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dilatatis', apice longe acuminatis v. demum facile fissis; bracteis circa 
florem quemque erebris imbricatis, ab infimis ad supremas majoribus, 
(Guiana, Brasilia bor.?) 
4. Stegolepis KL.° — Flores fere Rapateæ; calycis lobis rigidis. 
Antheræ oblongo-subulalæ inappendiculatæ, apice intus foramine 
obovato obliquo introrso dehiscentes. Germen obovoideum v. sub- 
sphæricum ; ovulis in loculo quoque 2-8, adscendentibus anatropis. 
Fructus membranaceus loculicidus. — Herbæ perennes; foliis basi- 
laribus longis, basi nunc in vaginam latam conduplicatam dilatatis; 
vagina nunc angustiore. Flores in summo scapo longo sphærico- 
capital; singuli bracteis crebris appressis imbricatis coriaceis ab 
infimis ovalis gradatim ad supremas longioribus pedicelloque brevi 
insertis stipati. Involueri bracteæ 2, membranaceæ, mox evanescentes 
v. nunc Ô. (Guiana®.) 
5? Schœnocephalium SEUB.® — Flores fere Rapateæ; antheris 
linearibus, apice cuneato haud appendiculatis, poro obliquo 1 dehis- 
cenlibus. Germen obconieum ; stylo apice fimbriato ; ovulis in loculo 2. 
Fructus 3-valvis; seminibus in loculo quoque 2, exappendiculatis 
V. appendice pugioniformi obliqua instructis. — Herbæ perennes; 
loliis basilaribus distichis linearibus v. lanceolatis; vagina condu- 
Plicata. Flores in capitulo spurio sphærico sessiles ; bracteolis in 
pedicello œ, imbricatis. Involueri bracteæ 9, deflexæ subque floribus 
pro maxima parte occultæ. (Brasilia bor.) 
6. Cephalostemon ScHomB.7 — Flores fere Rapatee; calycis 
tubo tenuiter hyalino; lobis paleaceis 3. Corollæ tubus late cylindra- 
ceus hyalinus; lobis latiusculis. Stamina fertilia 6; antheris erectis 
introrsis inappendiculatis ; loculorum dimidio postico ultra anticum 
Producto ibique ab apice rimoso$. Germen sessile, 3-loculare, apice 
obtusum v. retusum ; stylo erecto eylindraceo tubuloso. Ovula in 
‘ > éltpaie paludose. 5. In Mfart. FI. bras., 11, 1, 130, t 18, 19. 
Spec. 5. STEUD., Syn. pl. glum., 11, 313.  — KaNCKE, in Linnæa, XXXVII, 483, t. 1, 
 WaLP., Ann. | RAD apice Hnn st fig. 26- 
Fee - aticuatus » » dici 6. Spec. 2. __ Sun. pl. glum., M, 313. 
t 3 KRNCKE, in she: XXXVII, 480, — WALP.; Ales 
L fig. 2-95. BH, Gen., III, 859, n. 4. 7. Rapat. At Apr u.Sato-Frid., 9. — 
Fa ExGL. see @. — Monotrema  KRNCKE, in Linnæa, XX XVI, + ge t. 142. — 
KRNCKE, loc. cit., 475, EcL., Pflansenfam.. 31, fig. 14, K, 
* Spec. 9, 3, K ali ns pe {Rapatea). "8 Rima nunc fere usque : basin producta. 
