HALORAGE^. I. Serpicula. IL Goniocarpus. 



701 





lOLc.a.); limb minute, 4-parted (f. 102. c), or almost want- of calyx evidently parted (f. 102. c). Stamens equal in number to 



jng(f. 103. a.). Petals minute, inserted in the summit of the the calycine lobes, or double that number (f. 102. 4.). Petals and 



calyx, opposite the calycine lobes, and equal in number to 

 tliem, or wanting. Stamens inserted with the petals, equal in 



number to them or occasionally fewer. Ovarium adhering to posed of small creeping plants). Lin. mant. IG. Lam. ill. t. 



the calyx, with 1 or more cells (f. 102. c?.). Style none. Stigmas 758. Koen. ann. bot. 1. p. 544. but not of Roxb. nor Pursh. 



equal in number to the cells of the ovarium, papulose or pencil- Laurembergia, Berg. cap. p. 350. 



formed, sessile. Fruit dry, indehiscent, membranous (f. 1 03. c), ^ }^^^- ^^'^: ^{^"^ ^^'«' Teirandria. Flowers monoecious. Male. 



1 /r ia/:j j\ ■ 1 -. 1, r. 1 1. • 1 Calyx small, 4-parted. Petals 4. Stamens 4. Rudimentary 



or bony (f, 102. d.\ with 1 or more cells. Seeds solitary m the ^^^^^^ 4 /^^ Kon,). Female. Tube of calvx adnatc to the ova- 



cells of fruit usually equal in number to the calycine lobes (f. 

 102. rf.). 



I. SERPrCULA (from serj^o^ to creep ; this genus is com- 



cells, pendulous ; albumen fleshy. Embryo straight in the axis, riiim ; limb small, 4-parted. Petals wanting (ex Berg, et Thunb.) 

 with a superior, terete, elongated radicle, and 2 short minute Nut globose, 8-nerved, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded, probably from abor- 

 cotyledons.— Herbaceous or suffruticose plants, the greater part tion.— Creeping branched herbs. Leaves opposite of alternate, 



Af ivVii^Ti ovz. ;.r.i.^i.-*.« * r .. J ' ^ 1 T entire or toothed. Flowers axillary : male ones small, pedicel- 



01 vviiicn are inhabitants of water and moist places. Leaves 



alternate, opposite, or in whorls. Flowers axillary, sessile, or _ _ ^ ^_ 



disposed in terminal spikes, occasionally monoecious or dioe- ceolate, quite entire, and rather scabrous. % . G. 

 cious. The plants contained in this order are not known to the Cape of Good Hope, on the Table Mountains near rivulets. 

 possess any medical properties. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 142, S.Capensis, Ra?usch. S. serpyllifolia, 



* ' Burm. cap. 26. Laurembergia rcpens, Berg. cap. p. 350. t. 5. 



f. 10. Laurembergia Cai)ensis, Gmel. Habit of Veronica set* 

 j)yllifolia. 



late ; the female ones are hardly known. 



1 S. re'pens (Lin. mant. 124.) leaves alternate, linear-lan- 



Native of 



Creeping Serpicula. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1789. PI. cr. 

 2 S. VERONiCiEFOLiA (Bory. voy. 3. p. 174.) leaves oval, op- 

 Native of tlie 



Willd. 



Leaves almost like those of J^eronica agrealis. 



posite, glabrous, toothed at the apex. ]!/ . S. 

 Island oi Bourbon, and CafTraria, among moist rocks. 



iping 



Speedwell-leaved Serpicula. PI. creeping. 



3 S. rubicuVda (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 404. trav. 1. p. 37.) 

 leaves opposite, linear, quite entire, glabrous, If. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Plant weak,' much smaller and 

 slenderer than the first. 



Synopsis of the genera* 



Tribe I. 



CercodiaV^. Limb of calyx evidently parted (f. 102. c). 

 Stamens equal, or double the number of the calycine lobes {L 1 02. a.) 

 Petals and cells of fruit equal in number to the lobes of the calyx, spec. 4. p. 330. 



