Monochoria Prsl J|| 



turis orta, vlridia, tota bilamcllata, lamcllis divcrgcntibiis, ad 

 margines laciniarum divcrgentium reccptaculorum bipartito- 

 rum transeuntibus et sic loculos 3 clausos, a pericarpio 

 solutos ct solummodo in suturis coliaercntes, e dimidiis lo- 

 culorum collatcralium consistcntes formantia, ita ut fructus 

 fiant cavi et scmivacui; receptacnla 3 albido-fiava, profundc 

 bipartita et inde G per paria basi cohacrentia fingentia, sin- 

 gula longitudinaliter 6-sulcata et in sic ortis clcvationibus 

 imdique semina gcrentia, spongiosa, cristallis supra dictis 

 foeta; semina minuta, oblongo - obovata, flavo-fusca, copiosa, 

 ope funiculi umbilicalis brcvis inserta, horizontalia, apice api- 

 culata, striis 12 elevatis longitudinalibus ab apice ad basin 

 percurrentibus badiis notata, altero latere raphe hyalina prae- 

 dita, glabra, sublucida, albuminosa ; testa membranacca tenuls 

 transverse striata; alhumen liberum, pcriphericum, candldum, 

 farinosum e granulls copiosis, mlnutis, oblongis, cuneatis, 

 altcro latere exsculptls, cavls subcupullformibus (cf. Schld. 

 1. c. p. 178 f. 8), ope tinctura Jodii cocruleis constans ; em- 

 l)njo cylindricus longitudlne albumlnls; radicula paullo in- 

 crassata, in semlnis parte inferiore versus hilum spectans. — 

 Mcnse Aprili ad Majum fiores fructusque gercntem reperl. — 

 1846. 



50. MO.NOCIIORIA PALCIFLORA K\th. 



Char. Spec. cf. Knth.En. IV. 135. 7. Porifedeiia JM. ITsskl, Dcc. |'29 a prae- 

 ccdcntc c acscriptionc Roxbrgh. Schlt. VII. 1146 dirtert hiscc notis: 



Descrpt. Foliis 2,25 poll. longis, 1,75 polL latis; ra- 

 mis scmiteretibus, 4 — 6 poU. longis, umbeniferis, vnglnae 

 petioH folii floralis 0,9 poll. longa, e qua umbellula; lln- 

 gula vaglnae petiolorum fere poUIcari , ovato-tmncata, concava 

 purpurascenti ; bractea ovato-lanceolata , acuminata, follacea, 

 patente ad apicem pedunculi 0,2—0,3 poll. longi, umbel- 

 liferi, erccti, 5-flori tcretls; pedicellis 1,0 poll. longis, punc- 

 tatis, gracllibus, floribus perigonio gamophyllo, tubo brevls- 

 simo, patcnte dlametro 0,8 poll, folIoHs 0,5 poll. longls, ae- 

 qnilongis, oblongo - lanccolatls, a basi patentibus; stamlnibus 



