OERANIACE^. 



III. NEUEADA SERIES. 

 Nexirada ^ (fig. 18, 19) has regular hermaphrodite flowers, whose 

 receptacle has the form of a concave cup. Ou the edges of this is 

 iusertcd a gamosepalous calyx, with five valvate divisions, in tlie 



Neurada procumhcus. 



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Fig. 18. Flower (f). 



Fi". 19. Lonff. sect, of flowers. 



intervals of which and outside them an equal number of bractlets 

 are seen forming an epical yx. The petals are five in number, in- 

 serted perigynously like the calyx and androceum, equal, but little 

 developed, contorted in the bud. The stamens are superposed, five 

 to the divisions of the calyx, and five shorter to the petals ; all are 

 composed of a free filament and a two-celled anther, introrse, delais- 

 cing by two longitudinal clefts. The carpels, ten in number,^ are 



tisect. V. pinnat. decomp. ina3qual. spathul, 

 superiorib. basi angustat. stam. 7. 



C. Jeiikiiisonia (Sweet, t. 79). Caul, frutic. 

 V. succul. fol. palujatinerv. v. lob. petal. 2, super. 

 ca.'t. multo major, longe unguiculato. 



7. Mijryhidiiim (DC. ; — Eckl. et Zeth. 71). 

 Caul, gracil. ann. v. suifrut. fol. pinnatifld v. 

 pinnatisect. sepal, inembranac. costat. etmucro- 

 nat. V. acuininat. petal. 4, rar. 5, super. 2 

 majorib. stam. 5, v. rar. 7. 



S. Pt'iistcra (Eckl. et Zeyh. 72). Herb, 

 diffus. ann. v. perenn. (habit. Geraiiii), fol. lobat. 

 V. pinnatif. flor. minut. petal, calyce vix longi- 

 oribus. 



9. Cmnpylia (Sweet, t. 75). Caul. brev. sub- 

 8im])l. fol. longe petiol. intcgr. v. dentat. stipul. 

 membran. flor. longe pedicell. petal. 2 super, 

 lute obovat. infer. 3 angust. stam. fertil. 5 {Phy- 

 mtU<iitth}is Sweet, t. 43). 



10. Dihi-nchija (EcKL. et Zeyh. 74). Caul, 

 debil. articulat. ramosiss. fol. pcltatis v. corJa- 

 tolobat. camos. [hcderacci'-'), petal, obor. st;im. 

 perfect. 7, super. 2 brevissimis. 



11. Eiimmpha (Eckl. et Zeyh. 77). Caul, 

 herbac. v. suQ'rut. gracil. fol. longe petiol. palm. 

 S-7-nerv. lobat. v. palmatifid. petal, ina'q. 

 super. 2 latior. stam. perfect. 7 {Tsnpittilum 



VOL. V. 



Eckl. et Zeth. 76). 



12. Gliiueophylliim (Hakv.). Frutic. fol. car- 

 nos. simpl. v. 3-natim compos, lamin. cum petiol. 

 articul. stam. perfect. 7. 



13. Cicoiiium (Sweet, t. 13). Frutic. ram. 

 camos. fol. cordat. v. obov. palmat. - oo - nerv. 

 indiv. petal, concolor. stam. perfect. 7, super. 2 

 brevissimis. 



14. Cortusiiia (Eckl. et Zeyh. 77). Caud. 

 brev. crass, camos. ram. (dum adsiut) tenerib. 

 suherbac. fol. longe petiolat. renif. v. cordat. 

 lobulat. petal, subieq., super. 2 latior. stam. 

 perfect. 6, 7. 



15. Pclarr/ium (Hauv.). Frutic. v. suffrut. 

 ramos. baud cai'nos. fol. integr. v. lobat. baud 

 pinnatipart. stipul. liber, iiifloresc. subpaniculat. 

 pcdunc. super, uaibellat. petal. 2 super, longioi'. 

 et latior. stam. perfect. 7. 



1 B. Juss. in L. Gen. n. 587.— J. Gen. 33G.— 

 G.EBTN. Fntei. i. 162, t. 32.— FoiK. Diet. iv. 

 476.— Lamk. ///. t. 373.— DC, Prodi: ii. 548.— 

 Endl. Gen. n. 6401.— B. H. Gen. 025, n. 01.— 

 Kemas Diosc. — Chamccdrifulia Pluk. (ex Adans. 

 Fam. dcs n. ii. 293). 



2 As in Grie/nm, five of the carpels or a 

 smaller number may be wanting. These are the 

 altemipotalous carpels or some of them. 



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