CAIEA. 2q3 



CALEA. R.Brown." 



.-i .^, Caleae species LiNN. 



CHARACTER DIFFERENTIALIS. 



Involucrum campanulatum, polyplijllum, imbricatum. Receptagulum 

 subconicum, paleaceum. Flosculi omnes tubulosi , hermaphroditi , inter- 

 dum masculis intermixtis aut omnes masculi. Arenia squamulis crebris 

 scariosis coronata. 



Fruticcs aut hcrba; ramis foliisquc oppositis, rarius ternis , inteeris, 

 ngldis; iloribus umbellatis aul corymbosis , terminalibus et axillaribus, 

 flavis. 



CHARACTER NATURALTS. 



Involucrum campanulatum , polyphyllum; foliolis imbricatis , oblongis, 

 planis, slriato-nervatis, scarloso-membranaceis ; exterioribus brevioribus, 

 subovalis ; extimis minutis. Receptaculum subconicum, paleaceum ; palea; 

 meinbranaceae, foliolis interiorlbus involucri similes, inlerdum carinata;, 

 flosculis breviores. Flosculi 7 — 20, tubulosi , hermaphrodili, inierdum 

 masculis intermixlis aut ouines masculi. Corolla tubuloso-infundibuilfor- 

 mis, liinbo quinquefida , quinquenervla ; lacinils lanceolatis aut ovatis, 

 Eequallbus, enerviis, patulis. Stamina familla! , summo tubo inserta , 

 Inclusa aut saspius exserta. Filamenta caplllacea. Anther^ lineares, bilo- 

 culares, connata^, Lasi nuda:; appendicibus tcrminallbus ovatis. Ovarium 

 Ilneari-cuneatuin, iii floscuils masculis abortivum, coronatum squamulis 

 crebris , scariosis. SxYLts capillaceus, basi bulbosus. Stigma bipartilum, 

 laclniis revolutis, in flosculls masculis nullum. Akenia cuneata, subtetra- 

 gona , coronata squamulis crebris , scariosis, subaequalibus, lineari-subulatis, 

 lanceolatis aut spalliulatis , s^pissime uninerviis et marglne fimbriafo- 

 lacinulatls, corolla brevlorlbus aut rarius eam superantibus. Semes erec- 



' Obscrvadoiis on Ihe naluial family of plauls cailcd CurapoiLtie.Ej Rubcrllitu.vn. 1817. p. 109. (leslc illasLt. aucL.) 



