OF BALANOPHORE^. 55 



At the earliest period eacli female flower often appears as two flagon-shaped bodies, con- 

 nate from the middle downwards ; and at that stage is evidently composed of two ovaria : 

 when fully formed, and the scales are still attached to the capitulum, the styles are 

 exserted far beyond the articulate threads, and are sharply bent down, so tliat the stigmata 

 are in contact with the apices of the threads. The utricular tissue of the capituJiim is 

 composed of hexagonal cells, each containing a loose inner coat, full of starch and 

 endochi'ome. 



2. CoRTNiEA SPH^MCA (Hook. fil.) ; capitulo sohtario globoso cavitate rhizomatis semi- 



immerso. (Tab. XIV.) 

 Hab. Sylvis montanis Novae Granadaj, alt. 5-8000 ped. [Purdie) . 

 Rhizoma deforme, lobatiim, diametro 2-4 unciali, infra capitulum in cupulam heraisphaericam inarginibus 



crassis obscure lobatis ampliatura. Pedwicidus brevis, crassus, nudus. Capitulum cxacte globosutn, 



2 una. diametr., sqiiamis peltatis hexagonis velatum. Flores masculi ut in C. crasso, sed perianthio 



breviore latiiis campaniilato truncato obscure trilobo. 



A very different species from C. crasso,. Tlie rhizome completely surrounds the root of 

 the stock ; and in a transverse section I find that the latter is sometimes so completely 

 broken up, that the end which enters seems cut off from that which leaves the rhizome. 

 (See Tab. XIV. fig. 14.) 



3. CoRTNiEA Ptte-DIEI (Hook. fil.) ; rhizomate depresso horizontali lato lobato, pedunculis 



brevibus crassis, capitulis oblongis globosisve. 

 Hab. Sylvis montosis Novae Granadse {Purdie), radicibus Cinchonee: sylvis prope St. Juan del Oro, 

 Peru {Wedddl). 



I am indebted to M. WeddeU for an excellent drawing and specimen of tliis very distinct 

 little species, of which I had previously received a smaU example from Mr. Pm-die. The 

 rhizome forms a continuous broad flattened lobed mass enveloping large roots of Cinchona 

 several inches to half a foot in extent, and is about f inch in average thickness. The 

 lobes are but little elevated, and give off short white peduncles, |-1 inch liigh, that axe 

 conical below and about \ inch in diameter. The capitula are nearly glol)ose or ovoid, 

 about 1^ inch diameter, are quite white at fijst, but covered with red-bro^vn hexagonal 

 peltate scales. The flowers entu-ely resemble those of C sphcerica. 



There is sometimes a very obscure volva at the base of the peduncle. 



XIV. Helosis, Eich. 



(Tab. XV. & XVI.) 



Caldasia, Mutis, Sem. Nov. Granad. Lathrceophila, Leandro de Sacram. 



Rhizoma horizontale, gracile, teres, ramosum, hie illic nodosum, ad nodos pedunculos (ramos floriferos) 

 emittens. PeduncuH erecti, basi v. medio v. infra capitulum involucello annular! donati, rariiis 

 omnino nudi. Capitula androgyna, fills articulatis operta, juniora squamis peltatis hexagonis velata. 

 Fl. i . Perianthium tubulosum, limbi lobis 3 valvatis, tubo intus basi rudimento ovarii conico in- 

 structo. Synema fauce perianthii adnatum. Anthera; 3, introrsae, in massam G-12-locularem coadu- 

 natae. Fl. ? subsessiles. Ovarium elliptico-oblongum, utrinque obtusum, compressum, limbo 



