CENT. XIV. 187 
stylus brevis. fruct. capsula? fol. oppos. fl. 
term.—Singular G.that I cannot refer to any 
tribe lacking the fruit, but having affinities with 
the Heaths and Menziesia: the name was a 
synonym of Hipophae. 
Iposues obovata Raf. pumila suffruticosa, 
squamulis peltatis vestita, fol. opp. petiol. obov. 
obt. crassis subenervis, ramis unifl. fl. brevi pe- 
dunc. cal. dentis brevib. acutis, corolla squamu- 
losa, lac. lanceol. obt. staminib. glabris—Asia- 
tic, sent me without name, leaves semiuncial, fl. 
as large fulvous, the whole plant even the co- 
rolla covered by minute peltate scales. t 
This Century contains 6 New Genera where- 
of 2 now first described, with 30 new sp. where- 
of 15 now first described. 
CENTURIA XV. 
ENDOGENOUS OR MONOCOTYLES. 
1401, SMIDETIA Raf. Schmiedtia Tra- 
tenick. Lepanthium uniglumis univalvis unifl. 
stam. unica elliptica, ovar. obl. stylus unicus in- 
curvus simplex. Semina obl. Herbula cyperoi- 
dea subscaposa, folia vel invol. unicum. ad 
scapis, fl. verticillatis subpaniculatis—very 
singular habit, fl. not spiculate but solitary as 
in grasses: it is akin to the monandrous and 
monostyle grasses, but stems not articulate, I 
have modified the barbarous german name. 
Monotype. 
Smidetia humilis R. Schm. subtilis Tr. an- 
nua pumila, glabra, fol. radic. gramineis angus- 
tis canalicul. basi dilatatis, involucro similis la- 
tiorib. falcatis basi vaginatis, panicula triparti- 
ta, verticilis multifl..l. pedunculatis—Bohemia 
piscinis exsicatis, Small plant 2 inches high. 
leaves shorter, fl. many fuscate. t 
