26* 



PIPERITAE. LXXX. CHLORANTHACEAE. 



Tbuyite. Sternherg Tent. t. 33. f. S. 3. t. 35. f. 4. I. 

 37. f. 1. 4. t. 38. f. 1. ». t. 39. Linrtl. Foss. Flor. t. 167. 

 T h u y a et Thuyites Brongn. prodr. 109. 



181*. Jlinlperltes BROKGN. R a m i 



sparsi. Folia opposita, quaterna serie dccussan 



tia, basi lata inserta. Terra lignitum. 



Jnniperltes Brongn. prodr. 108. Thnyile. a I i e- 

 ,,11. 4S. f. I. 



1815. Taxites BRONGX. Folia brevi- 

 petiolata, articulata, spiraliler disposita , subdisti- 

 cha. „ Xerra lignitum et laeustris palacotherica. 



Taxites Brongn. prodr. 108. 



1816. Bracl.ypliylluni BRONGPt. Ra- 



m i pinnati, sparsi. Folia brcvissima, conica, spi- 



raliter disposita. Terra oolithiea inferior. 



Brachyphyllum Brongn. prodr. 109. Lintll. Foss. 

 Flor. t. 188. 



COHORS II. APETALAE. 



Perigonium nulluin, rucUmentarium v. sim- 

 plex, calycinnm v. coloratum, liberum v. cum 

 uvario connatura. 



« lussis XXIII. Pipcritae. 



Herhae v. Slffruticbs. C a u 1 e s nodoso- 

 articnlati, teretes v. angulati. Folia opposi- 

 ta aut verticillata , rarius alterna , integra. 

 Stipnlae intrapetiolares v. nullae. Flores 

 hermaphroditi v. diclines, dense spicati , bra- 

 cteolati. Perig oni uin nullum. Staminali- 

 bera v. cura basi ovarii connata. Ovariiini 



unicum, v. 2 4 connata. Ovula BOlitaria, 



erecta v. pendula, aut in sutura plura, adscen 

 dentia, ortliotropa. Fructus baccatus , drupa 

 ceus v. capsularis. Semina albuminosa. Fmbryo 

 antitropus, e.xtrariiis, intra sacruliim proprium 

 reconditus, v. in apice albuminis inclusus. 



Ortlo IjXXX. C/Uoranthaceae. 



CHLORANTHEAE R. Brown in Bot. Mag. n. 1190. 

 Lindley Collect. 17. E. Meyer de Houltujnia et Saurureis 

 51. Bhnne Flor. Jav.fasc. 8. Bartliiig Ord. nat. 85. CHI.O- 

 RANTHACEAE Lindley introduct. edit. II. p. 183. 



Suffrutices ant Anni ;sc i i. \ i; , rarius 

 heruae annuae , glabrae, odore et sapore aro- 

 matico praeditae, ramis oppositis, nodoso-ar- 

 ticulatis, lbliatis. Folla opposita , petiolata, 

 simplicia, penninervia, serrata v. rarius inte- 

 gerrima, petiolis basi in vaginam brevem 

 amplexicaulem, utrinque histipuiatam connatis. 



Inflorescentia spicata, terminalis v. 

 rarius axillaris, rhachi saepius ramosa, ramu- 

 lis subatticulatis. 



Flores parvi, hermaphroditi, dense spicati; 

 v. diclincs, masctili spicati, feminei sub- 

 panicnlati, sessiles, singiiii bracteae navi- 

 culari subimmersi v. rarius nudi, 



Pbrigojiium n ii II ii iii. Stamina in ma- 

 sculis solitaria, axi inserta, rara et basi bra- 

 ctea parva sustenta, v. conferta imbricata, nu- 

 da; filamento bievissimo; anthera bi- 

 loculari, loculis linearibus connectivum margi 



nantibus, longitudinaliter dehisccntibus ; in 

 h e rm aphrod i t i s stamen uiiicum v. tria, 

 cum dorso ovarii conferruminata ; filamcn- 

 tis carinatis, basi intcr se connatis, lalerali- 

 bus minoribus, anthera umloculari , inter- 

 niedio lcngiore anthera biloeulari instrurtis; 

 loculis introrsis, oppositis , longitiidinaliter 

 apertis. 



