366 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
antheris parvis, versatilibus, ?-rimosis. Germen inferum, 2-loculare, 
stylo simplici, apice stigmatoso obtusiusculo. Ovula in loculis subcom- 
pletis v. incompletis æ , 2-seriata. Fructus siccus {?), indehiscens, calvce 
coronatus; seminibus 1, 2, obovoideis; integumentis tenuibus; em- 
bryonis recti cotyledonibus plano-convexis radiculaque longioribus. — 
Frutex glaber ‘; folis oppositis obovato-oblongis penninerviis coriaceis?; 
floribus axtllaribus v. terminalibus, solitariis v. glomeratis, 3-nis, cano- 
tomentosis ; bracteolis caducis*. (Australia trop. *) 
IL CHAMÆLAUCIEÆ. 
38. Chamælaucium Desr. — Flores hermaphroditi v. nunc polv- 
gami ; receptaculo concavo, obconico v. campanulato, nune 5-10-c0- 
stato. Sepala 5, margini inserta, brevia, imbricata, demum patentia, 
nunc ciliata v. subpetaloidea, Petala 5, alterna, longiora, orbieularia, 
conçava, imbricata. Stamina 10, cum perianthio 2-seriatim inserta et 
cum squamulis ( « staminodiis » ) totidem elongatis incurvis glandulosis 
alternantia ; filamentis brevibus crassis incurvis, liberis v. basi brevis- 
sime connatis; antheris brevibus v. subglobosis extrorsis; loculis con- 
nectivo crasso adnatis, rima longitudinali brevi dehiscentibus. Germen 
inferum, intus receptaculo adnatum, 1-loculare; stylo erecto, Ste pIUS 
perianthio breviore, sæpe sub apice sligmatoso varieque dilatato, pilis 
rigidis glandulosis simplicibus radiantibus barbato. Ovula in loculo 6-10, 
nunc 2-seriata, placentæ subbasilari v. obliquæ excentricæ inserta, 
adscendentia, anatropa; micropyle extrorsaum infera. Fructus calyce 
persistente coronatus, siccus, indehiscens ; seminibus adscendentibus 1, 
2; embryone.….? — Frutices ericoidei pellucido-punctati odorati ; foliis 
oppositis v. raro alternis, linearibus integris; floribus ad folia v. ad bra- 
cteas summis ramulis insertas axillaribus, sessilibus v. breviter stipitatis, 
solitariis v. cymosis paueis ; inflorescentia terminali nunc capituliformi ; 
bracteis late scariosis alabastrum includentibus et ante anthesin v. sub 
anthesi deciduis, (Australia austro-oce.) — Vid. p. 318 
39. Darwinia RuGe Ÿ. — Flores fere Chameælaucii, 5-meri ; sepalis 9, 
4. Exceptis floribus. : he Sng As Soc., XE, 299, t. 22 (nec 
… 2. Fere Lumnnitzere. + Ein, nv Phil, Jourr. 
3. Gen. Myrtaceas cum Rhïzophoraceis et re 850, 84. rpdriqee  Myrt. æeroc., t.2 D. 
C ombretaceis connectens. dE , Gen.,n. 6282. — B. h.. re 
4. O. octodonta F. MUELL.—BENTH. — H. BN, in Adansonia, XI, 3 (incl 
. Spec. 
in ook. le., n. 1041 ; FL. austral., NV, 271. TS Schuermannia F. MUELL.). 
