138 Gannaceae Agrdh. 



Descrpt. Caulis erectus 5 — 6-pedalis tenuis com- 

 pressus articulatus, glaber laevis, a basi ramosus ; rami ad 

 et supra nodos aggregati 5 — 7 patentes ; vaginae duas ter- 

 tias folii partes longae, ramos arcte cingentes ; folia ovata, 

 acuta, integerrima, pergamacea, giabra, subtus ad nervum 

 medium dense pilosa, patentia dein pendula ; nervus medius 

 glaber; petioli puberuli breves; stipulae vaginantes mar- 

 cescentes longe lanceolatae; panicula spicata e nodis late- 

 ralis oppositifolia, declinata, composita, basi dichotoma, elon- 

 gata, laxa, disticha bracteata; pedunculus plane compressus 

 articulatus flexuosus tenax; spiculae solitariae bracteatae, bi- 

 florae deciduae; hractea lutescens convoluta, arcte peduncu- 

 lum cingens ; bracteola lineari-lanceolata, concava, tenuis alba 

 splendens, utraque longitudine pediceUi subteretis albi; cali/- 

 cis tubus germini adnatus, obsolete trigonus, sericeus; lim- 

 bus profunde tripartitus, laciniae lanceolatae, acuminatissimae 

 cmn tubo corollae albidae; corollae limbus uterque triparti- 

 tus , laciniae exteriores lanceolatae ; interioris una obovata, 

 akera apice cordata oblonga, tertia comphcata, undulata, el- 

 liptica ad faucem carinata-appendiculata ; appendix stigma fo- 

 vens ; filamentum petaloideum apice cum corohae laciniis fla- 

 vescens bilobiun, lobi bihdi, lacinula inferior cujusve lateris 

 antherifera, reliquae tres petaloideae, cucuUato-concavae, com- 

 phcatae; anthera uniloculata; stylus crassus basi cum fila- 

 mento connatus, apice hber curvatus; stignna clavato-infundi- 

 buliforme sublobatum ; fructus oviformis uniloculatus, mono- 

 spermus apice calyce emarcido coronatus; cicatrix cai^pica 

 umbihcata; integumentum externum viride dein ah^idum, 

 postremo pahide brunneum, tenue membranaceum, fraghe in- 

 dehiscens, intermedium primo pulposum dein meduUo- 

 sum, sejunctum ab externo, interno chartaceo adbaerens (inde 

 bacca exsuccal); semen erectum sphaericum, oviforme sul- 

 cato-reticulatum, exsuccum nigrum; integumentum osseum, 

 hilus orbicularis; aUjumen periphericum, crassum, integrum, 

 sohdum, cartilagineum; emJjrijo longitudinahs extra axin, 

 hamatus cylindrieui ; corpus cotyleduncum monomerum. 



