Ghenolece. pyriforme, longe rostellatum, testa tenuiter coriacea

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[Ghenolece.
pyriforme, longe rostellatum, testa tenuiter coriacea ; embryo viridis v. albus, subspiraliter hippocrepicus v. annularis, albumen copiosum uno latere cingens, cotyledonibus
linearibus plano-convexis v . exteriore inferiorem fovente, radícula centrifuga elongata
acuta apice ascendente,-—Fruticuli liumiles, rigidi, erecti v . decumbentes, tomentosi
lanati v. sericeo-pilosi. Folia alterna, sessilia, linearía v. lanceolata, integerrima.
Flores
parvi, perianthio fructífero magno.
Species 6, Australienses. Benth. Fl. Austral, v. 193, et in Hook. le. PI. t. 1076.
KENTHOPSIS, Moq. Chenop. Enum. 8 3 et in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 1 3 7 includit 8. diacantham,
Benth., et S. bicornem, Lindi., characteribns mülis genericis distinguendas.
DISSOCAEPUS, F, Mìiell. in Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict. ii. 7 5 , est 8. biflora, Br.
36. Anisacantba, В. Br. Brad. 410.—Flores minuti, herniaphroditi, axillares, ebracteolati.
Perianthii tubus globosus v. prismaticus, fructifer accrescens, nuceus, cos­
tatile v. angulatus, spinis 2 - 7 elongatis divaricatis armatus ; limbus brevis, tubulosus,
membranaceus, 4-dentatus, piost anthesin immutatus, induratus.
Stamina 4, hypogyna,
fllamentis elongatis compressis ; antherae late oblongse, exsertffi. Discus 0. Ovarium
ovoideum, glabrum v. tomentosum, in stylum elongatum attenuatum ; stigmata 2 , subulata,
vindique papillosa ; ovtilum ab apice funiculi suspensum. Utriculus perianthio nuceo
apice inter spinas perforato inclusus, oblique ovoideus, pericarpio membranaceo semini
non adhaerente, inferne perianthio adnato superne libero.
Semen inversum, suborbiculare, compressum, n o n rostellatum, testa tenuiter coriacea ; embryo albus, fere
annularis, albumen parcum cingens, cotyledonibus linearibus plano-convexis, radícula
ascendente.—Fruticuli humiles, rigidi, glabri pubescentes v. villosi, perianthiis spinosis
horridi. Folia alterna, sessilia, linearía, integerrima. Flores solitarii, sessiles; perianthium
fructiferum siepius cauli et interdum folii basi oblique arete adnatum v. secus caulem
decurrens.
Species 6, Australienses.
Benth. Fl. Austral, v. 198.
37. Threlkeldia, В. Br. Prod. i. 409.—Flores herniaphroditi et feeminei, axillares,
ebracteolati.
Perianthii tubus ovoideus globosus v . subcylindraceus, sequalis v.
gibbus, fructifer accrescens, nuceus, drupaceus v. crasse coriaceus, inermis v. apicem
versus breviter spinosus, spinis erectis ; limbus breviter tubulosus, membranaceus,
breviter 4-5-lobus, fructifer immutatus.
Stamina б v. pauciora, hypogyna, filamentis
compressis ; antherte late oblongas, exsertee.
Discus 0. Ovarium late ovoideum, in
stylum validum attenuatum, stigmatibus 2-3 subulatis ; Ovulum funículo brevi v. ab
apice funiculi elongati suspensum. Utriculus perianthio clauso apice perforato inclusus,
pericarpio membranaceo semini non adhaerente. Semen inversum horizontale v. obliquum,
interdum rostellatum, testa tenuiter coriacea ; embryo hippocrepicus v. annularis, albumen
cingens, cotyledonibus linearibus, radícula elongata ascendente v . laterali.—Fruticuli
humifusi v. decumbentes, glabri v. rarius scaberuli.
Folia alterna, sessilia, linearía
oblonga v. obovata, acuta v. obtusa, integerrima, carnosula. Flores minuti ; perianthium
fructiferum parvum v. magnum, basi contractum, interdum cauli adnatum.
Species 3, Australiae incolse. Benth. FI. Austral, v. 196, excl. sp. n. 4.
OSTEOCARFUM, F. Muell. 2 Gen. Вер. 15, et in Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict. iii. 7 7 ; Lithogr. PI. Vici. t.
79, ined. a congcneribus differì perianthio fructífero turbinato gibbo, rostello seminis intra gibbum
ascendente uti in Babhagia intra alara producitur.
38. Cypseloearpus, F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 36.—Flores unisextiales, axillares, ebracteolati ; ¿ ignoti. FI. <>
j : Perianthium minutimi, membranaceum, fere unilaterale,
inaequaliter profunde 3-lobum, lobis semiovatis, fructiferum inordinate accrescens, crasse
nuceum, cylindraceimi, breviter stipitatum, medio constrictum, basi et apice o b l i q u e
truncatum, intus 2-locellatum, locellis superpositis, superiore apice aperto marginibus inflexis vacuo, inferiore fructífero, septo indurato medio pervio. Ovarium ovoideocylindraceum ; stigma prope apicem fere laterale, sessile, depressimi, papillosum. Utriculus
locello inferiore perianthii accrescentis inclusus, subpyriformi-obovoideus, pericarpio