F. MARTYNIACEAE 
Calyx of 5 free sepals; endocarp of the fruit strongly echina 1. Ibicella. 
Calyx 4—-5-dentate but split to the base on the lower side iar more or less ssaamminicaa 2. Proboscidea. 
1. IBICELLA Van Eseltine, N.Y. State Agr. Exp. Sta. Tech. Bull. No. 149: 31. 
1929 
Stout, viscid-pubescent annuals and strongly scented. Leaves opposite or the upper 
sometimes alternate, ovate to suborbiculate. Inflorescence a dense terminal raceme. Calyx 
the rudiment of the fifth stamen often present. Capsule 2-valve ith a curved beak, 
crested above, the exocarp rather fleshy, the endocarp densely echinate Seeds compressed, 
rugose. [Name from the Latin, meaning seed ae of the curved horns on the fruit. ] 
A genus of 2 species, natives of South America. Type species, Martynia lutea ry ndl. 
1. Ibicella lutea pees Van Eseltine. Yellow Unicorn-plant. Fig. 4946. 
Martynia lutea Lindl. Bot. Reg. 11: pl. 9 
Proboscidea lutea stad in Engler & Prantl Nat. Pilanzent. 48b; 269. 1895. 
Ibicella lutea Van Eseltine, N.Y. State Agr. Exp. Sta h. Bull. No. 149: 34. pl. 14. 1929. 
Gla iat dalbelinens amas with stout creating stems 3-6 dm. long. Leaves opposite or the 
upper sometimes alternate, suborbicular, mostly t 10 cm . broad, incised or subcordate at base, 
denticulate ; er grt short: -racemose, few an ara nd r r dense; sepals distinct, about 
.5 cm. long, the two lower much bro ader ; shai yellow pet ‘landul r on the outside, glabrous 
and orange or dee eile within and often dotted w h red, about 2.5 cm. long; stamens 4 with 
i obvious T tidshawies ry fifth : fruit-body oblon ng- eee crested abov e, about 5 cm. long; endocarp 
conspicuously echinate, with short ascending spines the horn abit ‘Ghee as ben as the body. 
Sparingly introduced in California and mostly found in 1 cultivated areas in Sacramento and northern San 
Joaquin Valleys and in the central coastal area. Type locality: Brazil. June—Sep 
2. PROBOSCIDEA Keller in Schmidel, Icon. (ed. Keller) 49. 1762. 
Stout, annual or perennial herbs, glandular or viscid-pubescent and strongly scented. 
Leaves opposite or the upper sometimes alternate, long-petioled, and having broad blades. 
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also sometimes above, ending in a prominent incurved beak, becoming falsely 4-celled by 
sae extension of the placentae ; exocarp fleshy, separating in age from the woody sculptured 
ocarp. Seeds numerous, tuberculate. [From the Greek, meaning snout, in allusion to 
oot of fruit. ] 
A genus about 9 species, native of central and southwestern United States, Mexico, and South America. 
Type species, Martynia loutsianica Mill. 
7 Ata ic gona and subcylindrical, often crested both dorsally and ventrally; flowers 2 or brownish; 
3-5 cm. wide. . P. althaeifolia. 
BTSs hay stout, more or less ovoid, crested only on the dorsal boaged flowers reddish purple ., gets dotted with 
purple, the throat often striped with yellow; leaves about 10 cm. wide. . P. louisianica. 
4945. Chilopsis linear 
4946. Ibicella lutea 
