244 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
loculis solitaria erecta anatropa; micropyle extrorsa. Fructus mem- 
branaceus, ab apice fere ad basin loculicidus. Semina 1-3, ovoidea 
v. obovoidea compressa; chalaza in arillum subimitiforfhe spon- 
gioso-cellulosum producta. — Herbæ perennes; foliis basilaribus 
longe linearibus v. gramineis; floribus ad summum scapum, nunc 
basi vaginatum, spurie capitatis glomerulatis; pedicello brevissimo 
bracteis variis crebris imbricatis apiceque subulatis, setaceo-acumi- 
natis v. pungentibus, stipato. Bracteæ sub inflorescentia Lota involu- 
crantes 2, foliaceæ, lineari- v. ovato-lanceolatæ. (Brasilia, Guiana'.) 
II? MNASIEZÆ. 
7. Mnasium RUDGE. — Flores hermaphroditi regulares; recep- 
taculo convexo. Sepala 3, æqualia v. leviter inæqualia membranacea 
linearia v. claviformia (haud colorata), 1-nervia, imbricata, persis- 
tentia. Petala 3, conformia. Stamina 6, hypogyna, perianthio longiora 
ejusque foliolis opposita, ima basi eorum affixa; filamentis gracilibus 
compressis; antheris basifixis erectis linearibus; loculis adnats ad 
margines rimosis. Germen angustum elongatum, apice attenuatum; 
styli ramis 3, gracihibus recurvis, apice obtusis, intus stigmatosis; 
loculis 3, completis v. incompletis alternipetalis, 1-pauciovulats: 
ovulis adscendentibus anatropis; micropyle extrorsum infera. Fructus 
capsularis elongato-oblanceolatus stylo coronatus loculicidus; valvis 
demum semina involventibus. Semina adscendentia; funiculo fusi- 
formi-3-gon0 ; integumento extimo coriaceo, intus dehiscente, utrinque 
acuminato-cuspidato; integumento inlimo nisi ad chalazam libero; 
albumine farinaceo; embryone axili ex parte intrario, cylindraceo 
v. fusiformi. — Herbæ robustæ glabræ; rhizomate perenni; folis 
basilaribus elongatis coriaceis, a vaginantibus, integris V. spinoso- 
serrulatis ; floribus in summo scapo erecto obluse-3-gon0 spurie 
capitatis, glomerulatis, bracteolatis; pedicellis crassis spongiosis; 
bracteis sub borseailia tota majusculis foliiformibus inæqualibus 
involucrantibus, demum reflexis. (Guiana.) — Vid. p. 238. 
1. Spec. 4. K., Enum., ni 367, fi (Ra-  spec., 1H, 51, t. 168. — 
Mart. F1. 
patea). — STEUD., _ , Rage bras., res I, 128 (Rapatea). Genus tre melius 
(Rapalea). — Pœprr. et Li Nov. nt 4 Rapatee sectionem reducendt 
