BALANOPHOREAE C. Richard, Bartling, 

 Schott, Endlicher, R. Brown. 



Auetore 

 J. F. Klotzsch. 



LailgSdorfia Martius, Endlicher. (Senftenbergia Kl. 

 et Karsten olim in lit. nee Corda.) 



(CharacterexEndl. emendalus.) Flores unisexuales, dioiei, 

 supra receptacnlum planiusculura aut coneavum aggregati. Re- 

 ceptaculumcrassum, deorsum attenuatum, carnoso -suberosum, 

 involucro persistente, turbinato, e squarais pergaraeis, fusco-rii- 

 bescentibus arete irabricatis composito cinetura spatbaque abbre- 

 viata tubulosa, 5 — 8fida priraum inclusum, taudem ima basi 

 squaraarura involucri persistente fulcatum. Flores inasculi al- 

 veolis raargine irregulariter fissis iramersi, Lreviter pedicellati. 

 Perigonium Iriphyllum, foliolis Überis, aut trifidum, aestiva- 

 tione valvatis. Stamina 3, perigonii foliolis opposita; an- 

 therac biloculares, connatae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 

 Pollinis granula subglobosa. Ovarii rudiraentum nullum. Flo- 

 res foeminei sessiles, nudi. Perigonium garaophyllnm, lubu- 

 losura , apice constrictum , trunrato- crenatum. Ovarium ob- 

 lon^ura, uniloculare, uniovulatum. Ovulum creclum. Stylus 

 filiformis. Stigma simplex, papillosum. Fructus baccati 



