THY.VIELAEAE. CXI. ELAEAGNEAE. 



laevl v. retrorsum hispido, limho quinquepar- 

 tito , persistente , laciniis aestivatione imbri- 

 catis. 



SquAMULAE faucis quinque v. decem (sta- 

 mina sterilia), obsojete bilobae, in urceolum 

 suhexsertuin coalitae. 



Stamina quinque, perigonii lobis opposita, 

 v. dccera Hscriata, tubo prope faucera inserta. 

 Filamenta compressiuscula, brevissima v. 

 subnulla. Antlierae introrsae , biloculares, 

 oblongae, dorso supra basim aflixae, loculis ap- 

 positis, conligtiis, juxta totam longitudinem de- 

 hiscentibus. 



Otabich uniciim, liberum, sessile v. stipi- 

 tatum, e carpidiis duobus valvatim conna- 

 tis, planiusculis conilatum, placentis duabus 

 ventralibus, axim haud attingentibns incomplete 

 biloculare, comprcssum. Ovula duo, ex apice 

 cujusvis placentae pendula, extrorsum v. in- 

 trorsum anatropa. Stylus terminalis (ilifor- 

 mis, v. nulliis. Stigma capitatum, simplex. 



Capsula lignosa v. coriacea, obovata, com- 

 pressa, incomplete bilocularis, bivalvis, valvis 

 medio placentiferis, disperma v. abortu mono- 

 sperma. 



Semina inversa, plano - convexa , rhaphe 

 filiformi ventrali, v. mcmbranacca dorsali (?), 

 uiubilirum basilarem superum cum chala- 

 z a apicali descendente fiingoso-suberosa, aril- 

 laeformi conjungente. Albumen nnllum. 



Embryo orthotropus. Cotyledones he- 

 misphaericac, carnosae. Radicula brevis, 

 urabiiico proxima, supera. 



Ordo perparvus , i n d i c u s , ob Aloes lig- 

 numcelebris.aDaphnoideis ovario ecarpi- 

 diis duabns conflato, et chalazae evolutione fa- 

 cile distinguendus. Chaillctiaceae fructu 

 drupaceo et foliis stipulatis dignoscuntur. 



SIIO. Gyrinops GMHTN. Flores Iicr- 

 maphroditi. Perigonium coloratum, longe tu 

 bulosuiu, basi attenuatum, tubo intus la 

 quinquepartito , patente. Squamulai 

 obsolete bilobac, in urceolum subexsertu 

 Antherae 5, fauci insertac, perigonl! lobis op- 

 positae, dorso affixae, sessiles. Ovarinm longe 

 stipitatum, subfusifornv 



«111. lciiiiiaria /. AM. Flores heriua- 

 phrudili. Pcrigonium cnlnralum, urceolatmn, 

 tubo intus rclrorsum hirlo , limlio quimjucpartito, 

 patcntc. Squamulac faucis dcccm, obsnlcte bi- 

 lnbae.inurccolum exserlum coalitae. Stainina 10 

 biscriata, fauci inserta, 5 perigonii loliis npposita 

 pauilo liinginra; filamcnta brcviuscula, com- 

 pressa. va riu m sessile, obovatum, ciimpressius- 

 culum, uniluculave, placcntis parictalibus duabus. 

 Ovula 2, infra apicctn placenlarum solitarie pcn- 

 dula, anatropa.S t igma sessile, convcxiusculum. 

 Capsuia lignosa, sessilis, oliovata, compressa, 

 unilocularis, bivalvis, valvis inedio placentiferis. 

 Sernina 2, v. abortu solitaria, plann convexa ; 

 raphe dorsali (?) membranacea; chalaza elon- 



gata, spongiosa, descendcnte. Embryo 



Arbusculae indicac ; foliis altcrnis , brcue petiola- 

 tis , lartceolatis, acuminatis , umbcllis axillaribus ct 

 terminalibus. 



Aqnilniia Lamarck JJict. I. 49. t. 3S6. Cavanill. ZWf- 

 tert. VII. 377. t. SS4. DC pradr. II. S9. Royle Jlimalaj. 173. 

 t. 36. Arnotl in Lindlej Introdncl. edit. II. p. 44S. Uoo- 

 ker Ic. t. 6. _ ? p h i s p e r ni u ni Louieiro Flor. cochinch. 

 I. 344. 



Ordo CXjT. JElaeagneae. 



ELAF.AGNEAE R. Bro 

 Mem. Soc. h. n. Parit. I. 3 

 Introduct. edit. II. p. 194. 



icis 5 , 

 alitac. 



lipressum, uniloculare 

 .■Zwntli parietalibus duabus. Ovula 2, infra api- 

 cem placentarumsolitarie pendula, anatropa. Sty- 

 lus terminalis, filiformi-conicus; stigma com- 

 prcsso-suhgiobosum. Capsula comcca, •tlpitaU, 

 obovata, compressa, unilocularis , bivalns, valn. 

 mcdio placentilcris. Scinina 2, v. abortn sol.ta 

 ria, invcrsa , binc convexa inde plana; rliaphc 

 vcntrali filifor.ni, in c h a 1 a z a m apicalem soberoso 

 fun"osam, triquetro-suhulatain, elongatam excur 

 renfe. Emhryo cxalbuminosns, orthotropus; co 

 tylcdonib us carnosis; radioula brcvi, supe- 

 ra._ Arbuscula zeylanica, tota colore aurantiaco 

 suffusa ; libro tenaci, foliis alternis, breve pcttolatts, 

 cUiptico-obtongis, acumimtth, ftoribus axdlanbus 

 fascicuiatis. 



Fkhtices, arbusculae v. arkorks, rainuli ■ 

 intcrdum spincscentibus, haud artirulatis. Fo- 

 Ha alternav. opposita, breviterpetiolata, sim- 

 plicia, integra, integcrrima v. dentata, iinincr- 

 via, utrinque, imprimis subtus squamis scario- 

 sis, discoideis, peltatim aflixis, margine stel- 

 Iato-dentatis v. incisis bruneo- v. argcnteo-Ie- 

 pidota. Stipulac nullae. 



Flores regulares, diclines, hermapbroditi 

 v. abortn polygami, in axillis foliorum solita- 

 rii , spicati v. rareinoso-panirulati. 



Flokbs masccli (in Hippophae) in amen- 

 (tiin spicaciorme dispositi, singuli intra brac- 

 team squainacformcm sessiles. 



Perioonium calyrinum dipliyllnm (in Ilip- 

 pophac), foliolis libcris, bracteae ct axi op- 

 positis, v. tetraphyllum (in Shophcrdia) fo- 

 lioli» basi cohaerentibus in tnbtim brevissi- 

 muro, toro in glandulas octo, foliolis oppositas 

 et alternas producto replctum. 



Stamina4 8, ncmpc dnplo foliolorum pe- 



rigonii ntimcro, iisdem alterna ct opposita, tori 

 margini inserta. Filamenta brevissima, sub- 

 milla. Antherac introrsac, biloculares, erec- 

 tae, basi v. dorso paullo supra basim aflixaei 

 loculi suboppositi, paralleli, lateraliter lon- 

 gitrorsum dehiscentes. Follinis granulacom- 

 pressa , obsolete trigona. 



Floribus mermaphroditis, staminum v. 



ovarii abortu saepe unisexualibtis et femineis: 



Perigonilm tubulosiira, liberum, cxtus ru- 



de, lcpidotum, intus saepc coloratum, villosum, 



