PODOSTEMACEAUUH MONOGRAPIIIA. 81 



superiiam versus solitarie exsertis; spatha tubulosa, irregulari- 

 ter 4-5-loba; staminibus 8^ filamentis aliis antheriferis , ahis 

 castratis. {Gardn.) 



Marathium lacunosiim Gaidn. , in Calc. Journ. of nal. JIul. et Flora, 11. cit. 



Nascitur ad saxa gianitica in vindisfluvii Paqucquar-Graiule, prope urbem Canta Gallo 

 provinciffi Sebaslianopolilana; Biasiliae meridionalis, floretque aprili. {Gardn., 11. cc.) 



II. Anisoiiei^ra;. — Capsiilae juga incEqualia. 



V. RIIYNCIIOLACIS. 



Rhyncholacis Tul., in Ann. des Sc. Nat., ser. 3", tom. XI, p. gS. 



Fi.os nudus, androgynus, primum in involucro admodum clauso 

 sese occultans posteaque longe exsertus. InvolugrijM demum tubu- 

 losum vapjiniforme apiceque bifidum, s. varie lacerum. AKDROCEnM 

 e pedunculi recli vertice natum , duplex, verticillis completis, ex- 

 terno castrato. Staminodia exij^jUa -y-io aut eliam plura, lineari- 

 acuta, libera. Stamina •j-io staminodiis alterna, ssepius ]ibera,erecta; 

 filamentis planis latiusculis, nonnuIJis interdum pro parte margine 

 coalitis; antherls linearibus, in apice integris, basi acute emargina- 

 tis, introrsis, 2-Iobis, 3-rimosis; polline ovoideo-trigono. Ovaeium 

 centrale, subsessile v. breviter stipilatum, oblongum compressum, 

 8-nervium et 2-rostre, nervis enim dorsualibus 2 adversis dilatatis 

 et singulis in rostrum introrsus deflexum simul cum lateralibus 

 abeuntibus, intus 2-Ioculare; placenta axili crassa 2-convexa; oviiiis 

 anatropis creberrimis et peritropis; septo an^nsto. Papillce stiqma- 

 ticai rostrorum aciem internam induentes. Capsula ellipsoideo- 

 compressa anceps, 2-rostris, latere utroque 3-nervia, in dorso au- 

 tem cujusque carpophylli late carinata, cariiia valida in rostrum 

 crassum recurvumque abeunte, septifrage demum (nervis iatera- 

 libus scissis) dehiscens, 2-vaI\is, 2-IocuIaris et polysperma; valvis 

 ajqualibus cymbiformibus. anguste introrsum cavato-plicatis, op- 



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