PEN^AOEm. 101 



( Brachjsiphon ^), or valvate {Euclissa ^\ or oftener reduplicate-valved 

 ( Eusarcocolla^ Anaclissa.^) Stamens inserted in neck ; filaments free, 

 either long exserted {Eusarcocolla\ or short enclosed {Br achy siphon) ; 

 anthers shorter more or less than connective or subequal, introrse. 

 Gyneecium of Penma (oxalate) ; style slender elongate ; ovules in 

 cells 2 and other characters of Pencea. — Undershrubs ; * leaves oppo- 

 site generally flat, imbricate ; stipules very small ; flowers axillary 

 solitary, more or less approaching the apex of the branches 

 (spuriously spicate or capitate); bracts oftener expanded or 

 attenuated, coloured. {Cape of Good Hope}) 



3. Endonema A. Juss.^ — Flowers of Sarcocolla] perianth valvate 

 [Euendonema'^) or reduplicate {Glyschrocolla?) Stamens 4; filaments 

 rather long. Germen-cells 4, 4-ovulate ; 2 ovules ascending; 

 micropyle introrsely inferior ; the other 2 descending ; micropyls 

 introrsely superior. Capsule wingless, loculicidally 4-valvate ; 

 seeds in cells 1-3, or sometimes 4 (2 ascending; but 2 descending); 

 funicle swollen arilliform ; testa produced to a cupule at apex ; ^ 

 embryo and other characters of Sarcocolla (or Pencea). — Shrubs or 

 undershrubs ; habit and leaves of Sarcocolla ; flowers axillary often 

 to upper leaves solitary ; bracts imbricate, sometimes coloured. 

 {Cape of Good Hope}'') 



1 A. Juss. loe. cit. 24, t. 2, fig. 3. — Endl. Xat. 334. 



Gen. n. 2116 ^ (Suppl. iv. 73). 7 Endonema A. DC. Frodr. xiv. 490. 



' Endl. loc. cit. {Br achy siphon , sect. a). ^ A. DC. loc. cit. — Sarcocolla sect. Gli/s- 



3 Endl. loc. cit. sect. b. chrocolla Endl. Suppl. iv. 75. 



■* Often unctuous-resinous. ^ The swollen part of the funicle interior to 



* Spec, about 10. L. Mantiss. 199, 331 {Pe- the dorsal margin of this cupule, afterwards 



naa). — Thunb. Fl. Cap. 149 {Fencea). — Berg. attenuated seems to penetrate within the sub- 



Cap. 36 {Pencea). — Lamk. III. i. 317, t. 78 stance of the integument itself, and is there 



{Fenma). — Pom. Diet. vi. 540 {Pencea). — produced in a white raphe to the chalaza. 



Grah. Fat. Mag. t. 2809 {Pencea).— Bot. Beg. t. ^° Spec. 3, 4. Thunb. Naturf. Mag. Berl. i. 



106 {Pencea). t. 3, fig. 2 {Pencea).— K. Juss. loc. cit. 26 {Sar- 



^ Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, vi. 19, 26, t. 3.— cocolla). 



Endl. Gm. n. 2117 ^—H. Bn. Payer Fam. 



