010 RILTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
GENERA 
1. Balanophora Forsr. — Flores monœæci v. diæci. Flos masculus : 
perianthium 3-6-phyllum (coloratum), raro 2-phyllum, valvatum. Sta- 
mina perianthii foliolis numero æqualia v. plura (usque ad 60; locelis 
crebris sub-6-gonis, singulatim 1-rimosis), in capitulum connata ; fila- 
mentis in columnam centralem connatis ; antheris 1-2-locularibus, sub- 
rotundis transverseque rimosis v. hippocrepiformibus, nune linearibus 
erectis, longitudinaliter rimosis v. 6-gonis rimosisque, Flos fæmineus 
nudus ; germine ovoideo, in stylum gracilem apice attenuato, 1-locu- 
lari. Ovulum 4, sub apice loculi funiculo brevi (1-cellulari) insertum, 
descendens, anatropum paucicellulosum ; integumento 0. Fructus nuca- 
mentaceus;-exocarplo tenui suberustaceo; putamine duro, 1-spermo. 
Semen putaminis cavitatem arcte explens, descendens ; albumine co- 
pioso grandicelluloso, oleoso ; embryone superiore minimo subrotundo 
paucicelluloso. — Plantæ carnosæ fungiformes parasiticæ (coloratæ) ; 
rhizomate tuberoso v. elongato stellato-lenticellato, simplici v. lobato 
ramosove ; ramis floralibus e rhizomate prorumpentibus aeriis, basi 
volva vaginatis, squamis imbricatis alternis v. raro oppositis, liberis 
v. connatis, munitis v. superne nudatis; floribus in spicam v. capitulum 
globosum +. elongatum rarius elavatum terminalem dispositis ; inflores- 
centia 1-2-sexuali ; floribus maseulis in 2-sexuali inferioribus, majus- 
culis pedicellatis ; fæmineis minimis, in inflorescentia 2-sexuali supe- 
rioribus, breviter in axibus secundariis racemosis v. spicatis, nunc 
subverticillatis « et cum is in stratum subhomogeneum quasi velutinum 
et minute granulatum conspirantibus », ebracteatis; axibus secundartis 
parvis, apice haud florigeris et in corpus clavatum (spadicellum) dilatatis. 
vus Oceania calid.) — Vid. p.500. 
