ZAUmCHEI^lilACEIAE. 



Zannioiieli 



Zannichellieae Kth Emm, pL IIL 123 (trib. 



Flumhim); Mm>iii. Gen. pi 360 (271); Spach, Yi'g. iiham'rog. XII. 15; Benth. et Hook. Gen. pi. III. 



Aschers. in FngL-PrfL Nat rjlanzenfi 

 (triL rotamogciomarnm). 



Zannichelleae lickhh. Ilandh. 144 

 cf. Uficraturam Potamogetonaccarum, 



MONOCOTVLKDUNKS HYPOGVNAK, DICLTNES MONOECAK FLOUIBUS MASCULINIS ALAIUBUS NUDIS MON- 

 ANPHIS, 8TAMINK DITIIKCO nLAMEMO VRO RATA ELONGATO SUFFULTO, THECIS KIMIS LONfUTUOINALIBUS 

 DEmSCENTIBUS; FL0RIBU8 FOE.MIXEIS AXES UELATrVE I»KIMAIUOS CLAUDENTIBUS INVOLUCRO CUPULATO 

 TRUNCATO 3UFFULTIS, CAIU'IDnS VULGO 4 STIOMATIBUS TKLTATIS SUBKHOMBEIS VEL OVATIS, HUDIMENTO 

 ANDROECEI NUUO; OVUUS I'UO CAIU'IDIO SOLITARIIS FENDULIS ATROPIS , MICROPYLE INFERA SUBLVTERA ; 

 FRUCTU NUCEO PLUS MINUS DORSO CRISTATO LATKRIBUS LAEVI VEL TUBERGULATO ; EMBRYONE SPIRALITBR 

 INVOLUTO MACRUPUOO, ALBUMl.NE NULLO. — HerBAE AQUATICAE IHMERSAE CAULIfWS FLUITANTIBUS 

 SLOyOATIS, iVLlIS OMNIBUS CONFOUMIBUS ANOUSTIS GRAMINEIS, STIFULIS INTRAPETIOLAUIBUS MUNITIS, 

 SqrAMUUa mTRAVAOiyALIBUS BLMS; FLORIBVS SOLITARUS MINVTIS/ SUB AQUA FLORENTIBVS, 



MASCULINI 



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spurie opposite conjuucti, axiin cluudeutes et e stamine solitario efforaiati nudi. Stamej^ filamento 

 loiigiuseulo siiblevatuin npiculatum vulgo di- rarius tetratliccum, tliecae rima longitudiiiali apertae, granula 

 flara polunis globosa sublaevia triporosa includentes, rudiniento pistilli nullo. Flores foeminei asim 

 relative priiuanuiu claudcntes, involucro vel perigonio hjalino tenerrimo truncato persistente sufflilti. 

 Caepidia 4 vel 2 vel plura lagenifonnia suboblirtua, stilo brevi vel elongato caiiali percusso, stigmate 

 rabrbombeo vel ovato acuto oblique erecto apice umbilicato terininata; ovula pi-o earpidio solitaria a 

 pariete interiore oarpidii pondula bubrecta, integumeutls duobus, niicropjle infcra. Nuces plus minus pcdi- 

 cellatie complanalae, stilo eas superante vel basi earum breviore coronatae, dorso nunc mauifeste subalato- 



lateribus laevibus vel subtuberculatis, exocarpio tenui endoearpio subcoriacco. Semen pendulum 

 endopleura nieinbranacea involutum cum endocarpio baud connatum; embryo basi clavato-incrassatus 



cristatae 



ipod 



fweti 



fundum 



