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Gy^AmRlA, PoljandnaUm.SfstSex. 



R. Brown m Trans. ofthe Linn. Soc. Vol. XIII, p. 207. — Blume 

 in Bjdr. tot de natuurh Wet. D. II, p. ^21. _ SpRENG Syst 



Feg. Fol. IV, p. 5. 



CHARACTER ESSENTIALIS 



Peri ANTHIUM monophyllum : coron4 faucls annulari , limbo 

 quinquepartito , aestivatione imbricata. 



CoLUMNA GENTRALis patcUseformls , superne processlbus concen- 

 trlcls tecta, inferne serle simplice polyandra. , ' 



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Anther^ distinctaB, cellulosa^, poro uiiico dehiscentes. 



GHARACTER NATURALIS : 



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PERlANTlllUMintrasquamassessIle, superum, monophyllum, car- 

 nosum, coloratum, ante expanslonem depresso-spha^roideum , 

 persistens. Tuhus brevis, ventricosus. Corona faucls annularls, 

 integerrima, convexiuscula. Limhus (juinquepardtus. Lacinice 

 insequales, patentes, demum revolutse, rotundata?, integerrima^, 

 exteriores interiores marglne utro(jue equitantes. 



CoLUMNA ANTIIERIFERA ccntralls , inclusa , sollda, colorata, aplce 

 in discum patella^formem , processlhus numerosis CQncentrlcis ■ 

 tectum, expansa, inferne in coUum brevissimum, excavatlonibus 

 [sulcis^ longitudinallbus, antherarum numero respondentlhus, 

 exsculptum, arigustata, et prope basln annulls duohus elevatls 



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Anther^ numerosae, subtus in llmbo dlsci patellscformls serle slm- 

 , plice dlsposltse, excavatIonIl)us (^sulcis) colll contlnuis semi- 



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