PENTANDRIA-DIGYNIA . 4^5 



leviter canaliculato, basi expansQ in vaginam brevem , 

 latam , striatam , margine membranaceam ; superiora 

 minora , suffulta vagina petiolari brevissima loco pe- 

 tioli^ caulina opposita,aut verticillata pro ratione ra- 

 morum, quibus subjacent. Umbellse solitaris, termina- 

 les cauli , ramisque , grandes, prffisertim primaria , pe- 

 dunculat», decem-vigintiradiatsB. Involucrum universa- 

 le olygophyllum, brevissimum , foliolis simpllcibus, li- 

 nearibus . Radii umbellse sulcati , glabri . Umbellul» 

 grandiusculae , subduodecimflorae , in umbella primaria 

 floribus tribus-quatuor externis fertilibus, reliquis ste- 

 rilibus , in umbellis lateralibus totae steriles . Involu- 

 cella olygophylla, brevissima , foliolis simplicibus, li- 

 neari-acuminatis. Petala lutea . Stili in fructu reccpta- 

 culo triplo longiores. Diachenium ellipsoideum, intus, 

 et extus album . Reliqua generis . 



LOPHOCACHRYS . 



Koch. in De Cand. Prodr. 4- p- 2.38. 

 Cachryos sect. III. Lophocachrys De Cand. l. c. 

 p. 238. 

 Cachryos species Lin. Gen. p. i35. 



Umbella composita , plana . Involucriim polyphyl- 

 lum , umbella brevius, foliolis lanceolato-lineari- 

 bus , acuminatis , vel pinnatis . UmbelluL-e mul- 

 tiflors , floribus internis sterilibus . Involucella 

 polyphylla , umbellulffi floriferss sequalia , fructi- 

 fera breviora , foliolis lanceolato-linearibus . Mar- 

 go calycinalis liber e laciniis quinque lanceola- 

 tis, aut ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis. Petala aequa- 

 lia , ovata , integra , apice inflexo , vel involuto . 

 Stamina corolla sublongiora , antheris subrotvm- 

 dis. Receptaculum floris dilatatum, convexulum, 

 oia repanda , in fructu depressum , ora tumidu- 

 la , crispula , in centro vix prominulum . Stili 

 crassi , in anthesi breves , erecti , in fructa diva- 

 ricati , aut recurvi , leceptaculo longiores. Stigmata 

 capitellata. Diaclieaium scrotiforme , ovoideum , 



