42 DICOTYL. seu EXOGENAE. 
sim, peripheriam vel apicem ovarii spectante. Styli 2, raro 3, 
terminales, nunc longiusculi, nunc breves, subulato-filiformes , 
inferne plus minus coáliti, apice divergentes. Stigmata super- 
ficies extrema stylorum. In pluribus generibus stylus unicus et 
stigmata 2, 3, raro 4, lanceolata vel subulata, compressa aut 
semi-cylindrica. Fructus monospermus, calyce varie appendicu- 
lato aut immutato involutus, indehiscens. Pericarpium membra- 
naceum, utriculatum., interdum caryopsis, rarissime bacca. 
Semen horizontale. aut verticale, erectum vel inversum, lenticu- 
lare aut reniforme. Integumentum nunc.duplex , testá crustaceá 
vel coriaceá, endoplevrá membranaceá ; nunc simplex , tenue, 
membranaceum. Albumen copiosum, parcum vel nullum, fari- 
naceum, rarissime subcarnosum. Embryo homotropus, nunc cur- 
vatus aut annularis, periphericus, albumini copioso aut parco 
circumpositus et eum plus minus perfecte cingens [rarissime 
albumine nullo) et tunc Salsolacec Cyclolobec ; nunc plano-spi- 
ralis, albumine excentrico bipartito, aut conico-spiralis, albu- 
mine nullo, et tune Salsolacece spirolobec. Radicula in regione 
umbilici. Plumula inconspicua. Cotyledones plano-convexs , 
anguste.— Herbe vel suffrutices, raro arbuscule, glabra, pu- 
bescentia aut lanata.. Caules teretes vel angulatr, erecti aut 
ascendentes, continui et foliati aut articulati et seepe aphylli. 
Folia alterna, raro opposita, simplicia.sessilia vel petiolata, 
nunc membranacea dilatata integerrima dentata sinuata aut 
incisa parce venosa (nervis subtus obsolete prominulis) ,. nunc 
carnosa succulenta semiteretia aut cylindrica subevenia. Stipulee 
nulle, Flores minutissimi, regulares, hermaphroditi, interdum 
abortu polygami vel diclini, sessiles aut pedicellati, solitarii 
auf glomerulati, nunc axillares, nune paniculati, spicati vel sub- 
cymosi. Bractee aut bracteole 2, raro contigue, interdum 
mulle,-sepe carinate, concave, seepius foliaceete, cum fructu 
raro decidue. — Salsolacec plereque nutrientes et emollientes, 
interdum anthelmint/cze et emeticee , et ob. radices, folia vel se- 
mina in oleraceis culte. Species unica maxime laudata succo 
turget saccharifero; altera farinam prebet triticez- eemulam; 
multe carnose salem sudant; nonnulke fcetidze gaz ammoniacum 
perspirant; alite aromatice oleum essentialem stillant. Ordo 
quidem habitu heterogeneus , in posterum forsan in duas familias 
separandus; ab AÁmarantaceis characteribus lubricis vix distine- 
tus, facie tamen valde diversus ; recedit a Paronychieis defectu 
stipularum , a Phytolaccaceis staminibus oppositis aut definitis, 
a Basellaceis calyce simplici, ab Urtieaceis floribus plerumque 
hermaphroditis et seminibus sepius albuminosis. 
