CONTOKTAE. CXKXIV. GENTIANEAE. 



DESMIDORCHlS Ebrenb. in Littnaea. IV. 94. qnae 

 gtapell* qiiaiifiing u 1 a Forsk. utriculis polliiiis 

 iiistitulaiis^uieiiibraiia iiitlusis iasigae geuus, dcacrlptum 



3595. liKcrantlic* HlK. Calyxquin- 

 «jiiepurlilus. C u rol I a rotula,quiiiquefida. Co t u ni- 

 na genitalium exscrta. Co r ona staminea simplex, 

 quiiiquelolta , lobis suljtriangularilius planis , sub 

 truncatis , stigniali ineumbentibus. A nl herne 

 apice sinjplicca. Pollinia basiaifi\a, erecta, mar- 

 ginc hinc carUtagineo -pellocido. Stigma muti 



euin. F o 1 1 1 cui i — Herba Stapctiac habitu, 



in insula Lampedusu nostris diebus a Oussoneo 

 dclccta-} jloribus umbcllatis , parvis , inodoris. 



Apteranthes Mikan in N. A. N. C. XVII. 594. t. 41. 



3596. PinraiiUiii^ tt . ML Calyxquin- 

 quepurtitus. Corolia cinupanuldta , quinqnefida, 

 carnosa. Columua gcnitalium inelusa. Corona 

 staiuinea simplex, pentaphylla, foliolie dorso den 

 talis. Anthcrac apiee simplices. PoUinia hasi 

 atfixa, crecla, margine hinc eartilagineo-pellueido. 



Stignta mnticom. Folliculi — Ilcrbac 



capenses, Stapcliarum habitu , a quibus corona 

 staminca simpliei divcrsac. 



Piar anthus R. Brown in Mcm. JTerner. soc. I. 23. 

 Stapetiac s p. Masson Siapel. t. 23. 24. 31. 32.35. 

 Uot. Mag. /. tOiS. 



3599. Ileumia IX.IIR. Calyx quinquc- 

 pavtitus. Corolla campanulata, lirabo decemfido, 

 laciniis alternis nanis , dentiformibua. Columna 

 genitalium inclusa. Corona staminea duplex, cx- 

 terior quinquefida, laeiniis bifidis , intcrior pfinta- 

 phylla, ioliolis e Ijasi gtbbosa suhulatis, indivisis, 

 laciniis exteiioribus alternantibus. Antherae api- 

 ce simplices. Pollinia hasi affixa, erccta, mar 

 gine hinc cartilajrineo pcllucido. Stigma muti 

 cum. F olli cu li cvlindracei, laeres. S em ina 

 plurima, ad urahilieum comosa. — Herbac capen- 

 scs, Stapcliarum habitu, 



Heuruia R. Brown in Mem. IVerner.toc. 1.23. Sta- 

 peliae sp. Masson Stap. I. 2. 5, 7. Jacq. Stap. t. 1—9. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 306. 1227. 1061. 1662. 



Ordo CXXXJW*. Gentianeae. 



Griesebacli, Ooicrvatiou aitaedam dc Gcn, 



liac characleribus. licrolini , 1836. 8. GENTIANACEAE 



Lindlcy Introduct. cdit. II. p. 296. 



llniuiAi; annuae v. perennes, rarius suffru- 

 tescentcs, rarissiine frctices, interdum vo- 

 lubiles, ut pluriimiro. glahrae, rarissime pube, 

 interduni glandulosa v. viscidula conspersae, 

 caule ramisque teretibus, compressis v. inter- 

 dum tetragonis, succo in omuibiis aqueo. 



Folia opposita v. interdum verticillata, 

 rarissime alterna, radicalia saepius congesta, 

 omnia simplicia, integerrima (in Menyanthea- 

 rum subordine ternata., saepitis dentata) , ple- 

 rumque nervosa, sessilia v. in petiolum altenua- 

 ta. Stipulae nullae. 



Flores hermaphroditi, regularcs, rarissi- 

 me irregulares , terminales v. axillares , solita- 

 rii v. fasciculati , nunc corymbosi , racemosi 

 v. cymosi. 



Calyx libcr, persistens, e foliolis quutuor 

 v. quinque, rarius sex-octo, liberis v. piusmi- 



nua connatis cotnpositus , foliolis aestivatione 

 valvatis v. contortis, planis v. carinatis, an- 

 gulatusv. interdum alatus, rarissime foliolorum 

 suturis in alas productis. 



Corolla hypogyna, decidtia v. marccs- 

 cenli persistcns , nunc supra capsulam contor- 

 ta, petalis numero foliolorum calycis iisqite 

 alternis eoinposita, gamopetala, infundibuli- 

 Ibrinis v. hypocraterimorpha, fauce nuda v. 

 annulo subttlissiino, fimbriato instructa, laci- 

 niis basi nudis v. foveolis glanduliferis , solita- 

 riis v. geminis, nudis , ciliatis v. squamula 

 propria tectis, rarius in calcar fundo glanduli- 

 ferum prodnctis , rarissime extus glandula in- 

 struclis, aestivatlone dextrorsum contortis v. 

 in subordine 3Ienyanthearum intluplicativis. 



Stami^a corollae tubo v. fauci inscrta, 

 cjusdem lohis numero acqualia ct alterna, ex- 

 serta v. inclusa. Filamenta plerisque iili- 

 formia, libera, aoqualia v. subinaequalia, ra- 

 rissime hasi dilatata ct in annulum connata, 

 interdum basi dilatata et distincta, ufrinquc in 

 dentem producta. 



Anthcrae introrsae, biloculares, forma 

 variae, ereetae v. incumbentcs, connectivo 

 brevi v. Iomlos superante, apice poro gemino 

 v. rimulis brevibus, saepius jitxta totam longi- 

 tudinem dehiscentes, post anthesim immutatae 

 v. spiraliter convolutae aut involutae. 



Ovarium e carpidiis duohus conflatuin , 

 carpidiorum marginibus valvatim connatis v. 

 parum introflexis unilocularc, nunc iisdem in- 

 tus longius productis semibilocularc, v. intus 

 discretis pseudo-quadriloculare, v. placentam 

 centralem attjngentibus complete biloculare- 

 IMacentae suturales solitariae v. gcminae, 

 plus minus distiuctae, nunc carpidiorum pa- 

 rietibus adnatae, rarius centrales soIKarlae, 

 maturitatc saepius solutac. Ovula plnrima, 

 pluriseriata, horizontalia, anatropa. 



Stylus tcrminalis, ovario continuus, 

 ic brevissimus v, nullus. Stigma bilidum 

 v. bibmellatum , rarius indivisum, rarissime 

 per suturas decurrcns. 



Capsula unilocularis v. plus minus com- 

 plete bilocularis , bivalvis, valvis margine pla- 

 cenliferis, v. placentis demum solutis libcris, 

 iirissime epicarpio carnoso subindehiscens v. 

 maccratione tandetn apertum. 



S e min a plurhna, rarissimc subdefinita, 

 minima, globosa v. angulata ; t e s t a areolata, 

 nunc comprcssa, margine membranaceo cincta. 



Albumen carnosum copiosum, nunc ca- 

 vum seminis explens ntinc minus. 



Evbrto in basi albuminis orthotropits; , 

 minhnus, Cotylcdones subdiscretae v. co- 



