5"22 I*i'"f- Don's Monop:rap]i of t lit Genua Disporuui. 



KREYSIGIy\. Rekhenh. 

 Tripladenia. Don. 



Per/cnif/iiiim G-pliyllum, petaloidemn, patens, œquale, deciduum : /olio/is œsti- 

 vatione invuliitis, basi biapj)endiculatis ! sessilibus. Stamina 6, toro, nee 

 basi sepaloium inserta. Antlierœ erectse, extrorsee, biloculares, dupliei 

 rima longitudinali déhiscentes. Ovavium liberuni, 3-Iociilare : locuUs bi- 

 ovulatis : ovui'ts collateralibus, erectis. Stigmata 3, reciirvata. Pericar- 

 j)ium subbaccatum, 3-loculare, 3-valve, loculicido-dehiscens : loculis 1 — 2- 

 spermis. Semina suborbiculata, hinc convexa, inde angulata v. concavi- 

 usciila, glabra, nitida, colore succinea, liilo maxime fungoso-stropliiolato, 

 chalaza orbiculatâ concavâ fuscâ, rhaphe dimidio seminis vix breviori, 

 elevatâ : testa menibranaceâ : albumen corncum. {Embn/o juxta basin 

 dorsi seminis minutus, rectus, albumine inclusus. H. Brown.). 



Herba (Novœ HoUandise) perennis, rhizomafe divisa fibrosa multicipite, cauli- 

 hus subsimplicibus, multanguUs, minute papuloso-scabris. Folia amplexi- 

 caulia, ovalo-lanceolata, acuminata, multinervia, subtits punctis scabra, 

 supra Iwvia. Pedunculi axillares, solitarii, suljilif ormes, unijiori, infra 

 medium subarticulati, involucelloque triphi/llo lineari-subulato inuniti ; in- 

 fernodio inferiore copiosè papuloso-scabro ; superiore longiore, heviuscu/u. 

 Flores palUdè Ulacini. Sepala basi biappend/culata ! appendiculis {glan- 

 dulis prorsiii episepalis, nee staminum rudimeiitis) submarginalibus, com- 

 pressis, palmato-trifidis, raro A-fidis, a/bis, lobis glanduld luted minute 

 papillosd capitutis. Filamenta suhulata, distincta, basi dilatata, libera, 

 nee sepalis adnata. Antheree oblnngcc, obtusœ, albce. Stylus brevis, cras- 

 sus, trigonus. Stigmata 3, subulata, recurvata, stylo vix longiora,' lined 

 {série stigmafis) ubsorbenti longitudinali. Fev'icavp'iumfusco-purpurascens, 

 subrotundo-triiionum. 



1. Kreysigia niultiflora. Reichenb. Icon. Exot. cent. 3. p. 11. tab. 229. excl. 



syn. -Di\ Prodr. 

 Tripladenia Cunninghamii. Don in Proceed. Linn. Soc. n. b. p. 46. 

 Hab. in Nova Hollandiâ ad Illawarra. Allan Cunningham. V . (v. v. c. in 



Horto Reg. Kewens.). 



