. Stipulse parvcd, saspius 

 caducissimcB. Eolia alterna integerrima v. scepius obtuse dentata 

 pennivenia. Bacemi axillares simplices v. in paniculas termi- 

 nales dispositi, v. paniculce divaricate ramosce. Elores ad axillam 

 hractece parvce scepe inconspicuce sessiles v. breviter pedicellati, 

 solitarii v. fasciculati, singulive scepius sub calyce minute bi- 

 bracteolati. Perianthium scepissime tomentosum v. pubescenti- 

 ciliatum. Ovarium extus tomentosum v. villosum^ intus plus 

 minus villosum. 



Sectio I. Blackwellia. Stamina tot quot petala singulatim 

 iis opposita. Species omnes Gerontogese. 



LINN. PROC. — BOTANY. 1) 



