Gardneriane. N. O. Rafflesiacee. 
TAB. DCXLIV. 
APpopDANTHES CALLIANDR&. Gardn. 
Bracteis 2-3-seriatis, serici interioris sepalisque basi subconnatis, 
sepalis ovato-rotundatis. 
Apodanthes Calliandre. Gardn. Herb. Fl. Bras. n. 3639. 
AB. Parasitical on the stems of a species of Calliandra, nearly 
allied to C.cylindrocarpa Benth., in the Province of Goyaz, 
Brazil. 1840. 
Planta parva, parasitica, atro-fusca, glaberrima, dioica, uniflora. 
—Flos Masc. desideratus.—Flos Fem. actee 6-8, laté 
ovate, imbricate. Perigoniwm tetraphyllum foliolis ima basi 
connatis, zstivatione imbricatis, subrotundis, basi ovario ad- 
herentibus. Pseudocarpium ovatum, sub} tum, uniloculare. 
Stylus brevis, cinereus, crassus, conicus. Stiyma truncatum, 
sub-4-lobatum. Fructus subcarnosus, indehiscens. Spore 
Vol. of the Annales des Sc. Nat. (1824) on a small parasitical 
plant, which he found in Guiana, growing upon the stems of 
Casearia macrophylla, Vahl., but of which he only obtained 
female flowers. In 1834, M. Guillemin constituted the genus 
Pilostyles, in the 2nd Vol. of the Nouv. Annal. des Sc. Nat. for a 
any with a similar habit to that of Apodanthes, which had 
longing to one genus. In the text to the plate, Tas. DcLIII. 
of the present Work, I shall give an amended character of the 
genus, and a synopsis of the species. G. Gardner. 
Fig. 1. Section of a portion of the branch of Calliandra, 
with two perfect female flowers. J. 2. Separate flower. /f. 3. 
The same, with the bracteas removed. f. 4. Ovary cut through, 
hee agg A magnified. (The principal figure exhibits a 
ranch of Calliand: a, with the Apodanthus Calliandre growing 
parasitically upon it: nat. size. Z 
