R H I Z A N T H E t E .
Asa7Ì7ieis äff. ROB. Brown in Transact, of the Linn. Soc.
Vol. XIII, p. 2.01- 354. — Ejusd. Vermischte Schrift., uehers.
V. Nees, Vol. II, p. 605-675.
Cytine(E Brongn. in Annal. des Scienc. nat. Vol. I, p. 29-53.
RUzanthece Blume in Bat. Zeit. iSaS. N. XII, et in R. Browns
Vermischte Schrift. Vol. II, p. 761^768. Ejusd. in Bydr. tot
de natuurh Wet. D. II, N. 3, p. — SpREfJG. Syst.
Veg.Vol.IV,p. 8.
Ilydnorince Agardh Aphor. bot. p. 240.
CHARACTER DIFFERENTIALIS.
F l o r e s hermaphroditi vel abortu dioici.
Perlvnthium superum, simplex, partitum : aistivatione imbricata
aut induplicata.
Antiierjì: plures, serie simplice columns centrali affixse,
posticce, poris 1-2 apicisdehiscentes.
PsEUDocARPiUM {Pevidium, Sporajigium Iaìhk) unilocularei
placentae parietinse plures, sporis (sporidiis LINK) minutissimis,
intus capillaceo-cellulosis, dense obtectce.
V e g e t : Plantae carnoso-cellulares, sub-globosee, parasiticee,
sub cortice radicum alieiiarum enascentes, arrhizse^
acaules, aphyllee, fiore solitario, intra squamas immerso,
conforniatse.
O B S E R V A T I O .
Pi,a.stä: singulares, vel miranda potius regni vegetabilis monstra, quibus licecce familia
componinir, in bivio quasi Cotßedoneas inter atque Acotyledoneas positre, uLrasque
videnlur coimeclere. E plaatis qiiidem cellularibus maximä cum fungis gaiident affinitaLe ,
quippe quai lum radice, caule foiüsque destituiintur, tum modo prorsus simili evolvunlur.
Uli enim fungi complures, e. g. inter Coniomycos genera Rcestelia Rebent. , Mcidium
Pers., Ustilago Gmel., etc., in plantis vivis sub epidermide oriuntur, qii® tum inlumescit,
et tandem disrupta involucri instar remanet, ita pacto fere eodem e cortice