714 ANQNACEZR. 
cate flesh sanguineous colours, seeds oblong ovate, greyish 
raphe complete obscure. Embryo basilar minute plates 
ruminating stout. 
SPHJEROSTEMMA. 
Spherostemma Blumiana, Pl. DCLI. Fig. I. II. DCLIV. 
Frutex ramis sublevibus compressiusculis flexuosis brun- 
neis. Fol. altera exstipulata in ramis articulata, ovato-lan- 
ceolata acuminata cuspidata integra glabra carnosa, se- 
mina pellucida contusa aromatica v. secondarie irregulariter 
arcuata nexa, pagina czeterum reticulata. 
Flores solitaria axillares in pedicellis petiolos subzquanti- 
bus sursum incrassatis bracteate squamatis ! Bracteis imis in 
tegmentus exeuntibus. Alabastra globosa basi 5 bracteata 
bracteis inaequalibus 2 interioribus majoribus quorum una 
maxima, 3 exterioribus minutis ute hz pedicellorum basi 
carnosus. Bractea maxima ut videtur postica. 
Perianth imbricata distinctio corolla nulla, sepalis. rotun- 
datis, 10 sepal, sepalis inzpualibus exterioribus majoribus 
interioribus nanis, vel sepala 5. 
Petala his alternantia interiora nana, estivat. imbricata, 
2 exterior, 3 interior. 
Stam. 00, in disco conoideo elevato inserta, atrobilium Pini 
nun male referentia. 
| Filamenta brevissima distincta coiii præ alius di- 
latatum transversum, maximum carnosum. Antheræ parve 
albæ biloculares adnatæ sed non per omnes longitudinem 
connectivum insertæ longit. dehiscentis, adeo dispositæ ut 
antheræ externa visibiles compositæ sunt. 
Stamina spiraliter disposita alternatum opposita. 
Of this I have only seen young buds, the anthers are very 
curious, at least as regards their disposition, the cells of 
mamy course owing to the great size of the connecti- 
Tane very Dig. but as if some approximation was ne- 
