164 Proftfor AvELLAR Brotero'j Account of the 



Penchatium et calyptra in utrifque floribns nulla. 



Flores mafculi ad ramorLim apices plurimi, ad viginti fex et ultra,, 

 interne pauculi inter foemineos nonnuUos, feu interdum cum ipfis 

 alternantes, fuperioribus pivxcociorcs. Anthem axillaris, feflllis, 

 folitaria, obtul'a, ex reniformi-cordata, primum ex pallido-viridis, 

 feu fubrufa, demum faturate tcftacea, piftilli genuine valde minor, 

 unilocularis, bivalvis, (ut in Callitriche verna) calorc, non vero 

 humiditate verticaliter dehifccns ; valvulis oequalibus, ovato-fub- 

 cordatis, elafiice pollen ad latera vibrantibus, diaphanis, valde po- 

 rofis : grana pollmis numerofifTima, ad tercenta, fubsequalia, fub- 

 globofa, acutiufcula, lutefcentia, colore ceras, folida, minime ne- 

 que ficcitate neque in aqua dehifcentia, elaflice defilientia, ad can- 

 delx flammam a me applicata non inflammabilia. ' 



Plores faminei ad ramorum extremorum inferiora, aut interdum fub 

 eorum bifurcationibus permultl, fed mafculis faepius numero mi- 

 nores, folitarii,. axillares, feffiles. Germen ovatum, fubtriangulum, 

 obtufum, l^ve, nitidum, pedicello capillar! minimo vix conlpicuo 

 adhxrens, foffulis nonnullis, punclifque tuberculofis minimis, fuc- 

 culentis, vagis inftrudtum. Stylus nuUus. Stigma: rima, feu ful- 

 eus. profundus in germinis bafi, qua folio incumbit, utrinque ad 

 latus pedicelli, liquore unfluofo diutiflime perfufus, indies largior, 

 perfiftens. Ovula elfi grandefafta adultaque oleo crafTo plena, 

 quod fero demum in vitellum folidum convertitur. 



Capfula fubfeffilis, pedicello minimo capillari, non in bafeos centre, 

 fed bine verfus folium fito, impofita, tnigona, ieu conico-tricocca, 

 obtufa, bafi hinc verfus folium emarginata, ex pallido-viridis, uni- 

 locularis, quadrivalvis, elaflice per futuram finus inter femen fupe- 

 rius et aliud oppofitum rachi incumbens lateraliter dehikens: 

 valvulae diaphanae, bafi coalitas, (ad microfcopium porolae, papiU 

 lofas) dua3 majores concavo-convexas, margine revoluto, ovats, 

 6 obtufae. 



