276 SPHENOCLEACE2. 
Cal. bilabiat. 5-partitus 3 labiis sublateralibus nec vere pos- 
tico antico, lab. 2-fido sinistrorsum, 3-fido dextrorsum. 
Cor. tubo brevi, limbo irregulariter 5-fido, lobo postico 
reflexo dentiforme, lateralia intermedia subtruneata, 2-inferi- 
ora majora, biloba. 
. Stigma papillosum. Sem. ovat. testa cellulosa. 
Has. Mergue. 
SPHENOCLEACEZ. 
SPHENOCLEA. 
Sphenoclee sp. 
A succulent marshy aunual with alternate exstipulate 
leaves, venation ordinary. 
Flowers arranged in dense terminal capitula, sessile, tri- 
bracteate. - 
Cal. adhrent 5-lobed, imbricate quincunciate margins mem- 
branaceus, persistent unchanged. 
Corolla small, 5-partite, lacini: inflexed imbricate in esti- 
vation; venation simple, one central to each lacinia "ic 
within the apex. 
: Stam. 5 opposite the sepals inserted into the tube towards 
its base, e vascular. Filaments short. 
Anthers 2-locular, longitudinal, opening attached to the 
apex of the filament. Pollen smooth with 3 pores. 
Ovar. entirely adhzrent, 2-celled, ovules 00 antitropal. d 
Capsule crowned with sepals, which almost entirely cover 
its convex larger disc, style deciduous, 2-celled, seeds 00 
testa shortly e coriaceous. 
Albumen none. Embryo orthotropous. 
Testa externally cellular, immersed bulging out into cones 
each of which is traversed from base to apex on botli sides 
by a fibre. 
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