430 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
13. Sicydium ScuLcnrL!. — Flores diœci, 5-meri; petalis 5, val- 
vatis. Stamina 5, 3-adelpha (2-2-1); antherarum ellipsoidearum in- 
trorsarum loculo recto v. vix areuato, longitudinaliter rimoso. Discus 
centralis. Floris fæminei receptaculum sub collo angusto ovoideum 
v. lageniforme germenque 1-loculare fovens. Staminodia 5 (2-2-1) 
glandulosa v. nunc antherifera. Discus epigynus carnosus. Ovulum 1, 
anatropum, sub apice loculi insertum descendens ; micropyle sub 
hilo introrsum supera. Styli rami 3, lineares patuli integri. Fructus 
globosus v. compressus, baccatus v. fibrosus. Semen descendens glo- 
bosum v. compressum rugosum ; embryonis exalbuminosi cotyledoni- 
bus plano-convexis. — Herbæ v. frutices scandentes; foliis integris 
cordatis; cirrhis 2-fidis; floribus? in summis ramulis composite r'ace- 
mosis; fæmineis nune solitariis paucisve. (America trop. 5) 
Ill, PERIANTHOPODEÆX. 
14. Perianthopodus S.-MAxs.— Flores moncœæel v. diœci; mascu- 
lorum receptaculo eupulari v. campanulato tubulosove. Sepala 9, 
dentiformia. Petala 5, cum sepalis margini receptaculi inserla alter- 
nantiaque, valvata v. leviter induplicata. Stamina 5, 3-adelpha (2-2-1), 
circa imum receplaculum inserta; antheris longitudinaliter 9-3-pli- 
catis v. ad apicem replicatis, 1-locularibus, plus minus cohæren- 
tibus liberisve ; connectivo haud producto. Germen rudimentarium 
centrale, forma varium, v. 0. Floris fæminei perianthium recepta- 
culumque ut in mare ; cupula in collum inferne contracta supque €0 
in saccum ovoideum oblongumve germen intus adnatum foventem 
dilatata. Germen inferum, 4-3-loculare, disco epigyno integro V: 
3-lobo coronatum styloque apice in lobos stigmatiferos 5, plus minus 
dilatatos reflexos v. nune (A bobra) lineares radiantesque, diviso- Ovula 
in loculis completis v. incompletis 4 (4rkezostis), v. 2-4, ad basin V- 
superposite inserta, plerumque adscendentia ; micropyle lateraliter 
infera. Fructus baccatus v. suberosus, 1-12-spermus ; seminibus plus 
minus compressis exalbuminosis, sæpius adscendentibus. — Herbæ 
1. In Linnœæa, NII, 388 (nec A. GRAY). — 3. VELL, EL. flum., X, t. 102 (Fevillea). 
ENDL., Gen., — Cocn., Cucurb., 902. — H.B. K., Nov. gen. et spec., VE, 175, t. 640 
Triceratia À. Ricu., FL cub., 298, t. 45.  (Fevillea). — ROŒM., Synops. MON: fase. I, 
Es H., Gen., 1, 833, n. 58. — Cocx., in Mart. FL. bras., LXXVU, 111: — 
2. Albidis, minutis. War., Rep. Il, 759 
