324 Linncean Society. 



persistentibus. Masc. Stamina 6, in herinaphroditis abortu 3-1, in 

 andropborum carnosuni fere s,esi\\\a ; filamenta brevissinia ; antherce 

 transversim oblongEe, 4-loculares, apice rima transversali 2-valvatiin 

 hiantes. Fern. Ovaria plurima, in gynaecium carnosuni subglobosuni 

 dense aggregate, obovata, sessilia, 1-Iocularia; ovulo solitario erecto. 

 Stt/lus lateralis fere basalis, plus minusve papilloso-subciliatus. Stigma 

 truncatum, papilloso-plumosum, raro simplex obtusutn. Carpidia plu- 

 rima, densissime aggregata, obovata, styli basi persistente notata, mo- 

 nosperma. Pericarpium utriculare, subtenue, papilloso-nigosum, su- 

 tura dorsali hians. Caryopsis obovata, brevistipitata : endocarpium 

 arilliforme, 8-10-costatum, costis basi apiceque confluentibus, trans- 

 versim cancellatis, intei'stitiis membranaceis. Semen ovatum, basi 

 apiceque endocarpio adbjerens : testa testacea, striis paucis longitudi- 

 nalibus aliisque creberrimis transversis signata, apice saturatius colo- 

 rata : integumentum externum pelliculare, reticulatum, testee adnatum ; 

 integumentum internum tenuissinium, areolis hexagonoideis magnis ob- 

 longis reticulatum, nucleum arete cingens. Nucleus (Embryo proto- 

 blastus) indivisus, liomogeneu?, carnoso-cereus, opalinus, cellulosus ; 

 cellulis parvis, subglobosis, materie grumosa succoque oleoso farctis. — 

 Herbae piisilla, utriusque hemispheera indigence, hyalino! ; rhizomate 

 Jibroso ; caule simplici, erecto vel suhramoso ; foliis paucis, bractei- 

 formibus, alternis, ovatis, acutis, adpressis, venis destitutis, celluloso- 

 rugosis ; floribus spicatis, monoids, superioribus $ , inferioribus $ ; pe- 

 dunculis unijloris, basi bracteatis ; hracteis foliis conformibus. 



1. Sciaphila tenella, " tenuissima carnosa aphylla, scapo simplicissimo 

 erecto, floribus nutantibus, perigonii laciniis reflexis apice villosiusculis, 

 stigmate sessili punctiformi, baccis pluribus glandulis pellucidis tectis, 

 semine subtriquetro, testa subcoriacea." 



Sciaphila tenella, Blume, Bijdr. p. 515. 



2. Sciaphila maculata, hyalina, caule simplici, foliis bracteiformibus ad- 

 pressis lineis interruptis rubris maculatis, periantbii laciniis sublan- 

 ceolatis reflexis apice intus barbatis alternis margine ciliatis, floribus 

 inferioribus staminibus 3 cassis (?), carpellis densissime congestis, utri- 

 culo biaiite. 



Hah. in Insulis Philippinis, Cuming, no. 2088. 



3. Sciaphila picta, hyalina, caule subramoso erecto flexuoso, foliis brac- 

 teiformibus maculis longis rubris pictis, periantbii laciniis oblongis acutis 

 patentibus rubro-maculatis apice intus barbatis alternis sublatioribus 

 ciliatis; tubo laciniarumque basi lineis punctatis violaceis creberrimis 

 ornatis, floribus (an semper ?) hermaphroditis, carpellis plurimis den- 

 sissime supra discum carnosum congestis staminibus 2 v. 1 munitis. 



Hah. in Venezuela, ad fl. Apure, a cl. Purdielect. Octobr. 1845. (Herb. 

 Hooker., exemplar unicum.) 



4. Sciaphila erubescens, byalina tenerrima, foliis bracteiformibus brac- 

 teisque acutis rubro-pictis, floribus punctis rubris maculatis, periantbii 

 laciniis aequalibus oblongis acutis glaberrimis reflexis, flor. superioribus 

 (J inferioribus $ interdiim hermaphroditis, staminibus 3 cassis (?), utri- 

 culo bivalvi. 



Apbylleia erubescens. Champ, in Calc. Journ. Nat, Hist. vii. p. 468. 

 Hab. in Insult Ceylon, ad Narawalle, prope Galle, in sylvis umbrosis. 



Hyalisma, Champ. 

 Char. Gen. Flares monoici, v. dioici. Perianlhium in utroque sexu 8- 

 partitum ; laciniis lanceolatis, aequalibus, patentibus, celluloso-rugosis 

 basi in urceolam coalitis, aestivatione valvatis, persistentibus. Masc. 



