NOVUM GENUS CHENOPODEARUM, 



AUCTORE 



AL. BVNGE. 



■Alexandra Nov. gen. Chenopodea, Spirolohea, Suae- 

 dinea, — Flores aborfn polygami, bracteolati. Perigoiiiiim 

 iloris §, rel rarius abortii mascnli, comprcssum, dfiiluin, la- 

 cluiis duabus laleralibiis nayicularibns dorso lale loiigitmli- 

 naliter alatis, dnabiis anticis planis, postica earinafa. Stamina 

 5, receptaculo inscrla, perigonii laciuiis opposita, iachisa. An- 

 therac.,,., Squamalaohypogyuaeiiiillae. Ovarium ovatamimi- 

 loculare nmoTnlafum. Sfyli duo a I)asi )iberi,cIoii£;ati filiformes, 

 totalongitudinepapillosi, erccti. Ulriculnssnbcompressns tenuis- 

 sime membraoaceus , pGrigonii laciniis coniiiTeiitibns tectiis. 

 Semen vcrticale lenticulari-globosnm , radicuta promiueiite 

 Tostellatam, tesla Crustacea. Embryo spiralis cxalbnmiiiosns 

 radictila margiiiali infcra. — 



Alexandra Lehmanni Bge. — Herba annua, glabra, 

 erecta ramosa, foliis iniimis oppositis, raruosis, tcretibns, 

 oTitusis, caeteris ovato -lanceolalis crassis semiamplcxicanli- 

 bns; subfioralibns late ovatis aciitis semiamplexicanlibns spi- 

 catim imbricatis; iloribns glomeratis sessiHbns in basi bra- 

 ctearam illos fegentiam 7nis, dnis rel 3nis medio saepeqne 

 lateralibns duobiis bcrmaphrodilis silicalam Thlaspeos refe- 

 rentibns, caeteris femineis 3fidis(?) tricarinatis raulto minori- 

 bns, bractcolis minntissimis hyalinis suifultis. — 



In dcsi^rto Aralensi legit indcPessiis peregrinator, prae- 

 mainra morte scientiae ct amicis creptns Ah Lefimann, 



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