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414. Cnopos Raf. (iioui. «r.) Cal. 5part. eq. 

 Stam 3, sty lis 3, Sein. tri^ona. //. suhccrticUaUs 

 — Tvpc Cnopos ratsiosissiinuin Raf. Polvg. 

 do Mx. Hoic the Stamens arc reduced to the 

 minimum numb( r and are isostyle. Thus we 

 see in the FoiifgDmim of liiiineus, blended 

 Genera with 3, 'l, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 Stamens! 

 thus belonging to eight sexual classes, what a 

 delightfid absurdity to s'vallow ! 



415. TiiAc All LOIN Raf. (i ongh stem) Cal. co- 

 lorato 4partito, lac. 2 ext. n.inoribus, *2 int. 

 major sepe emarg. Stcim. 4 fcrtilia, 4 sterilia 

 brevis alternis. ovar. compr. stylis 2, stig. capi- 

 tatis. sem. ovato biangulato. Habitus Helxine 

 scd jl. glomeratls — The type will be TV. ari- 



folium, a well marked Sp. very distinct from 

 Helxine sagittata, although the stem is equal- 

 ly rough. Flowers more like Torara, but 

 habit quite unlike. Michaux saw 6 stamens, 

 but the mistake arose from the sterile filaments 

 first noticed by Elliot. The 3 Genera J^ovara 

 Tracaidon and Antenoron will form a group 

 by the Calix and stamens. Tracmdon is also 

 near Kunokale, the stamens being diplarine 

 instead of isarinc (equal to perigone) but here 

 4 are sterile. 



416. Spermaulaxkn Raf. (seed caiialicii- 

 late) monoical. fl. masc, campan. 4-5fidi3. lac. 

 subeq. obtusis coloratis, Stam. 4-5 brevi.-simis. 

 Flor. fem. similis ma jof magis ineq. lac. erectis 

 obovatis, stigma 2-3«ubsess. Semen conicum 

 cal. duplo longior, basi accretum, triqueter, 

 uno latere excavato sulcato. Fridtx^ jl. spica- 

 tis. — Another very distinct Genus, near to 

 Pleurostena, but different habit; it has also 

 some affinities with VGhjg. granJiJlorum, 



