268 Is-n. Ui'ban, 



XII. Cajophora Piesl. 



Cajophora Pres/ Rel. Haenk. IL (1835) p. 41; Meissner Gen. p. 

 125 (90); Endlicher Gen. p. 931 n. 5117; Gay Fl. Chil. IL p. 436; Gilg m 

 Engler-Prantl Nat. Pflanze7ifa7ii. III. 6*. p. 118. — Rapliisanthe Lilj'a in 

 Lindbloms Bot. N'ot. a, 1839 ex Linnaea XV. p. 263. — Illairea Lennc et 

 K. Koch in Ver. z. Bef. Gartenb. Nene Reifte I. (1853) p. 397. — Gripidea 

 Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXV. (1866) }). 235. — Loasae Sect. Helictero- 

 ides DC Prodr. III. p. 340. — Blunienbac Iiiae Sect. II Cajophora et III. 

 Gripidea Urb. in Marl. J-^lor. Bras. XIII. 3. ]). 213. 



Fl res 5-, rarius 6 — 7-meri, proterandri. C^alycis tubiis turbi- 

 natus vel obconicus, rarissime seniiglobosus, rcctus; lobi in aestivatione 

 apeiti. Petala in aestivatione valvata, rarius inferne + manifeste imbri- 

 cata vel subcontorta, li])era, plana \el + solemniter cymljiforraia vel cu- 

 cullata, plerumque unguiculata patentia vel patenti - erecta usque erecta. 

 Squamae nectariferae e staminodiis 3 connatae, concavae vel sacciformes, 

 dorso vel sub apice plernmqne filis 3 vel rarissime 2 instructae, saepius 

 tilii^ nullis, ventre staminodiis 2 linearibus vel sulnilatis genicnlatis et ad 

 genu plerumque appendice manifeste conspicua instructis, rarissime exappen- 

 diculatis clausae. Stamina numerosa indetinita; iilamenta iiliformia in 

 fasciculos petalis oppositos disposita, initio plerumque in petalorum con- 

 cavitatibus occnlta, dein singulatim sese erigentia, posterius superne marce- 

 scentia et decidua; antherae breviter ovatae usque oblongae sublateraliter 

 dehiscentes, connectivo vix conspicuo. St^ylus riliforniis sub antliesi ex- 

 crescens, plerumque persistens; Stigmata striis 3 — 5 tenuibus alte vel bre- 

 viter decurrentibus papillosis notata. Ovarium vertice prominulo idcrum- 

 que manifeste hirsutum, inferum, rarissime subsemisupernm, 1-loculare, 

 placentis 3 — 5 parietalibus; ovula numerosa usque numerosissima i)endula 

 vel subhorizontalia. Capsula clavata, cylindracea vel turbinata ^x'l obco- 

 nica vel subglobosa usque globosa, recta vel ± manifeste sinistrorsura aut 

 sinistrorsum vel dextrorsum contorta, sub maturitate carpidiis 3 — 5 sese sol- 