Ovarium uniciiin, sessilc, trigonum v. sub- 

 globosnm, unilociilarc. O v u 1 u m uniciim, api- 

 ci cavitatis apensum, orthntropiim. Stigma 

 terminale, sessile, obtiisum v. depressum, sul- 

 cato-emarginaluin v. sublobatuni , decidiuln». 

 Druca bacoata,subglobosa v, triquetra, mono- 

 sperma , putamine tenui, fragili. 



Semkn pendiilum. Testa tenuissimc mcm- 

 branacea. Albumen eopiosum, carnosum. 

 Embryo antftropus, minutus, in apicc albnmi- 

 nis inclnstis. Cotyledones dnae brevissimae, 

 divaricatae. R a d i c u 1 a puncto insertionis se- 

 minis e diametro opposita, infera. 



Cbloranthaceae Indiam, Oceaniam 

 et Amcricam tropicam incolentes , foliis 

 oppositis basi in vaginam commissis, ovulo pen- 

 dulo, et cmbryone intra albumen iucluso, sac- 

 culo proprio destituto , a Piperaceis et 

 Saurureis nullo negotio distinguiintur. 



Vires insunt aromaticae, stimulantcs. 



■ 81«. "Iledyowiim.n W.I/iTZ. Flnrcs 

 monoici v. dioici. Masc. monantlri, dense spicati, 

 ebracteati. Anthcrac snbsessiles, patentes, ob- 

 lonrro-cuneatae, biloculares, in cunncctivum obtu- 

 suin dcsinentee, loculi itiarclnales, suboppositi, 

 lonrritndinaliter dchiseentes. F e m. solitarii vel 

 qualerni glomeraii, sessiles, bracteati. Ovarium 

 trian»ulare, unilocularc. O v u l u m pcntlulum, 

 orthtitropum. Stiguia sessile niarginatum, dc- 

 pre8sutn, indivisum v. obsolcte [obatum. Drupa 

 tnnnosperniu, ptilaininc crustaccn, intcrdiini plures 

 brarteis carnnso incrassatis roadunatac. Scnien 

 pendulum; testa lucinbranacea. Embr.vo anti- 

 tropus in apicc albuminis carnosi inclusus, r a tl I cu- 

 la infera. .^ Frutices v. arbusculae amcricanae 

 t r o p i e ti e , fragrantcs , resiniferae ; ramulis oppo- 

 silis, nodoso-articulutis , foliis oppositis, petiolatis, 

 penninerviis , serratii , petiolis busi cum stipults in- 

 trapctiolaribus geminis in vaginam laxam amplexi- 

 caulem connutis, jloribus axitlaribus et terminatibits, 

 masculis spicatis, spicis indivisis solitariis v. fasei- 

 culatis , femincis paniculato racemosis. 



II e d y o s m u ui Stvarti prodr. 84. Flor. Ind. oceid. II. p. 

 957. 1. 18. K u n t li 1« Ilumi. et Bonpl. Nov. s en. et sp. VII. 

 164. t. 634.633. Tafalla Ruiz et Pav. prodr. t. 29. 



1818. Amcarlna FORST. Flores dioi- 

 ci. Masr. monandri, laxe spicati , unibractcati. 

 Filamcntmn brevissimuin; anlhera oblon- 

 ;ra, quadrisulca. Fcm. laie spicatl , unibracteati. 

 Ovarium globosum, unilnculare. Ovulum uni- 

 Sti£nia sessile, tlepressum, obsnlelc 

 trilnbuni. DrupaV . . . . _ Arbor in Socie- 

 p«x nota ; foliis oppositis 

 pctiotatis, sen-alis, peliolis basi in vaginam ample- 



xicaulem 



a Forster Char. gen. n. 59. 



