i. Cylicodaphae Wightiana. 303 



triom linearum, cxtus cano-tomentosi subserieci, subcoriacei, 

 tubo obconico, limbo erecto-patulo sexfidoinlusrubro, laciniis ovalis 

 obtusis subenervibus obsolete pellucido-punctulatis, interioribus 

 tribus paullo anguslioribus ; tubus intus dense griseo - hirsutus. 

 Stamina perianthio paulo longiora, centrum versus decrescen- 

 tia, quadruplici serie terna; filamenta basi hirsuta, apieem ver- 

 sus strigilosa vei etiam glabra, in connectivum ovatum obtusum 

 vel mucronatum dilalata; antherae quadrilocellatae, locellis ovatis 

 obliquis, inferioribus magis distantibus et ad latus reiectis, in 

 antberis staminum interiorum posticis. In his autem aborliente 

 uno alterove loccllo forma anthcrarum magis magisque degenerat 

 restantque saepe unius paucorumre loeellorum vestigia; valvulae 

 figura ostiolorum, adscendentes , pallidae. Glandulae ad 

 basin 6 exteriorum staminum desunt, tribus sequentibus geminae 

 vel singulae adstant, quarti ordinis slaminibus plerumque geminae 

 iunguntur; barum capilulum cordato - subrotiindum eompressum 

 obtusum, stipes brevissimus. Miscuntur cum his nonnunquam 

 staminodia longioribus stipitibus praedita et magis starninifor- 

 mia, sed constare videlur numerus duodenarius, his ipsis stami- 

 nodiorum communium vices implentibus. Pistilli ne vestigia 

 quidem in llore masculo. Flo rem femineum non vidi. 

 Fructus (immaluri) singulae umbellulae 1 — 5, in pcdunculo 

 coramuni sesquiunciali birsuto racemosi, pedunculo proprio articulo 

 coniuncli; pcdicelli uni-bilineares, CrasSi, hirsuti, in cupulam, 

 a periantbii tubo ortam trilinearem turbinatam recta truncataru 

 hirtulam abeuntes. Bacca primum vix ultra cupulam prominens, 

 demum eadem duplo longior, ovala, obtusa, nigra, Terebinthinam 

 olens. 



Adnetalio. Non possum, quin verba addam Wightiana, 

 schedulae suae inscripta: 



., Male flowers of a genus ivith which I am unacquainted 

 and which I cannot ascertain for want of the female Jlowcrs: 

 t lowers in axillary racemes, each raceme composed oj several 

 heads, which are again made of numerous flowers viveloped 

 in an involucrum of numerous imbricated coriaceous scales. 

 Calyx tubular, hairy, 8- cleft; laciniae rounded smooth within. 

 Corolla O. Stamina 16, unequal in two rows, along and a 

 short one, being attached to each division of the calyx, ^la- 

 ments clavatez longer ones naked; shorter ones furnished at 

 the. ba<e with a pair of nectarial scales. Jnthers 2, or 4 

 to each filament, not attached in the usual way, but formed 



