Plate 2409. 



DAPIINOPSIS BETA, Tmtbert 



Thymel.eace.e. 



1). Beta, Tauhert in UuffL Bot Jahrh, xii., BeibL No. 27, p. 5 ; foliis 

 petiolatis tenuiter coriaceis ovali-oblongis oblanceolatisve apice acutius- 

 c;ulis V. obtusis basin versus angustatis novellis plus minus piloso- 

 hirtellis mox glabrescentibuSj floribus polygamo-dioicis in racen}is 

 hirtis axillaribus folio multo brevioribus pedunculatis dispositis ebrac- 

 teatis pedicellatis, pediceilis defloratis persistentibus s^Bpius recurvis, 

 perianthio breviter campannlato 4-fido segmeiitis deltoideo-ovatis 

 patentibuH i*eflexisve tube intus dense hirsute, staminibus (in fl. quasi- 

 hermapliroditis) biseriatis In-evifcer exsertis, squamis hypogynis, c. 8-10 

 brevibus subulatis (basi vel per pai*ia coalitis liberisve), ovario libero 

 ellipsoideo dense lanato, 



Hab. S. Brazil, near Rio, Glaziou (No. 11,481, No. 19,813). 



Fo?ia cum potiolo (J--^ poll, longo), 3^-5 poll longa. Racemi ^-1^ 

 poll, \ongi. 



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I incline to think that Boi^ca stupacea, Veil. (Fl. Flum. 150, vol. iv. 

 Tab. 11), may be identical with the above. In the 'Genera Plantarum ' 

 of Bentham and Hooker, Bosca is referred to under Funifera. Prof. 

 Baillon and Dr. Gilg (Engl, and FrantI, Pi3. Fam., Thymel. 236) refer 

 it to the same genus. If FnnijWa be maintained as distinct from 

 J^aphno2)sis I sliould say Bosca should certainly fall into the latter, as 

 indeed the note in the *Gen. Plant.' (iii. 195) hints. The staminare 

 flowers which I have examined contain an apparently well -developed 

 ovary, with a solitary anatropous pendulous ovary, but they fall away, 

 leaviiig the persistent recurved base of the pedicels.— D. Olivek, 



l^ig. 1. 3 flo\yer. 2. Ovary cf snine wiih h.ypogyrous scales. 3. ? flower. 

 4. Ovary ofs.ime. 5. Vertical section of ovary. 6. Seed. Allcnlargcil, 



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