BALANOPHOREAE C. Richard, Bartling, 

 Schott, Endlicher, R. Brown. 



Auetore 



J. F, Klotzsch. 



JLailg'Sdorfia Martins, Endlicher. (Scnftenbergia Kl. 

 et Karsten olim in lif. nee Corda.) 



(Character exEndl. eraendalus.) Flores unisexuales, dioiei, 

 supra reeeptaculum planiusculura ant coneavum aggregati. Re- 

 ceptaculnmcrassum, deorsum aüenuatura, carnoso-snberosum, 

 involucro persistente, tnrbinato, e squamis pergameis, fiisco-ru- 

 bescentibus arete imbricatis composito ciuetum spathaque abbre- 

 viata, tubulosa, 5 — 8fida priiuuiu inclusura, tandera ima basi 

 squamarum involucri persistente fulcatum. Flores masculi al- 

 veolis margine irregulariter fissis irainersi, breviter pedicellali. 

 Perigonium triphyllum, foliolis liberis, ant trifidum, aestiva- 

 tione valvatis. Stainina 3, perigonii foliolis opposita; an- 

 therae biloculares, connatae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 

 Pollinis granula subglobosa. Ovarii rudiroentum nullnm. Flo- 

 res foeminci sessiles, nudi. Perigonium gamophyllum, tnbu- 

 losura, apice constrictum, truncato- crenatum. Ovariura ob- 

 longura, nniloculare, uniovulatum. Ovulum ereetura. Stylus 

 filiformis. Stigma siraplex, papillosum. Friictns baccati 



