PEIIPTAIS 



STIRPIUM NOVARÜM CAPENSKIM. 



A U CT R E 



EDUARD FENZL. 



iSericocoma. 



^marantacearum — Trlb. Achyranthearum-, 

 Subtrib. Aervearum — genus. 

 (Feuzl in Endl, gen. pl. supplem. IL p. 33. n. 19640 

 JPlores herraapbroditi, solitarii v. bi-'aut ternati, nicdius 

 tri-, reliqui bibracteati. Perigoninm pentaphyllum, fo- 

 liolis subulatis v. lauceolalis, extns lannginosis, subaequali-. 

 biis raulicis v. inaequalibus, exlerlorura scilicet duobus ant 

 tribus loiigioribus spinescentibns. Stamina 5, basi in cu- 

 pulam hjpogynam connata; filamenta filiformia; anthe-> 

 ra^ biloculares; staminodia intcrjecta squaraaeformia, 

 linearia, plaua, integerrima, margioe laevissima. Germen 

 villosam, uniloculare, genimula nnica. Stylas simplex rectas 

 V. obliquus, persistens; Stigma capitatnm. Utricnliis 

 villosissimas , evalyis, monospermns. Semen oblongora, 

 hilo apicali; testa crustacea. Embryo annularis, periphe- 



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