Cephaloius.] XLii. saxifrage.^:. 449 



round a globular succulent enlarged torus, opening along the inner edge. 

 Seeds solitary, erect; embryo very small, in the axis of a fleshy albmneu. 

 Herb. Leaves radical, several of them conv^erted into pitchers. Flowers 

 Mhite, in a narrow panicle at the end of a leafless scape. 



Tlie genus is limited to a single species, endemic iu Australia. The completely apocarpous 

 pistil has induced several botamsts to place it ia RosacecB, but the habit, defuiite stamens, 

 and albumiuous seeds, with a small embryo, are much more those of Saxifraf/ece, 



m 



h C. foUicularis, LabilL PL Nov. IIolL ii. 7, /. 145, Stock short and 



perennial. Leaves rosulatc, obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, \ to 1 in, long, 

 narrowed into a petiole often as long as the lamina, glabrous or ciliate; some 

 converted into ovoid or nearly globular pitchers of about 1 in. diameter or 

 rather more, each with 3 external longitudinal raised nerves, dilated into nar- 

 row leaf-like double wings ciliate on the edge ; the mouth of the pitcher bor- 

 dered by a transversely plaited ring; the ovate lid attached to the side next 

 ilie petiole. Scape 1 to 2 ft. high, silky-pubescent. Flowers scarcely 2 lines 

 ^ameter, silky-hairy, nearly sessile, in short alternate racemes forming n nar- 

 row panicle of 1 to 3 in. Calyx-tube greenish, the lobes white, especially at 

 tlie edges. Stamens not exceeding the calyx. Ripe cai-pels very little longer 

 and very hairy, the central torus very small at the time of iiowering, at least 

 J line diameter when in fruit.— R. Br. App. in Flind. Toy. 600, t. 4; Bot. 

 %. t. 3118, 3119; Nees, in PL Preiss. i. 278. 



^V. Australia. Wet marshes, King George's Sound, La-hill artUeye, F. Broun, and 



19. EREMOSYNE, Endl 



Calyx-tube hemispherical, compressed, aduate to the ovary; lobes 5, nar- 

 y^ Petals 5. Stamens 5. Ovaiy half-adnate to the calyx-tube, 2-pelled, 

 Jitli 1 erect ovule iu each cell ; .styles short, distinct, with capitate stigmas. 

 'j;apsule half-inferior, membranous, compressed, broad, 2-cclIcd, loculicidally 

 Jelusceut. Seeds solitary iu each cell, erect, albnminous.— Small herb, 

 ^^^ives alternate, lobcd. Flowers minute, iu terminal cymes. 



Th, 



genus is limited to a single species, endemic in Australia. 



1- E. pectinata, Endl. m Ilueg. Enum. 53 ; Iconogr. L 112. _ A sleii- 

 "w diftuse or divaricately branched annual of 3 or 4 in., Inrsute with short 

 *bite spreading hairs. Radical leaves rosulate, petiolate, obovate or spathu- 

 ^K about i in. long; stem-leaves alternate, sessile, deeply divided into 3 t. 

 ' naiTow linear bljcs, the central one longer and often broader than the 

 '^''ers; the upper leaves very small and narrow, entire or 3-clelt. llowers 

 juaerous in terminal coryinbose cymes, each flower about \ line in diameter, 



' ^''lall white ])eta!s exceeding the calyx-lobes, and occasionally with 3 or 3 

 I'fin-s on the outside. Capside about | line broad, hu'sute with iew 



-".Lo m Lurminai coryinuose cymes, eauu uuvvci ..^^^i. a ...„..-—-- -, 



^^y'»f 11 white ])eta!s exceeding the calyx-lobes, and occasionally with^ 3 or d 



[j'fs. Seeds ovoid"conicai wFt^aThinVale mottled testa, the albumen not 

 3 copious; embryo apiua-ently oblong, but not seen peifect.-Lchm. \\\ \ 1. 

 ^■^•^'ss. ii. 236. 



J Australia. Swan River, Euegel, Drummond, 'ird Coll n. 20 ; saudy shady places. 

 '*;'^^geuet district, Preiss, n. 204G. ^ 2 ^, 



