Nuttalliane. N. O. Orobanchee. 
TAB. DCXXVI. 
PHOLISMA ARENARIUM. Nutt. 
Gen. Cuar. Pholisma Nutt.—Calysx profunde 6-partitus, laciniis 
lineari-subspathulatis. Corolla monopetala infundibuliformis, 
limbo subregulari 6-lobo, lobis rotundatis plicatis estivatione 
imbricatis. Stamina 6, supra medium tubi inserta, inclusa, 
uniserialia, equalia, lobis corolle alternantia. Filamenta 
brevia. Anthere oblongo-ovatee obtuse, biloculares, loculis 
Jongitudinaliter prope marginem dehiscentibus. | Ovarium 
superum, subglobosum ad circumferentiam multiloculare, 
loculis uniovulatis; ovulis ad angulum internum circa axin 
crassissimum affixis. Stylus elongatus crassiusculus inclusus. 
Stigma dilatatum, centro depresso, margine lobato-dentato. 
Fructus (immaturus) baccatus? loculis et seminibus ut in 
ovario. Semina ex angulum interiorem pendentia.—Herba 
succulenta colorata in arenosis Californize proveniens, facie 
Orobanchis, aphyila. Caulis simplex squamosus. Flores parvi 
densissime spicati, ut videtur ebracteati. 
Pholisma arenarium. Nutt. mst. 
Has. Monterey and St. Diego, California. Mr. Nuttall. 
A very remarkable new genus, discovered by Mr, Nuttall, 
evidently nearly allied to the equally little known Corallophyllum 
of Humboldt and Kunth, and which will probably with 
it form a distinct natural order near Orobanchee, but with a 
widely different fruit. The two genera precisely accord in their 
succulent texture and in the absence of verdure, in the general 
structure of their calyx, corolla, pistil and ovary, or young fruit : 
but Corallophyllum has a coralloid or fungoid substance, instead 
of leaves or scales, an 8-lobed corolla, with 8 stamens, ar- 
ranged in two series, and it is an inhabitant of Mexico. 
Fig. 1. Flower, before expansion. f, 2. Perfect flower. /f. 3. 
The corolla laid open, and pistil. /. 4,5. Stamens. /f. 6. Sec- 
tion of ovary. f. 7, 8. Stigmas in different states. J. 9. Tmma- 
ture fruit. f. 10, Transverse, and J. 11, vertical section of 
the same :—magnified, 
