﻿90 DIGOTYL. seu EXOGENjE. 



Ordo CLXXV bis. NEPENTHACEjE (1) . — Gytinearum pars, 

 Brongn- in Anri. sc. Nat, v. 1, p. 42 (1824).'^ A\ristolochia- 

 rum sect. Nepenthina? Linkl. Handb. v. I, p. 369 (18?9), r— 

 Nepentheae Blurne En. Fl. Jav. 1, p. 84 (1827); Lindl. 

 Intfod, to Nat, syst. Ed. 1, p. 154 (1830); Bartl. Ord. Nat. 

 p. 80, in not. (1830); Meissn, gen- P- 246; Endl. Gen, p. 345. 

 — Nepenthaceae Lindl. Introd. to Nat. syst. Ed. 2, p. 204 

 (1836), Veg. Kingd. p. 287. 



Plores dioici. Masc. : Sepala 4, rarius 3, oblonga, patentia, 

 extus pubescentia, intus glandulosa, 2-seriatim imbricata. 

 Discus 0. Stamina 4-16, filamentis in columnam teretem 

 connatis ; antherae in capitulum connatas, ) -seriatae v. paucae 

 in capitulo a)tius jrregularjter insertae sub-2-seriatae, 2-locu- 

 lares, loculis parallelis contiguis rima longitudinali extrorsum 

 dehiscentibus rectis v. flexuosis; pollen 3-lobatum. Ovarii 

 rudimentum 0. Fl. fcem. ; Sepala qt in mare v. rarissime in 

 tubum pbconicum basi connatis. Discus Q. Stamina 0. Qva- 

 rium ovoideum v. oblongum, 4- rarius 3-gonum, basi et 

 ;ipice truncatum v. attenuatum rarissime apice intruso 3-lp- 

 pum, 4-rarips 3-loculare, carpellis sepalis oppositis ; styjus 0, 

 stigmate discoid^o 4- ranus 3-lobo, lobis integris v. i-lobis. 

 Ovula perplurima, placentis parietibus septorum affixis mul- 

 liseriatim inserta, adscendentia, anatropa. Oapsula coriacea, 

 n- rarius 3-gona, truncata v. rarissime apice 3-loba, loculi- 

 ride 4-rarissime 3-valvis; valvae coriaceae, medio s»ptiferae, 

 lobis stigmatjs simplicibus 2-lobisve coronatae. Semiha per- 

 plurima, septjs utrinque affixa, adscendentia, imbricata, funi- 

 culo inconspicuo, umbilico prope basin nuclei minuti ovoidei, 

 raphe filiformi intra testae basin adscendente libera, testa 

 membranacea saepissime utrinque in caudam capillarem pro- 

 ducta; albumen carnosum. Embryo in axi albuminis, rectus, 

 orthotropus; cotyledones lineares; radicula teres, brevis, in- 

 fera. Germinatio epigaea. — Suffrutices fruticesve Asiae tro- 

 picae, Madagascariae, ins. SeycheiJarum, Australiae tropicaeet 

 Novae Caledonise, sed praecipue Archipelagi Indici incolae, glabri 

 v. parce pilosi; vasis spiralibus ubique repleti; caulibus pro- 

 stratis v. sarmentosis et ope cirrhorum ad apices foliorum or- 

 torum scandentibus, interdum longissimis, parce ramosis, cy- 

 lindricis v. obtuse 3-gonis, novellis pubescentibus v. sericeis. 

 Folia alterna, exstipulata, sessilia v. in petiolum alatum an- 

 gustata, plus minusve amplexicaulia, nervis longitudinalibus 

 paucis parallelis margini approximatis, e basi costae saepius 

 ortis, nervis transversis perplurimis per totam longitudinem 

 costae egredientibus; costa valida in cirrhum sericeum apice 



(1) Auctore D'° Jos. D. Hooker. 



