GEBANIACE/f:. 



III. NEUKADA SERIES. 



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

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

 inserted a gamosepalous calyx, with five valvate divisions, in the 



Ncttrntla yrijcmnhcns. 



18. Flower (f). 



19. Lon". sect, of flowers. 



intervals of which and outside them an equal number of bractlets 

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

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

 developed, contorted in the bud. The stamens arc su[)erposed, 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, dehis- 

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



tisect. V. pinnat. docomp. inœqual. spathul. 

 superiorib. basi angustat. stam. 7. 



6. Jcnkinsonia (Sweet, t. 79). Caul, frutic. 

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

 cret. multo major, longe unguiculato. 



7. MyrrhUlinm (DC. ;— EcKL. et Zeyh. 71). 

 Caul, gracil. ann. v. suffrut. fol. pinnatifid v. 

 jjinnatisect. sepal, membranac. costat. etmucro- 

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

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



8. Periitcra (Eckl. et Zeyh. 72). Herb, 

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

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

 oribus . 



9. Campylia (Sweet, t. 75). Caul. brev. s>ib- 

 simpl. fol. longe petiol. integr. v. dentat. stipul. 

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

 lateobovat. infer. 3 angust. stam. fertil. 5 {rii'j- 

 mcilniithiis Sweet, t. 43). 



10. Dihrachya (EcKL. et Zeyh. 74). Caul, 

 debil. articulât, ramosiss. fol. peltatis v. corda- 

 tolobat. carnos. {/wdiracci^i), petal, obov. stam. 

 perfect. 7, super. 2 brevissimis. 



11. E/imoip/m (Eckl. et Zeyh. 77). Caul, 

 herbac. v. suffrut. gracil. fol. longe petiol. palm. 

 5-7-nerv. lobat. v. palmatifid, petal, inasq. 

 sujrer. 2 latior. stam. perfect. 7 [Tsipetnliim 



VOL. V. 



Eckl. et Zeyh. 76). 



12. Glancophyllmn (Harv.). Frutic. fol. car- 

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

 articul. stam. perfect. 7. 



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

 carnos. fol. cordât, v. obov. palmat. -co - nerv. 

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

 brevissimis. 



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

 brev. crass, carnos. ram. (dura adsint) tenerib. 

 suherbac. fol. longe petiolat. renif. v. cordât, 

 lobulat. petal. suba;q., super. 2 latior. stam. 

 perfect. 6, 7. 



15. Pclargium (Hakv.). Frutic. v. suffrut. 

 ramos. baud carnos. ful. integr. v. lobat. baud 

 pinnatipart. stipul. liber, iiifloresc.subpaniculat. 

 pedunc. super, umbellat. petal. 2 super, longior. 

 et latior. stam. perfect. 7. 



1 B. Juss. in Z. Gcii. n. 587.— J. Gen. 336.— 

 G.-EETN. Fnicl. i. 162, t. 32.— PoiK. BiH. iv. 

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

 Endl. 6en. n. 6401.— B. H. Gen. 625, n. 61.— 

 Ncmas Diosc. — Chmnœdrifalia Pluk. (ex Ad ans. 

 Fam. des VI. ii. 293). 



2 As in Grieliim, five of the carpels or a 

 smaller number may be wanting. These are the 

 altemipetalous carpels or some of them. 



