^^^ CHLORIS MELVILLIANA. 



14. PARRYA ARCTICA. 



Parrya, siliquis lineari-oblon^is, antheiis ovalibus, foliis 

 (fere omnibus) integerrimis, pedunculis glaberrimis. 



Desc. Herla humilis, perennis, glaberrima. Badix 

 perpendiciilaris, crassa, sublignea, striis transversis tenuibus 

 notata, ssepe multiceps. Caules brevissimi, dense foliati. 

 Folia petiolata, lanceolata passimve spatliulato-lanceolata, 

 integerrimaj nonnulla rarissime paucideiitata, crassiuscula, 

 opaca, immerse uninervia, venis alte immersis inconspicuis. 

 Petioli dimidio superiore angusto liiieari textura laminae, 

 inferiore dilatato semivaginanti scarioso albicanti. Scapus 

 caulem abbreviatum terminans vel ssepe axillaris, apliyllus, 

 ebracteatus, glaberrimus, florifer foliis ssepe duplo fructifer 

 triple — quadruplove longior. Mores corymbosi, pedunculis 

 patentibus glaberrimis. Calyx glaber, modice patens, 

 decidiras : sepala ovalia, obtusa, concava, insertione parum 

 insequalia, immerse nervosa, nervis passim oblique connexis. 

 Petala quatuor, sequalia, ungniculata, purpurea, rarius alba, 

 calyce duplo longiora ; ungues lineares ; laminee obovatse, 

 uninervise, venosse venis apice dichotomis. Stamina 6, 

 tetradynama. Filamenta edentula; 4 longiora latiora, 

 altero latere extra medium paulo angustiora. Antherm 

 uniformes, infra medium affixse, oblongo ovales, ocliroleucse, 

 basi cordata lobulis approximato-parallelis, eonnectivo peran- 

 gusto. Pollen sphsericum, simplex (nee compositum quan- 

 tum observare licuit per lentum 114-ies augentem). 

 Glandulce hypogynce quatuor, filamenta longiora extus 

 stipantes. Ovarium sessile, glabrum, biloculare, polysper- 

 mum, ovulis numerosis. Stylus brevissimus. Stigma 

 bipartitum, lobis placentis oppositis, obtusis, mutuo ssepius 

 appressis, basibus confluentibus et quasi in latera styli 

 decurrentibus. Siliquce racemosse, erectsp, nonnullse quan- 

 doque pendulse, pedicellis patentibus, intra cicatrices floris 

 sessiles, lineari-oblongse, passim siliculiformes, utrinque 

 obtusse. Vah(B planse, uninervise, venosse. Dissepi?nenfum 

 completum (rarissime fenestratum foramine magnov. parvo) 

 ^arachnoideo-areolatum, axi quandoque opaciori paulo incras- 



