and on various Plants related to them. .'i'J.'i 



antitropa; stylus columnaris; stigma globoso-capitatum (e lamcllis liberia tot cjuot 



placentae parietales format mi r. Fntctus 



Herbae parasitica ; squamis imbricatis loco folium m. Floret solitarii, cimgetfi, co/orati, tn- 

 bracteati; bracteis2 interioribus perianfhii basi tubutfii. Pollen CompOiihuH. 



Cutinus dioicus, Jussieu, Ann. da Museum, xii. -113. 

 Phelypaea sanguinea, Thunberg, Nov. Gen. Plant, v. pp. 91-08? 

 Hypolepis sanguinea, Pert. Syn. Plant, ii. &98 t Hart. Gem. S. African Plants. 

 300. 



Descr. Caulis brevis, 4 6-uncialis ; squama* (folia) oblonga\ laxiuscule imbricate, margine 

 membranaceae, denticulatae, interdum subcarinata-. Ramoli oongefti, uuitlori. squamis 

 similibus imbricati. Bracteae cujuscunque Boris 3, dine interiores lateralis d opposite. 

 Flores dioici, terminates, majusculi. Maseuli infundibuliformrs \ tubus profundi <*.- 

 sulcatus, sulcis cum laciniis alternantibus ; lamina erecto-connivens imbricata, (.-partita ; 

 laciniae concavae, oblongae, margine membranaceae, fimbriatulac, basi tubi eSPepti pro- 

 cessubus papillosis extus vestitae. Adsunt aliquando lacinulae lineari-lanceolaUe :ul latus 

 unum alterumve laciniarum. Tubus infra basin columnae intus quasi 64ooularia (ob 

 inflexuram et coalitionem laciniarum sepalorumve cum columna), circa basin parte 

 liberae columnae processubus magis evolutis dense vestitus. Columna (libera) brevis < 

 fauce quasi exserta, sulcis tot quot loculi exarata, glabra. Antherae 7 -8 (vel 14-1 (J), ter- 

 minales, lineares, adnatae, biloculares ; extrorsae; connectiva in dentes mucronesvc sul>- 

 patentes, in forma coronulae dispositos, producta. Pollen ter- vel quater-narium. Rudi- 

 mentum foeminae nullum. Faun. Perianthium maris, sed minus infundibuliforme ; tubus 

 latior magisque costatus, laciniaeque latiores at breviores. Columna (libera) masculina? 

 satis similis, kevis, basin versus pubescens, terminata stigmate magno, globoso-cupi- 

 tato, e lamellis 12-14 cuneato-subulatis, dense papillosis. Ovarium oninino inferum, 

 1-loculare, compressum, extus, basi excepta, (ob costas perianthii) 6-costatum vol 6- 

 angulatum. Placentae parietales 12-14, tot quot stigmatis lamellae. Ovula innumera, 

 minuta, antitropa, placentis undique affixa. Fructus non visus. 



Hab. "Parasitica in Eriocephali racemosi radicibus, ad C. B. S." D. Harvey*. 



Obs. I.— The axis of this plant consists chiefly of roundish cellular tissue, 

 towards the middle of which there is a simple series of vascular fascicles; the 

 transverse section of these is cuneate or subovate, the narrow end, and this is 



* Mr. Harvey tells me he has always found this plant on the above Syngenesious species, which 

 does not appear to suffer from being preyed upon. The same innocuousness has, I believe, been re- 

 marked of C. Hypocistis. 



