7.'!i) MYRTACEAE. cuamaelaucicm 



Bertae membranaceae cucullato-coocavae dorsoque cornicolatae, primnm 

 arcte cooclosae Blabastrumqne occnltantes, deio Oore semel apertnro rel 

 enblalae ac basi solutae deciduae vel discedentes snb anlhesi el persistentes. 

 i.\\\\ campanulatus inferne ovario adoatus, Bnpra ovariura prodnctus, lira- 

 bus quinquelobus, lobis [ndivisis. Corollae palnlae petala 5 surarao fancis 

 margini inserta suborbicnlaria coocavioscola iolegra. Slaminodia 10 ligu- 

 laeformia integra Blaminibus alterna. Stamina hi fau<i~ margini cum Bta- 

 niinodiis inscrta deorsum conflnentia in membranara calycis faucem inicrnc 

 veslientera discoque epigyno cooliouam, Glameola Bubulata, l>a--i laliora, 

 corolla brcviora, anlberae Bubglobosae introrsum Bpectantes bilocellatae, 

 locellis iu coooectivo 6implici vel sobdisciformi contignis, poro debiscenti- 

 bus. Ovariuin calycis basi immersum uniloculare, ovula 6-10 in placenla 

 abbreviata creda anatropa. Stylus Gliformis subulatusve inclusus glaber vel 

 infra sligma capitatum barbatns. Pericarpium capsulare cal\ri Ennatum 

 Uaque indebiscens, abortu mono- \. oligospermura. — Frulices Australasici. 



1. CH. DNCINATDM Schaner in Lehm. Plant. Preiss. 1.07. t - Rarnis gracilibus; 

 foliis opposilis dislanlibas lincari-iriRonis, apice pnngenle recurvis; Dorlbus co- 

 rymbosis; bracicolis caducis pellacidis cucullalis, cilra verlicem callosis; catycis 

 phjllis minulis truncalis pelalisque inlegerrimis fugacibus; slaminodiis subulatis 



laevibus; siylo barbato. 5 — Crescil in iNovae Bollandii ra marlna prope op- 



pidulum Freemanlle. 



VIII. 0270) VERTICORDIl IX. 

 (DC. Dicl. class. XI. 400. et Prodr. III. 20s. — Schauer, Nov. act. acad. C.-ies. Leop. 

 Carol. XIX. Sappl. II. 197. i. 4. Gg. li. el in Wlprs. Reperl. boL sysi. II. 154.) 

 Florcs axillarcs solitarii racemosi aut corymbosi, foliis subfloralibus 

 baud vcl leviter tantum rautatis bracleati, bibracteolati. Bractcolac geminae 

 margini summitatem pedunculi cingenti prominulo arclc sub calycc inscrtae, 

 plernmque mcmbranaccac cucullato-concavae, mnlicae vel dorso, ncrvo mc- 

 dio exscrto, corniculatae, inferior supcriorem omnino amplcctens coquc modo 

 ambae alabastrum includentes, ineunte anlhesi secedentes patentcs et cito 

 cadentcs, rarius persistentes, rarissime connatae, dein longitudinaliter di- 

 ruptae. Calycis tubus subcampanulatus 5-10-coslatns vcl ccoslalus, infemc 

 cum ovario connatus, sursum magis minnsve productus in faucem iniemc 

 lamina ex andronilidc defluente formala et in discum cpigynum profusa vc- 

 stitam, limbus (iuini|uelobus, lobi colorali multipartiti vel palmatifidi, lobulis 

 palmatis plumosisve, singnli margine exteriori ioterdum lobuloaucti comato 

 supra calycis tubum reclinato. ('orollae pclala 5 calycis fauci inserta con- 

 cava colorata mollia vcl scariosa, integra vel inciso-dcntata vel multipartita. 

 Andronitis plerumquc ultra faucis calycinac margincm monadelpha, stami- 

 nodia 10 connivcntia subulata, ligulaeformia, inimo petaloidea, intcgra vcl 

 incisa vcl trifida, slamina 10 staminodiis alterna, Glamenta snbnlata stami- 

 nodiis vel breviora vcl longiora, pracllorationc introflexa, sub antbesi erecta, 

 inlrorsum (rarius extrorsum) nutanlia vcl cernua, conncclivum aut simplex 

 aut varia mirabiliquc cvolutionc luxurians, anlhcrae biloccllatae, locellis vcl 

 dislinctis rima, vcl confluenlibus poro debiscenlibus. Ovarium calyci nunc 

 omnino immersum ctlamina cpigyna obteclum, nunc vcrlice cmcrgens, uni- 

 Ioculare. Ovula anatropa in placcnla cenlrali basifixa, jam brevilcr exscrta 

 subcolumnari gemina erecla, jam in peltata 1-10 peripberice inscrta sub- 

 obliqua, plcrisquc scmpcr tabcscentibus. Stylus filiformis exsertus v. incln- 

 sus rcctus vel arcuatus, nudus vcl barbalus, stigma punctiformc capitatum, 

 raro dilatatum. Pericarpium tenue calyce corticatum solubilc, vcrtice demum 

 parietibus abolitione apertum uniloculare, abortu mono- vel oligospcrmum. 

 — Frutices Australasici. 



Sectio I. EDVERTICORDIA Scliauer. 

 (Itepert. bol. syst. II. 154. no. 1-9.) 



