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vats; anticis 2; tertio autem postico. Stamina foliolis numero æqualia 
isque opposita ; filamentis in columnam cylindricam connatis; antheris 
dorso cohærentibus, extrorsis, 2-locularibus, 4-locellatis; rimis 2 lon- 
gitudinalibus, apice confluentibus. Floris fæminei receptaculum cavum 
lineari-prismaticum tubulosum intusque germen adnatum fovens, su- 
perne in marginem epigyoum (perianthium ?) irregularem productum. 
Stylus 1, terminalis eylindrieus simplex, a medio stigmatosus. Ovulum 
in loculo 1, descendens (?); micropyle extrorsum supera. Fructus apiec 
styli cicatrice umbilicatus, parce drupaceus ; putamine duriusculo. Se - 
men putamen explens; albumine copioso grandicelluloso oleoso ; em- 
bryone subgloboso axili, centro altius sito, parvicelluloso. — Planta car- 
nosa parasitica (colorata), plus minus pilosa ; rhizomate tuberoso lobato ; 
ramis nunc longe cylindricis, repentibus v. adscendentibus; ramis 
floralibus aeriis, basi volva lobala cinctis, altius squamis imbricatis 
acutatis vestitis; floribus in spicas v. capitula 1-sexualia terminalia 
ovoidea v. subglobosa dispositis ; maseulis liberis ebracteatis pedicellatis 
(gynæceis abortivis nune passim intermixtis) ; fæmineis sessilibus ebrac- 
teatis, superne v. longitudine tota inter se coalitis. (America trop. utraque) 
— Vid, p. 504. 
7.7? Thônningia VauL. — Flores diœci (fere Langsdorffiæ). Flos 
masculus : perianthium (?) e squamulis 2-6 dissitis lineari-subulatis 
constans. Stamina 3-6, 1-adelpha ; columna crassa conica v. fusiformi ; 
antheris extrorsis, 2-locularibus, 4-locellatis, 2-rimosis; valvis tenuibus. 
Flores fœminei (extus Langsdorffiæ) ; perianthio (?) epigyno longiore 
tubuloso; structura interiore (ut fructuum) ignota. — Planta carnosa 
parasitica (rubra) ; rhizomate (« e centro tuberoso? ») ramoso; ramiis 
repentibus cylindricis tomentosis; ramis floriferis aeriis e rhizomatis 
ramis v. lobis lateraliter erumpentibus (« adventitis») ; volva, squamis, 
inflorescentia terminali cæterisque (ubi notis) Langsdorffie. (Africa 
trop. occ.). — Vid. p. 505. 
