CXXXI. 02 СНЕШРОШАСЕЖ [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