GENERA DUO NOVA ALGERIENSIA, 



Aiictore E. €0»JiOM. 



RAlNDONIA. 



Randonia Coss. in Bull. Soc. bot. YI,391 ; Renth. et J. D. Hook. 

 Gen. pi. 111. 



Flores completi, hermaphroditi. — Calyx inferus, persislens, 

 subregularis, hemisphaericus, 8-sepalus, sepalis crassiusculis, 

 subœqualibus, superioribus vix ac ne vix brevioribus, w parte 

 inferiore in cupulam coalitis. — Discus hypogynus tennis sub- 

 membranaceus , circa basim ovarii cupulato-excavatus, calyci 

 fere in tota parte cupuliformi adnatus, paulo infra sepalorum 

 partem bberani petala gerens et filamentorum basim coadunans, 

 latere superiore (ad petala superiora) in laminam duplicem pro- 

 ductus, lamina exteriore (petalis contigua) brevi subcarnosa, 

 interiore tenuiter membranacea petaloidea exteriori adpressa eaque 

 longiore margine fimbriata vel lobulatim sublaeera. — Petala ioi 

 qnot sepala, perigyna^ libéra, persistenti-marcescentia^ superiora 

 in prsefloratione unguibus imbricata; ungue amplo, concavo, 

 apice in membranam inflexam et undulato-fimbriatam pro- 

 ducto ; lamina dorsali ungue minore vel minima, in petalis 

 superioribus triloba lobo medio lineari lateralibus cristeeformi- 

 bus inaequaliter palmato-sinuatis vel laceris intlexis, in petalis 

 inferioribus ad lacinias lineares angustas 1-3 redacta imo obso- 

 leta, in lateralibus formam niediam inter superiora et inferiora 

 tenente. — Stamina sa3pius 16, perigyna, per antbesim sub- 

 deflexa ; fdamenta basi inter se ope disci in cupulam connata, 

 supra cupulam libéra, lineari -subulata, persistentia; antheraî 

 bilobae, lobo utroque rimalaterali longitudinali déhiscente ; pol- 

 linis granula subglobosa, la3via. — Ovariumhdisi haud attenua- 

 tum, ovatum, e carpidiis duobus antice et postice spectantibus 

 rarissime e tribus conflatum, apice in dentés 2 rarissime 3 (carpi- 

 diorum partes superiores, infauste styli auctorum quorumdam) 

 productum, uniloculare, ante et post fecundationem apice hians 



