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ZOOSPOREJE. 



30. Enter omorpha pacifica Monlag. , in TTcrb. Mus. Paris. : 

 filiformis, capillaris , confcrvncca, simplex , tubulosa, inlricata, 

 pallide viriclis , 1 ad 2 centim. Ionga, 3 ad 5 çentimillim. 

 crassa; cellulis oblongis recte quadrangulis transversim seriatis 

 extus prominulis, diamelro 0"" ,, ,005 œquantibus. — Hab. Apud 

 Copiapo ; Cl. Gay. — An marina?— FI. ChiL, tom. 8. 



DESCRIPTION D'UN GENRE NOUVEAU 



DU 



CROUPE DES THISM1ÉES (1), 



Par M.. J.-E. FIAMCHON, 



STENOMERIS : 



Perianthium pyriformi-urceolatum, tubo ovario adhaerente, fonce con- 

 > tracta in tus annule prominulo aucta, limbi 6-partiti laciinis leviter bise- 

 rialis, subsequalibus, subulatis, acutissimis, baud introflexis, sestivatione 

 margînibns anguste imbricatisf?). Staminafisub fauce inserta, 1ère unise- 

 riata , laciniisperianlhii opposita, int.er se conformia et libéra, connecti- 

 ; vorurn appendicibus stigmati adhaerentibus int'rorsum yi deflexa : fila- 

 mênta brevia ; connectivû auguste cuneata , antbera laliora , ex apice 

 | trtfncatoappendicem subulatam stigmati cohaerentem exserentia ; antherœ 

 i biloculares connectivi eis latioris faciei internas (ob situm connectivi 

 i supinum quasi externaa) adnatae , inter se parallèle contiguaeque , rima 

 , longitudinali déhiscentes. Onariwn (inferum) oblonguni, trigonum, tri- 1 

 i loculare, loculis angulointernopluri-ovulatis ; ovula biseriata (?) adscen- 

 dentia, anatropa (?). Stylus crassus, ob verse pyramidato-tripterus, apice 

 ' trilobus, lobis compressis, bilobulatis , intus in longum stigmatosis (?) , 

 ! ibique versus basirn appendicibus staminum punctum adhaerentise prœ- 

 bentibus. Fructus (haud plane maturus) siccus, membranaceus, indelns- 

 cens (?), in herbario vittam longissimam (1ère pèdàlem) flexuosam simu- 

 lais, rêvera tripterus, trilocularis, loculis versus angulcm internum bine 

 inde seminit'eris. Semina (immatura) lineari oblonga, more generis Fini, 

 alata, quoad structuram internam haud nota. 



Herba (v. frutex?) scandens, habitu et facie Dioscoreae v. Smilacis , 

 ecirrhosa, glaberrima, exsiccatione totanigrescens. Folia alterna, petiolata, 

 cordata, cuspidata, acuta , integerrima , arcuatim 1-nervia, nervulis trans- 

 versis reticulata, rigide membranacea, nitida. Cyma3 axillares vage divisa?, 



(1) Burmanniaceœ-Thismiea3, Miers. — Cytinaceœ dubise, Lindl. 



