dl4 PODOSTEMACEARUM MONOGRAPHIA. 



IX. DICRvEA. 



DiCRMA Tul., in Jnn. des Sc. Nat., ser. 3", tom. XI, p. loo. =DrcR^iAP. 

 Thuars., Gen. Madag., p. 2, 11° ^. = Podostemon/s sp. Gardnero, in 

 The Calcutta Journ. of nat. hist., vol. VII, n" XXFI, p. 165-189 (Flora 

 od. allij. hot. Zeit., neue Reihe, FIJP<='' Jahrg. (i85o), p. 4o-40; Griffithio 

 aliisque. 



Flos hermaphroditus , achlamydeus, primitus invokicratus 

 occuhatus, postea exsertus et pedicello recto suffukus. Involuckum 

 tuhulosum, primo clausum integrum, dein apice hreviterhi-plu- 

 rifidum, apertumque. Androceum e pedicello summo collateraliter 

 hypogynum nascens etalterutri carpidiorum oppositum. Staminodia 

 primaria 2 3equalia,Ionge linearia, liguliformia, filamento antheri- 

 fero collateraliaeidemque vixinteriori ima hasi hrevissimeadnata, 

 V. lihera et remotiuscida. Stamina 2 monadelpha, filamentum enim 

 staminodiis intermedium latum planum et apicem versus bifur- 

 cum, crurihusaequalihus sigillatim i-antheriferis; antherce ovatse v. 

 quadrilaterae , deplanatae s. compressaj, hasi duntaxat v. utrinque 

 emarginatae, dorso affixae continuae, 2-lohae, lohis vix a^qualihus 

 longitrorsum introrsumque rimosis; polline didymo, e celluhs 

 scil, 2 glohosis coalitis forraato. Ovakium ellipsoideum, sessile aut 

 suhsessile, centrale s. mesopus, costatum, 2-Ioculare, et indefinite 

 ovulatum; placenta axili crassissima, septo angusto; ovidis anatro- 

 pis peritropis sessilihusque. Stigmata 2 lihera, contigue inserta, 

 hrevia , teretia v. compressa , integra , marcescentia v. pereuntia. 

 Capsula ellipsoidea, 8-12-costuIata, 2-locularis, septifrage 2-val- 

 vis, valvis aequalihus aequo modo pedicello continuis ixnaque per- 

 sistentihus. Semina hadia creherrima. 



Hekb^ inimdatce Asiam cisgangeticam insidasque Mascarenas inco- 

 lentes, plerceqiie perennes ni fallor, caulihus florijeris elongatis linea- 

 ribus, parceetdichotomeramosis autsubsimplicibus (erecto-ftuitantibus), 



