48 Z)r . S w A R T z's Botanical Hijlory 



Fagtntv foliorum comprcfTae culmum arfle cingcntes, on 

 membranaceoE ciliatx ; ligu/a albo-membranacea, femitu- 

 bulofa, laciniato-ciliata, intra faucem inferta. 



Panicula terminalcs, ereiStiufcuIaz, laxas, fubramofe. Pedun- 

 £«//" capillares, fupcriores firaplices, ereiSli, alterni;inferiores 

 terni fecundi, quorum duo elongati, horizontaliter patulo- 

 deflexi, pedicellis i — 2 linearibus, fub flofculis incraffatis, 

 pubefcentibus, unifloris. 



Flores eredi, virides, polygami. 



Calyx bivalvis. Valvulcc ovats:, concava;, fubcariuata;, ob- 

 tufx, glabrae, virides, apice membranacex purpurafcentes, 

 exteriore majore. 



Gl'.ima coroUina exterior mutica, calyce parum longior. Val- 

 vula complicatas, oblongaz, concavjc, obtufa;, comprefliul- 

 culje, margine membranacex, dorfo (oculo aimato) car- 

 tilagineo-ferratae bafi nudae; fnbsqualcs. Exterior \-xvh^ 

 bafi triquetra ; interior leviter coftata, bafi pubefcens nee 

 villofa, valde excifa; lateribus inter coftas tranfverfaliter 

 rueofis. 



interioris valvulae complicatre, carinatae; exterior parupi 



latior, glaberrima, 5-ncrvia, viridis, interiorem minorem, 

 teneriorem, bicarinatam, albidam, ample£tens. 



Tuherculum minutum ovatum ad bafin inter valvulas corolli- 

 nas interiores. 



.A'if^flr// petala duo minutiffima, obovata retufa ere6la, plana 

 integerrima, genitalia includentia. 



Stam, 6. longitudine valvularum. Filamenta breviffima. 

 Anthera lineares, bafi apiceque emarginataj, biloculares, 

 lutea:, apice extrorfum hiantes, polliniferce. 



Gfrwf« ovatum, glabrum, bafi attenuatum: Styli Avlo, fta- 



minibjjs 



