RHIZANTHEÆ.
Asarineis ajf. R ob. Brown in Transact, o f the Linn. Soc.
Vol. X I I I , p. 2 0 1 - 2 3 4 -— E jusd. Vermischte Sehr f t . , uehers.
v. Nees , Vol. I I , p. 6o5-6y5.
Cytinece Brongn. in Annal, des Scienc. nat. Vol. I , p. 29-52.
Bhizanthece Blume in Bat. Zeit. 1825 .N . X I I , et in R. Browns
Vermischte Schrift. Vol. I I, p. 761-768. ElUSD. in Bydr. tot
de nataurh. Wet. D. I I , JV- 3, p. ( 19 4 '3• — SPRENG. Syst.
Veg. Vol. IV , p. 8.
Hydnorince A gardH Aphor. bot. p. 240.
C H A R A C T E R D I F F E R E N T IA L IS .
F lores hermaphroditi vel abortu dioici.
P erïanthitjm superum, simplex, partitum : sestiyatione im-
bricatâ aut induplicatâ.
A ntheræ plures, serie simplice columnæ centrali affixæ,
posticæ, poris 1 -2 apicis déhiscentes.
P seudocarmtjm (Peridium, Sporangium L ink ) uniloculare;
placentæ parietinæ plures, sporis ( sporidiis L ink) mi-
nutissimis, intus capillaceo-cellulosis, dense obtectæ.
V eget : Plantæ carnoso-cellulares, sub-globosæ, parasiticæ,
sub cortice radicum alienarum enascentes, a rrh izæ,
acaules, aphyllæ, flore solitario, intrasquamas immerso,
conformatæ.
O B SER V A T IO .
P lant.® singulares, vel miranda potius regni vegetabilis monstra, quibus bascce familia
componitur, in bivio quasi Cotyledoneas inter atque Acotyledoneas positie, utrasque
videntur connectere. E plantis quidem cellularibus maxim& cum fungis ga-udent affinitale,
quippe quie tum radice, caule foliisque destituuntur, tum modo prorsus simili evolvuntur.
Uti enim fungi complures, e. g. inter Coniomycos genera Rcestelia R ebent. , AEcidium
P ers., Ustilago Gmel., etc., in plantis yiyis sub epidermide oriuntur, quee tum intumescit,
et tandem disrupta involucri instar remanet, ita pacto fere eodem Rhizanthece, e cortice