CISTACEAE. 



Cisti Juss. Gen. 294. — Cistoideae Vent. Tabl. III. 219. — Cistineae DC.Prodr. I. 263. 

 Bartl. Ord. nat. 282. Meissn. Gen. 8. (9). Endl. Gen. 903. Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL I. 112. 

 — Cistaceae Undl. Introd. II. ed. 91. Veg. Kingd. 349. (excl. Cochlospermeis). Spach, Suit, a 

 Bnff. VI. I. et in Ann. 8c. nat. II. Ser. VI. 257. 357. tab. 16. 17. 



DlCOTYLEDONEAE POLYPETALANTHAE HYPOGYNAE, FLORIBUS ACTJNOMORPHIS PLQ. HERMAPHRO- 

 DITIS, SEPALIS PETALISQUE 5 V. BARO 3, SEPALIS 2 EXTIMIS SAEPIUS MULTO M1NORIBUS, STAMINIBUS 

 INDEFIMTIS RARIUSVE DEFINITIS, LIBERIS, PISTILLO 3 — 5- RARO USQUE I0-CARP1DIATO, STYLO SIMI'LICI, 

 PLACENTIS PARIETALIBUS V. IN SEMISEPTA PROTRUSIS 2 — PLURI-OVUL ATIS , OVULIS ORTHOTROPIS V. 

 HEMIANATROPIS , FRUCTU CAPSULARI LOCULICIDE DEHISCENTE, SEMLMBUS ALBUM1NOS1S , EMBRYONE 

 UTPLURLMUM CURVATO VEL SP1RALITER INVOLUTO. — HERBAE , SUFFRUTICES FRUTICESQUE , FOL1JS 

 OPPOSITJS ET ALTERNIS SJMPLICJBUS INTEGRIS, FLORIBUS TERMINALIBUS SOLITARIIS V. IN CINCINNOS 

 VARIE CONFIGURATOR DISPOSITIS, SAEPIUS SPECIOSIS FUGACIBUS. 



Sepala 5 quincuncialia, exlimis 2 plq. minoribus v. passim niillis, interioribus saepius 

 convolutis, persistentia. Petala 5, rarissime 3, sepalis alterna, praefloratione imbricata vel 

 sepalis intemis contrarie convoluta saepiusque corrugata , anthesi patentia, subrotunda , vix 

 iinguictilata, tenuia, saepissime fugacia. Stamina imhfiiiiia 20 — 30 (7 — 100), rarius duplo triplove 

 petalorum nuiiiero, tunc partim petalis aherna, paniui iis anteposita, hypogyna, libera, aequalia, 

 omnia fertilia vel extima ananthera moniliformia, marcescenti-persistentia ; filamenta filiformia; 

 antherae introrsae adnatac dkhecae 4-loculares longitrorsum birimosae, ovatae oblongae v. 

 lineares. Pollinis granula ellipsoidea trisulca, verrucis 3. Discus nullus v. obsoletus. Ovarium 

 liberum sessile, l-loculare vel apice et basi loculatum, placentis 3 — 5 rarius pluribus usque 10, 

 parietalibus v. plus minus in cavitatem intromissis, nervi- v. lamelliformibus, passim margine 

 bilamellato revolutis. Ovula ad placentam 2 v. plura saepiusque numerosa, funiculis plq. 

 longiusculis porrecta, adscendentia v. rarius pendula, atropa v. hemianatropa, integumentis 2. 

 Stylus terminalis saepe basi articulatus ibidemque deciduus, stigmate capitato pro placentarum 

 numero saepius sulcato v. lobato, lobis cum placentis respondentibus (commissuralibus), passim 

 lacero-muhifidis. Capsula membranacea v. pergamacea, rarius sublignosa, cum ovario 1- v. im- 

 perfecte plurilocularis, loculicide dehiscens, rarissime septicida, valvis medio placentas v. 

 semisepta ferentibus. Semina pauca v. numerosa, subroiuiida, a funiculis mox decidua, testa 

 Crustacea, albumine farinaceo v. subcartilagineo. Embryo raro subcentralis et fere atropus, plq. 

 excentricus et curvatus v. conduplicatus v. spiraliter involutus, cotyledonibus teretibus v. 

 planiusculis, radicula longiiiscula cylindrica. 



Cistac. " 



