noerhavia Rxb. — Pisonia Plm. 227 



calycis constrlcta connivcntia, intra limbnm inclnsa, primo 

 erecto-patcntia, albida, filiformia, snmmo apice conniventia, 

 ante antlicsin inflcxa, in connectivnm latnm continua; anthe- 

 rae subclidymae introrsae biloculatae terminales; loculi sub- 

 globosi connectivo brevl lato antice adnati, transverse dehis- 

 centes; polle?i sat magnum globosum lutescens puberulum 

 (aut minutissime tuberculatum ?), fovilla sat copiosa foetum; 

 germen basi cupula filamentorum cinctum, stipiti brevi suf- 

 fultuni oviforme, intra calycis tubum arcte Inclusum, eum(|ue 

 arcte implens, deln post anthesin hoc grossificato plus quin- 

 tuplo brevius obovatum subreniforme laete viride glabrum, 

 lucidum, 0,03 poll. longum, basi attenuatum, margine stylari 

 snpra basin excavatum, altero margine convexum 1-locularc; 

 stylus primo subterminalis dein lateralis, filiformls, hyalinus 

 apice subtruncatus germlne longior; stigma in fauce cxser- 

 tum peltatum, parvum, sublobatum e pllis 3-bus, iis ramu- 

 lorum conformibus marginalibus; gemmula solitaria sessllis 

 obovata, basi attenuata; fructus intra calycis tubum persi- 

 stentem obclavatum, vegetum, membranaceum, grossificatum, 

 5-sulcatum, vertice truncatum, perforatum et sub-5-lobum 

 viridem, dcin lurlde rubentem 0,12 poll. longum inclusus sed 

 liber, oblongus basi attenuatus, albus (an . semper ?), mem- 

 branaceus, tenuisslmus, monospernms indehiscens; semen 

 conforme albuminosum; emhryo albus, lucidus, condupli- 

 catus ; radicula cyllndrica seminls longltudine, apice versus 

 liilum spectante subconica; cotyledones subrotundae, radiculae 

 dimidiae aequilongae, appllcativae ; alhumen ab embryone 

 cinctum centralc, a cotyledonibus tectum, 2-partIbIle oblon- 

 gum, candidum, farlnosum , e giobulis hyallnls, minutis, re- 

 gularibus, admissa tinctura Jodli coeruleis constans. — 

 Menslbus Februario ad Majum fiores fructusque gercntes 

 reperi; 1846. 



151. riSOINIA EXCELSA Bl. 



Char. Cmcii. cf. Endl. Gcn. 2012, scd flovcs omncs hcrmaphroditi, staraina 

 8 — 11, filamenta longe exscrta. 



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