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constricted at commissure, 2-scutate (Spananthe^) ; carpophore simple. 

 Exocarp sometimes fleshy; endocarp harder (Apleura^). Primary 

 ridges subequally prominent or_ obscure ; lateral sometimes at face 

 (Spananthe), oftener apart at commissure ; jugal vittse more or less 

 conspicuous. Seed subterete, obtusely angular or nearly flat at face. 

 Perennial or rarely annual herbs; stem csespitose [Apleura, Micro- 

 sciadium,^ Pozoa*), pulvinate {Fragosa ^) or 2-chotomous ramose 

 (Spananthe) ; leaves (partly) opposite {Spananthe), or imbricate or 

 reduced to sheaths, at base naked or scariously ciliate [Fragosa) ; or 

 subradical ; petiole elongate (Microsciadium, Pozoa) ; stipules (?) 

 scarious entire or lacerate, often ; flowers solitary terminal {Apleura) 

 or in simple or irregularly compound umbels ; peduncles subequal to 

 leaves or shorter [Fragosa) ; bracts of involucres free or connate at 

 base (Fragosa, Microsciadium), sometimes rayed, connate to middle 

 or much higher (Pozoa). (Arctic and temp. Andean Americas, Australia, 

 N. Zealand.^) 



78. Elotzschia Cham.^ — Flowers polygamo-monoecious (nearly of 

 Azorella) ; sepals evolute, persistent. Petals 5, narrow, uncinate at 

 pointed apex, within carinate above. Styles subulate,, at base thickened 

 to conical stylopods. Fruit ovoid striated ; carpels semiterete ; com- 

 missure wide ; carpophore simple. Primary ridges subequally obtuse ; 

 dorsal and commissural 3 ; intrajugal vittse thin or 0. Seed at face 

 nearly flat or rather concave. — Glabrous herbs; leaves^ peltate 

 digitinerved, 3-5-angular, lobed or, except at denticulate margin, 

 entire ; inflorescence cymiform ; ' central flower hermaphrodite sessile 



' Jacq. OoU. iii. 247 (1789) ; Ic. Ear. ii. t. 350. — H. B. K. Ncv. Gen. et Sp. t. 424 (JFiagosa).— 



— Koch, Umb. 14:2.-1)0. Frodr. iv. 81.— Endi,. Tuep. Diet. 8c. Atl. 1. 11 (Hydroeotyle).~EiEhT> 



Gen. n. 4376. — B. H. Oen. 876, n. 9. et Gaed. Sert. Fl. t. 40. — Hook. Bot. Misc. i. t. 



2 Phil. Unnasa, xxxiii. 89.— B. H. Gm. 875, 46 (Pozaa), 63; Ic. Fl. t. 492 (Bolax).—V^i-L. 



n. 7. Fl. Atam. 24.— Glob. G. Gay Fl. Chil. iii. 78, t. 



' Hook. p. Book. Zand. Journ. vi. 468.— Os- ■ 30.— Hook. p. Fl. N.-Zel. t. 18 ; Fl. Antarct. t. 



cAofoiB Walp. Ann. i. 340. — f Dichopetahim F. 11 {Foisoa) ; Bandb. N. Zeal. Fl. 87 (F^zoa). — 



MiJELL. Book. Kew Journ. vii. 378, t. 11. "BwiTU. Fl. Auip-al. iii. 364. — 'Wi.iJF.Rep. ii. 386, 



■" Lag. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 13 ; Amoen. ii. 93. — 937 ; Ann. i. 341, 343 {Spananthe), 977 ; ii. 693 



DO. Prodr. iv. 82. — Endl. Gen. n. 4377. {JBolax) ; v. 69 {Microsciadium), 60, 62 {Bolax, 



« E. et Pav. Fl. Fer. Prodr. 43, t. 54:— Lao. Fozoa). 



Amoen. ii. 93. — Eioh. Ann. 8c. Fhya. iv. t. 61. — T lAnncca, viii. 327. — Enbi. AtaTct. 21, t. 19 ; 



DC. Frodr. iy. 16.—Pectophytum H. B. K. Nov. <?«». ii,4381 (Klotzschia).—B.'B.. Gen. 880, n. 23. 



Gen. et Sp. v. 28, t. 425. — HO. Prodr.. iy. 78. " In that resembling some Bydroootylece of 



« Spec, about 30. Cav. Icon. t. 484, fig. 2. — the same region. 



R. et Pat. Fl. Per. et Ohil. t. 249, 250 {Fragosa). » Sometimes 1-flowered. 



