422 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
GENERA 
CYCLANTHEÆ. 
1. Cyclanthus Porr. — Flores monœci inflorescentiæ rhachi 
immersi: masculi nudi, œ-andri; filamentis brevibus, basi liberis 
v. 1, 2-adelphis; antheris basifixis lineari-oblongis, 4-locellatis, ad 
margines 2-rimosis, nunc demum tortis. Kloris fœminei germen 
1-loculare; tubo apice in foliola perianthii (?) dilatata; foliolis in 
seriem œ-dentatam connatis, basin aliis, aliis autem apicem Inflo- 
rescentiæ spectantibus. Staminodia æ, nune inter se et cum foliolis 
confluentia ; antheris imperfectis v. 0. Germina inter se confluentia ; 
styli crassi lobis stigmatosis emarginatis. Ovula +, placentis parie- 
tahbus 2 affixa anatropa; funiculis adscendentibus inæqualibus. 
Fructus compositus discis transversis tumidis suleatis opertus. 
Semina æ, ellipsoidea funiculata; integumento extimo pellucido; 
intimo autem leslaceo, intus sulcato; raphe lineari, albumine car- 
noso ; embryone recto cylindraceo. — Herbæ perennes (lactescentes) ; 
rhizomate crasso in limo radicante. Folia conferta petiolata; limbi 
segmentis 2, asymmetricis, liberis v. basi connatis, lanceolatis pli- 
Calis, Â-costatis : nervis parallelis œ; venis transversis ; petiolo longo, 
basi vaginante. Pedunculus longus, Bodies v. nudus; spica Cylin- 
dracea flores in annulos alternatim masculos fœmineosque v. nunc in 
spiram dispositos confluentes gerente; masculis primum immersis 
demumque ultra fæmineos elevatis. (America trop.) — Vid. p. M6. 
IT. CARLUDOVICEÆ. 
2. Carludovica R. et Pay. — Flores diœci; masculorum perian- 
thio brevi, regulari v. obliquo carnosulo ; dentibus variis ce, 2-ser jai. 
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