732 ral'flesiace.e cynxace.e — balaxopuoracb.e — cyxomoriace.^i. 



Class 4th. 



RHIZANTH.E. 



Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 389. 



ORDER CCLXI.—RAFFLESIACE^,Endl.;— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 392. 



Stemless parasitical plants, by Lindl. referred to 4 genera; " natives of 

 the E. Indies, and probably all astringent." {Endl.) 



ORDER CCLXIL— CYTINACE^. Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 392. 



Parasitical herbaceous plants, by Lindl, referred to 5 genera. Of these, 

 Spreng. enumerates 3 species from S, Africa; 1 from S. Europe. Apodan- 

 thes, Poit. is probably a native of Guiana. Properties unimportant. 



ORDER CCLXIII BALANOPHORACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. 



Leafless parasitical plants, by Lindl. referred to 4 genera. Of these, 

 Spreng. enumerates 3 species for S. America and the W. Indies, and 1 for 

 the New Hebrides. In the E. Indies, according to Wall. Cat., have been 

 discovered 4 species of Balanophora, viz. B. dioica, R. Br. (B. elongata, 

 Bl. ?) Nepal, Java .'' ; B. indica. Wall. Peninsula of India ; JS. typhina. 

 Wall. Prome. Taong-Dong, and B. gigantea. Wall, which, perhaps, may- 

 form a new genus, Sarcocordylis, Wall. Taong-Dong. " Properties un- 

 known." (Lindl.) 



ORDER CCLXIV.— CYNOMORIACE^,, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 394. 



Leafless parasitical plants, by Lindl. referred to 3 genera. Properties un- 

 important. 