1 Serpi'cula. Flowers monoecious. Calyx 4-parted. Pe- Stems red or reddish, 

 talsand stamens 4. Nut 1 -celled, 1 -seeded. 



2 Gonioca'rpus. Limb of calyx 4-parted (f. 102. c). Petals 

 4 (f. 102. a.). Stamens 8 (f. 102. 6.). Fruit 8-angled, 4-celled, 

 4-seeded (f. 102. d.). 



3 HaloraVis. Limb of calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. Stamens 

 8. Fruit globose, 2-4-celled, 2-4-seeded. 



4 Cerc6dia. Limb of calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. Stamens 

 8» Fruit nucumentaceous, 4-winged, 4-celled, 4-seeded. 



5 Proserpina'ca. Limb of calyx 3-parted, Petals wanting. ovate, acute, 1 -nerved. Flowers rising from (he axils of the 



upper leaves, rather pedicellate, nearly terminal,' 5-pjrted, Per- 

 haps a species of lonidium. 



Thyme-leaved Serpicula. PL 



Cult. Any common soil will suit the species of Serpicula, 

 and they are easily increased by separating the creeping shoots. 



IL GONIOCA'RPUS (from yovia, gonia, an angle, and 

 #:ap7roc, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to tlie angular fruit). Kcin. 

 ann. bot. 1. p. 546. D. C. prod. 3. p. 66. — Gonocarpus, Thunb. 



Reddish Serpicula. PI. creeping. 



t A very doubtful species. 



4 S. thym!f6lia (Burm. cap. p. 26.)— Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Stem much branched. Leaves alternate, deflexed, 



Stamens 3. Fruit trigonal, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 



6 Myriophy'llum. Flowers monoecious, rarely hermaphro- 

 dite. Calyx 4-parted. Petals 4. Stamens 4-6, or usually 8. 

 Fruit separable, in 4 hard nuts. 



Tribe IL 



i of calyx not conspicuous (f. 



Calutrichi'ne^. Limb 

 Petals wanting. Stamen 1, rarely 2. Fruit ^-celled^ 4-seeded 



(f-103.c.). 



J Calu^triche. Flowers polygamous, hermaphrodite, or 

 dioecious, or often monoecious. Bracteas 2, petaloid, at the 

 W of the flowers. 



St 



Tribe IIL 

 HippuRi'pEjE^ Limb of calyx small, entire. Petals wanting. 



fl. jap. 5. but not of Hamilt.— Gonatocarpus, Willd. spec. L 



p. 690. 



Lin. syst. Octdndriaf Monogynia. Tube of calyx adhering 



to the ovarium, which is ovate (f. 102. c); limb 4-partcd (f. 

 102. c). Petals 4 (f 102. a.), alternating with the calycine 

 lobes. Stamens 8 (f. 102. 6.). Stigmas 4, Fruit nucumenta- 

 ceous (f 102. d.), indehiscent, 8-angled, 8-nerved, 4-celled, 4- 

 seeded. Seeds pendulous. — Ilerbs. Leaves opposite, toothed. 



«^en 1 (f. 104. e.). Fruit nucumentaceous (f. 104. d.), I- 

 ^^'H Useeded. 

 8 Hipfu'ris. Character the same as that of the tribe. 



Tribe L 



CERCODIA'NiE (plant agreeing with Cercodia in important 

 characters). Juss. diet. sci. nat. (1817.) 7. p. 441. D. C. serrate-toothed 

 P^ou. 3. p. 65. Hygrobiea, Rich. anal. fru. p. 34. Limb on short 



Flowers sessile in the axils of the upper leaves. 



Sect. L Apodo'oynls (from a, priv. and yrovc iroSaCf pons 

 2)odos, a foot, and yvi'7, gyne, a female; in reference to the 

 stigmas being sessile, without any foot or style). D. C. prod. 3. 



p. C6. Stigmas sessile on the top of the ovarium, wart-formed. 

 1 G. micra'ntuus (Thunb. jap. p. 69. t. 15.) leaves ovate, 



30thcd, smooth ; spikes elongated, branched ; flowem 

 pedicels, pendulous. ©. H. Native of Japan. Pe- 



