CONANDRON, CYRTANDREÆ (AUCT. C. B. CLARKE). 61 
Subtribus II. — DIDYMOCARPEÆ 
Semina exappendieulata. Fructus dehiscens. — Herbæ aut suffru- 
tices, rarius frutices majusculi. Folia opposita, aut ingæqualia aut 
alterna, vel haud raro subradicalia congesta, interdum (cotyledone 
altero persistente foliaceo) nulla; membranacea, sæpe pubescentia 
aut tomentosa, raro carnosa succulenta. Antherarum loculi sæpius 
apice confluentes aut in unum plane fusi. — Species 185, per totam 
aream Subordinis (nisi in Polynesia) extensæ. 
Series 1. Loculicide. — Capsula loculicide bivalvis, interdum mox 
iterum fissa 4-valvis. — Caulis seepitis brevis aut mediocris, haud 
raro nullus, vix unquam ultra 1 metr. altus. Capsula linearis, oblonga. 
aut ovoidea; valvæ rectæ aut tortæ. 
Capsula linearis aut lanceolata, valvis haud tortis. 
VI. CONANDRON, Sieb. et Zucc. in Abhand. Akad. Wiss. Münch., 
3, p. 729, t. 3; Hook. f. Bot. Mag., t. 6484. 
Calyx usque ad basin fere partitus; segmenta 5, angusta. Corolla 
rotata ` tubus brevis; lobi 5, æquales, ovato- aut subcordato-lanceo- 
lati. Stanis 5, perfecta, corollæ tubo affixa; filamenta brevia; 
antheræ oblongæ, erectæ, 2-loculares; loculi oblongi a rimis longitu- 
dinalibus introrsum dehiscentes; antheræ a marginibus in tubum 
connexæ, connectivis apice excurrentibus, in tubum longum cylindri- 
cum coalitis. Discus 0. Ovarium sessile, 1-loculare, oblongum; stylus 
longus linearis ; stigma globosum; placentæ alte intrusæ, dein recur- 
vate ovuligeræ (omnino ut Didymocarpi). Capsula lanceolata, recta, . 
loculicide bivalvis; valvæ recte; placentæ in medio valvarum fixe, 
recurvate semina integentes. Semina minuta, ellipsoidea, utrinque 
acuta, levia; testa haud striata, a cellulis oblongis reticulata. 
Herba subacaulis. Folia radicalia, pauca, inæqualia. Scapi plures 
elongati; bracteæ parvæ ; cymæ 4-1 2-floræ. 
Species 1, Japonica. 
€. ramondioides (Sieb. et Zuce. in Abhand. Akad. Wiss. 
