PEN^AOEM. 101 



{Brackysiphon^ or valvate (Melissa^), or oftener reduplicate-valved 

 (Eusarcocolla, Anaclma.^) Stamens inserted in neck ; filaments free, 

 either long exserted {Busarcocolla), or short enclosed {Br achy siphon) ; 

 anthers shorter more or less than connective or subequal, introrse. 

 Gynseeium of Penwa (exalate); style slender elongate; ovules in 

 cells 2 and other characters of Pewosa.— Undershrubs ; * leaves oppo- 

 site generally flat, imbricate ;- stipules very small ; flowers axillary 

 solitary, more or less approaching the apex of the branches 

 (spuriously spicate or capitate); bracts oftener expanded or 

 attenuated, coloured. {Cape of Good Hope}) 



3. Endonema A. Juss.®— Flowers of Sarcocolla; perianth valvate 

 {Euendonema'^) or reduplicate {GlyschrocoUaPj Stamens 4; filaments 

 rather long. Germen- cells 4, '4-ovulate; 2 ovules ascending; 

 micropyle introrsely inferior; the other 2 descending; micropyle 

 introrsely superior. Capsule wingless, loculicidally 4-valvate; 

 seeds in cells 1-3, or sometimes 4 (2 ascending; but 2 descending); 

 funicle swollen arilliform ; testa produced to a cupule at apex ; ^ 

 embryo and other characters of Sarcocolla (or Pencea). — Shrubs or 

 undershrubs ; habit and leaves of Sarcocolla ; fiowers axillary often 

 to upper leaves solitary ; bracts imbricate, sometimes coloured. 

 {Cape of Good Hope}") 



1 A. Jugs. he. cit. 24, t. 2, fig. 3. — Endl. Nat. 334. 



Gen. n. 2116 • (Suppl. iv. 73). 7 Endonema A. DC. Prodr. xiv. 490. 



' EnBl. loc. cit. {Brachysiphon; sect. a). s j^ -qq ;„^_ g^^_ — Sarcocolla sect. Glys- 



' Endl. loc. cit. sect. *. chrocolla Endl. Suppl. iv. 75. 



■* Often imctuoua-resinous. ' The swollen part of the funicle interior to 



' Spec, about 10. L. Mantiss. 199, 331 {Pe- the dorsal margin of this cupule, afterwards 



neea). — Thdnb. Fl. Cap. 149 {Peneea). — Berg. attenuated seems to penetrate within the suh- 



Cap. 36 {Peneca). — Lamk. III. i. 317, t. 78 stance of the integument itself, and is there 



(P«n<8a). — Poia. Diet. vi. 640 {Fen(sa). — produced in a white raphe to the ohalaza. 



Gkah. Bot. Mag. t. 2809 (^Penaa). — Bot. Beg. t. '" Spec. 3, 4. Thunb. Naturf. Mag. Berl. i. 



106 {Penaa). t. 3, fig. 2 {Pencea). — A. Juss. loc. cit. 26 {Sar- 



^ Ann. So. Nat. ser. 3, vi. 19, 26, t. 3. — cocolla). 



Endl. Osn. n. 2117'.— H. Bn. Payer Fam, 



