NEESIA, 513 
Pet. 5 nuda, sepalis minora erecta linearia repanda unguibus 
pilosis. 
Stam. 8 hypogyna ima basi 1-delpha, filam. filiformia denta- 
ta (more pappi compositam.) Anth. terminat. bilocular. lon- 
git. dehiscent. Stylus filiformis stam. paulo brevior. Stig- 
mata 5 simplicia. Ovarium pilosum. Pollen ovulum leve hinc 
sulcatum 5-loculare, loculis 1-2 ovulatis foramen ad hilum. 
Has. In graminosis, Mergue: Sept. 1834 
Spec. unicum adhuc tantum vidi, 
NEESIA. 
Neesie sp. 
. Fructus subrotundum, diametro sub 4-uncialis muricatus. 
(The murices or prickles are from angular areolations and 
are themselves angular) pedicellum crassum brevem terminans 
Purpureo-brunneus, loculicidem, valvis crassis lignosis aureo 
colore. 
Semina pauca angulo interiore basin loculi versus vel 
infra medium affixa ascendentia, oblonga, pressione irre- 
gulariter facialia, uncialia long. excluso arill. funic. 
Funieulus brevis in arilla carnosum lutescens crassum 
basin imam seminis more annuli cingentea ampliatus. | 
Tegumentum castaneum crassum coriaceo-induratum-sub- 
attilagineum, raphe linearis lata 3 completa ad apicem seminis 
(chalazam) in ramulos palmatim divisus ramulis and hilum 
fere eurrentibus. 
.. Albumen carnosum, lacteum copiosum. 
Embryo. Cotyled. magne accumbentes, albz foliaceze 
‘long; radicula infera brevis: as broad as the seed, 
‘Tempe 4-lineales 7 lines long. 
Haz. Ching Malacca Ninghull: Jan. 1845. 
BRowNLOWIA 
: Calyx inferus, tubo cylindrico, basi complanatus, 3-den- 
atus, dentibus 2 duplo majoribus e dentibus duabus con- 
Patis evidenter exorientibus. 
CENE EN d eU e HE 
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