330 MÉMOIRE 
Frutices aut herbæ erecta aut scandentia. Folia alterna, simplicia, 
integerrima , exstipulata. Paniculæ compositæ aut racemi simplices, 
laxi, terminales. Flores pedicellati aut sessiles; pedicello, dùm 
adest, basi articulato. Bracteæ 3, caulinæ, ad basin florum; inter- 
medià exteriore majore. Pili simplices. Præfloratio quincuncialis. 
Sp. 9 ex Novà Hollandiä ; 3 Brasilienses. 
Caracteres floris in 3 speciebus brasilianis et in unâ Australa- 
siæ; fructüs et seminis in Com. Kunthiana, ASH. 
IV. SALOMONIA. Lour. Juss. 
Pozyeazæ sp. Lin. — Saromonea. Vahl. enum. 
Calyx pentaphyllus, subregularis, secundus (an in omn. sp.?) 
persistens; foliola 5 exteriora, quorum unum (in flore nutante) 
superius inferioraque duo approximata; interiora duo lateralia, 
vix majora, cum superiore alternantia. Petala 3, hypogyna, cum 
foliolis calycinis alternantia , mediante tubo stamineo infernè 
‘coalita, irregularia, decidua; petalum inferius (carina auct.) ma- 
jusculum , concavo-galeatum , genitalia includens, nudum, subiri- 
lobum; superiora duo conniventia. Stamina 4 (stam. unicum ex 
Loureiro}), hypogyna : filamenta in tubum anticè fissum connata, 
supernè libera : antheræ basi afiixæ, immobiles. Discus nullus ? 
Ovarium superum, sessile, compressum , margine denticulatum, 
a-loculare; loculamento uno carinæ opposito, altero cum petalis 
superioribus alternante ; dissepimento angustissimo, faciebus ovarii 
contrario. Stylus terminalis , ovario contrariè compressus, Curva= 
tus, apice subhidéntatus. Stigma, superficies dentium ? Capsula 
membranacea, compressa, biloba, margine sæpiüs laciniato-ciliata, 
cæterùm ovario conformis, utroque margine dehiscens. Semina 
haud carunculata, glabra. Integumentum duplex; exterius crusta- 
&eum , interius membranaceum. Perispermum parcum vel nullum. 
