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SUPPLEMENTUM IV. P. Il. LXXX. CHLORANTHACEAE PAG. 264 — 265. 
lulis parenehymatosis 1— 15 superpositis formati. — Duc- 
tus resiniferi rari. — Formatio tertiaria. 
: Taxoxylum Unger in Endlich. Gen. pl. Suppl. II. 28. 
CAlor. protog. 33. Endl. Synops. Conif. 308. Taxites Ayckei 
Güppert in Karsten et Dechen Archiv. XV. t. 17. f. 11—13. 
4. Gnetaceae. 
1916/55. Ephedrites GOEPP. Rami articu- 
lati, articulis cylindricis, longitudinaliter striatis, in va- 
ginam annularem desinentibus. A4x:enta subglobosa, in 
peduneulis in vaginae axilla verticillatis, exorticulatis, 
apice elavato inerassatis solitaria, e bracteis imbricatis 
composita. — In succino. 
Ephedrites Güppert et Berendt Bernst. 105. t. 4. f. 
8—30. & 5. f. f. 
COHORS H. APETALAE. 
Classis XXXI. Piperitae. 
Ordo I.XXX. €Chloranthaceae. 
(Gen. pl. 264. Encheir. bot. 147.) 
1517. Hedyosmum 5WARTZ. 
Gen. pl. 264. 'Taífalla Ruiz et Pav. 
1915. Ascarina 0ZST. 
Gen. pl. 264, 
1519. Chloranthus SWARLTZ. 
Gen. pl. 265. Nigrina TAunb. Creodus Lour. 
Cryphaea Hamilt. Peperidia Reichenb, Scropha Noronh. 
Ordo L XXXI. Piperaceaec. 
Piperaceae L. C. Richard in Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth Nov. gen. 
et sp. I. 39. E. Meyer de Hi ia et Saurureis 9. Bariling 
his er "Mius -— c Introduct. ed. 2. p. 185. Endl. Encheir. 
x. . ystema Piperacearum Roterod. 1843. 8. 
Lindley Veg. Kingd. 515. ? 
. Herbae perennes aut rarius annuae, succu- 
lentae, caule subnullo v. saepius ramoso , erecto 
sive repenie, v. f'rutàees saepissime scanden- 
les, rarius arborescentes, nodoso-ramosi, fasci- 
culis vasorum per medullam sparsis, ligno in zo- 
nas concentricas haud conspicue partibili, radiis 
medallaribus crebris percurso, hinc radiato, ra- 
diis a medulla ad corticem protensis. Haz alterni, 
opposili aut rarius verticillati, teretes v. angulosi. 
... Folia alterna, opposita aut verticillata, pe- 
tiolata v. rarissime sessilia, integerrima, carnosa, 
coriacea v. membranacea , glandulis oleiferis cre- 
berrimis saepe diaphano-punctata , digiti- v. pen- 
ninervia, plerumque inaequilatera, glabra, pu- 
. bescentia v. scabro hirta, vernatione antice com- 
plicata, v. complicata et secus nervos subplicata, 
interdum etiam subconvoluta. Stipu/ae in aliis 
nullae , in aliis petiolares binae, liberae v. adna- 
m deciduae aut persistentes — oppositi- 
Flores saepissime perfecti, rarius dioici, 
in amenta pedunculata, axillaria, solitaria, op- 
posita v. psendopaniculata aut saepissime Opposi- 
tifolia, filiformia, cylindrica v. interdum globosa 
dispositi, dense conferti, v. remotiusculi, laxi, 
saepissime sessiles et interdum rhachi plus minus 
immersi, rarissime pedicellato - racemosi , singuli 
bractea sessili v. petiolata suffulti, caeterum pe- 
rigonio destituti, nudi. 
Stamina saepissime 2, ad utrumque ger- 
minis latus sita bracteamque decussantia, rarius 
3 — 5, v. interdum 10, germini toto v. pro parte 
circumposita, in floribus mere staminigeris uni- 
aut rarissime biseriata. F/amenta decidua v. per- 
sistentia, lenuia sive crassa, libera aut germinis 
basi, rariusve tota adnata , interdum brevissima, 
subnulla. 4n/herae exirorsae, biloculares, ob- 
longae, ovatae, sive reniformes, loculis apposi- 
tis oppositisve, aut connectivo longitudinaliter ad- 
natis, secundum longitudinem dehiscentibus. Pollen 
subglobosum, laeve, pellucidum. 
Germen unicum, ovato-subglobosum, an- 
gulosum v. cylindraceum, uniloculare. Gemmula 
unica, basilaris, sessilis, atropa, micropyle su- 
pera. Sty/us nullus v. cylindraceus, simplex. 
Stigma nunc unicum, sessile, simplex, penicilla- 
lum, interdum in germine obliquo subanticum, v. 
- [stigmata 2 — 6 crassa, subteretia, lanceolata v. 
oblonga, superne hispidula, 
decidua sive persistentia. 
Baeeae exsuccae v. pulposae, distinctae 
aut interdum in syncarpium succosum coalitae, 
oblongae, globosae, tri-tetragonae, quandoque 
cuneiformes et basi constricta spurie pedicellatae. 
Semen conforme, e basi. erectum , inte- 
gumento membranaceo, coriaceo v. subcrustaceo, 
laevi aut areolato, hilo basilari plano, micropyle 
terminali e diametro opposita. 4/bumen Cendosper- 
mium) farinosum, carnosum v. subcartilagineum 
et tunc subradiatum , solidum v. centro cavum. 
Embryo intra sacculi embryonalis indupli- 
caturam persistentem apici albuminis semiimmer- 
sus, minutus, antilropus, radicu/a brevi, Su- 
pera, cotyledonibus duabus brevissimis, obtusis, 
germinatione hypogaeis. 
Tribus 1. Peperomieae Jguel Pi- 
perac. 45. Herbae v. suffruticuli. Caulis gem- 
mae terminalis evolutione continuatus. Fo/ia al- 
lerna v. internodiis abbreviatis opposita s. verüi- 
cillata, petiolata aut. rarius sessilia, exstipulata; 
saepe carnosa. 4;en/a axillaria v. terminalia, 
solitaria aut foliis abortivis varie conferta. Flores 
perfecti. Bracteae succulentae. Stamina 2, 8d 
basim germinis lateralia. Anzherae loculis oppo- 
silis, polline emisso confluentibus. Stigma sim- 
plerumque reflexa; 
plex, pilosum, rarissime quadrilobum. Seméni$ 
tntegumentum membranaceum v. coriaceum. 
