Xiphocarpus Prsl. 337 



longlores ; vexillum, verticale patentisslmum, intus cum alis 

 et carlna albldum s. lacteum, extus fusco-sericeum breviter 

 et excavato-ungulculatum, suborbiculare, obsolete emarglnatum, 

 marglne clliatum, 0,75 poll. latum et longum aut pauUo la- 

 tius; alae oblique obovatae pollicem longae, 0,5 — 0,6 poll. 

 latae, margine superiore conniventes, carinam obtegentes, 

 breviter unguiculatae , supra unguem carinae adglutinatae ; 

 carina 2-pus, a basl ultra medium blpartita, a latere com- 

 pressa, falcata, apice obtusiuscula, obsolete emarginata, lu- 

 tescens ; stamina 1 dladelpha ; filamenta 9 in tubum rectum 

 0,7 poU. longum, argenteum connata, decimum llberum, tubo 

 saepius adglutlnatum, aplce omnia llbera adscendentla inae- 

 quilonga, 0,2 — 0,4 poU. longa, falciformla, undulata; ant/ierae 

 luteae ; dorso medio affixae, ovatae, erectae, peltatae, 2-locu- 

 latae, loculi lineares appositi, rima longitudinali dehiscentes ; 

 pollen viridi-lutescens; germen stlpite brevissimo globoso 

 suffultum, comj)lanatum 0,7 poll. longum, 0,1 polL vix latum, 

 serlceum hneare; stylus hamatus, in flexura jubatus, dein 

 complanatus, introrse stigmate gianduloso - plloso totus obsi- 

 tus ; fructus lineares, leviter arcuati, immaturi velutini ni- 

 grescenti - holosericei, deln exsucci corlacei, tomentosi, conti- 

 nul, compressl, subrostrati, plerumque indehlscentes, rarlus 

 2-valves, 10 — 13-spermi; semina enipsoidea compressa, sub- 

 lenticularia, suturae inferiori inserta, sessllla, basi in centro 

 affixa funlculo umblHcall papillaeformi laevia, exsucca; in- 

 tegumentum seminls externum tenuissimum interno coriaceo 

 arcte adhaerens ; nucleus exalbuminosus , cuticula tenui al- 

 bescenti tectus ; hllus centralis concavus ellipticus ; omphalo- 

 dium strilforme ; clcatrlcula stomatls foraminuliformis ; emhryo 

 longitudinalis, hamatus curvatus ; cotyledones maximae aequa- 

 les, contlguae, accumbentes, compressae, ovatae, integerrimae, 

 laeves, subfohaceae, luteae, conglutinatae, in nervls paginae In- 

 terioris sulcatae ; radlcula solitaria, inferior, brevis, prominens 

 fusiformls, obtusluscula, laterali-flexa ; gemmula obtecta, in- 

 clusa, inconspicua. 



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