MONOGYNIA X. 
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ciis , locatus ad medium perisporii carnosi } (trun- 
ci elongatio herbacea ; interdum basi lignosa J folia 
opposita, simplicia, formant per basin sulcum} flo- 
res capitati aut umbellati. ) 
339. CRYPTOSPERMUM, (XRLPTOSPER- 
ME) youkg. transactt, of linn. Soc. Vol. III. roemer. 
II, 1. schrader. Diar. 17519. E* OPERCULARIA. 
youpjg. (rubiacea). — Cctlyx communis hexaphyllus ; 
foliolis patentibus, inaequalibus; proprius? e paleis 
receptaculi triphyllus ; corollulae £subviginti) monope» 
talae, quatrifidae, primo ovatae; receptaculum globo- 
sum , paleaceum , subtus sporiferum ; capsulae unilocu- 
lares , in receptaculum subglobosum coalitae, medio 
longitudinaliter dehiscentes *), youhg, 
340. PROTEA, (PR.OTE A, Protee) LINN. WILLD. 
juss. lam. tab. 53. GLOBULARIA tourk. ( protea- 
cea I.). Flores aggregati ; calyx proprius nullus, com- 
munis imbricatus ; corolla quatrifida , aut tetrapetala , pe- 
talis apice conniventibus , interne infra summita- 
tem excavatis sulcatisque ; lacinia suprema multo- 
ties altiusque fissa; stamina quatuor inserta pesalorum 
cavitate sub apice; antherae lineares, oblongae, et 
juxta laciniarum sulcos insertae; stigma rarius bifidum; 
oblongum articulatum saepe super stylum; nux aut cap- 
sula supera, non dehiscens, calyce tecta, unilocularis, 
monospora} — (folia alterna; flores interdum distincti, 
in spicam dispositi et monoici ; saepissime hermaphro- 
diti, et coaliti in receptaculo communi interdum nu- 
do, interdum vero obsito pilis aut paleis, aut imbri- 
cati in conum; florum capituli terminales, rarius 
axillares ). 
341. CONOSPERMUM, ( CONO SPERME ) 
smith. juss. gen. 78, (proteacea). Calyx nullus; corol - 
la 
* ) In ordine natuTali decimo octavo L. P. B, aggregatis 
locandum ; in systemate junm^ano inter Allionam et 
Knautiam , interque Crinitam ct Eveam editionis Gme- 
lini ; pertinet ad Jti9sieui classem undecimam rubiaceas, 
ordinem decimum inter pataheam ct Eveam. 
