9 '16 



CAKYOFHYLLINAE. CCV. jMESEMBUYANTIIEMEAE. 



spurium plus minus dislincte introflexis. Pla- 

 centae lineares, carpidiorum nervo medio 

 adnatae, fundmn loculi occupantes. Ovula 

 plurima, pluriseriata , funiculis longis , lilifor- 

 niibus inserta, amphitropa. Stigmata axim 

 centralem terminantia . loculorum numero , 

 cristaeformia, crassa, filiformia v. setacea, 

 rarissime multipartita, filiformia, minima, dis- 

 tincta v. basi coalita. 



Cafscla primum carnosa, demum sublig- 

 nosa, exsucca, apice truncato, depresso , 

 cristis v. costis quatuor ad viginti exarata , ad 

 costas (suturas ventrales) Iongitudinaliter de- 

 biscens, carpidiorum a se invieem haud sece- 

 dentium epicarpio suberoso-inerassato, ab apice 

 centrali ad basim periphericam ab endocarpio 

 chartaceo v. pergameneo in lacinias triangula- 

 res , temperie hiimida erectiusculas, siccitate 

 conniventes, soluto. 



Semieva plurima, placentae basilari-parie- 

 tali, lineari, extreinitate peripherica plerumque 

 in tuberculum carlilagineum incrassatae, funi- 

 culis incurvatis inserta, globuloso-pyriformia, 

 testa crustacea, opaca, laevi, granulala v 

 tuberciilata, umbilico ventrali. Albumen fa- 

 rinaceum, plus minus copiosum. 



Ehbryo peripbericus, dorsalis, cnrvatus 

 v. uncinatus , magnus. Cotyledones ovales 

 v. oblongae , obttisis.shnae. Kadicula teres, 

 umbilico adversa, prominul 



M e sembrya n t h em eae flonrm decore 

 insignes, maximo numero in Capite bonae spei 

 generantur, paucae in Aova-Hollandia , pau- 

 cissimae in^regione mediterranea vivunt. 



5163. Jtfesemfiryantliemum LINN. 



Calyx tubo «um ovario cimnato , lirabi superi 

 quinqtiepartiti v. rarius bi - octopartiti laciniis in- 

 aequalibus, foliiformibus v. scariusis. Corollae 

 petala pluritna, vhiiiiim» calyeis tubo inserta, linea 

 ria, uni pluriseriata. Stamina pluritna, cum pe- 

 talis inserta, multiseriata , anthnrae bilocula- 

 res, longitudinaliter dehiscentcs. Ovarium in- 

 feruni, quadri-vi s Intiloculare, carpidiis circa axim 

 centralem borizontaliter verticillati8,sutnra ventrali 

 sopera lihera, placentis linearibus parietalibus , 

 fundutn loculi occupantibus , multiovuiatis. O v u- 

 la amphitropa. Sti ff raata 4_20, in axi termi 



ra, apice truncato-depresso 



igintilocol: 



epicarpio ab 



159. Prodr. III. 



Ordo CCVR. Portulaceae. 



PORTULACEAE Jni 

 : Mem.Mus, II 195. DC 



Prodr. III. 351. Barllii.g Ord. nat. 

 (94.) Fenal in Annal. /fiener M 

 FORTULACACEAE Lin.llev Introdu 

 SiNEARLM, FARONYCHJEARUM 

 Aucl. plur. 



. /. 348. 351. II, 

 . edit. II. p. 123 

 FtCOIDEARUM 



multiradiata , i 



sutnraa vcntralcs lihcras hiantibu 

 endocarpi» soluto hygrosnopica. S 

 ma, slobnh.ao pyritorniia, testa crustm 

 bryo curvatus v. uncinatus, albuuien farinaceum 

 cinpens. _ Suffrutices v. herbae succulentae; faliis 

 exstipulatis , jlori- 

 alibnsque, sotitariis, 

 i paniculatis. 



oppositis alternisquc 



bus axillaribus ', ataribus ter 



cymoso - corymbosis v. 



t. 130. Jaeq. Hort. Schonbr. 

 t. Vindob. t. 476, 477. III. t, 6. 

 gm. t 11. 50_52. Bnt. Ma E - t 



540. 1220. 1513. 1647. 1663. 



n. 628. G&rtner II. 

 8. 278. 279. 442. 



rar. t. 487_489. 

 70. 262. 326. 396. 



2144. Bor. Re g . 

 totit. t. 384 508. 



Hkrrah annuae v. perennes, saepe suflrtt- 

 ticosae v. frutescentes, rarius frutices, caule 

 rajnisque pterumque diflusis, teretibus v. ra- 

 rius angulatis, pube nulla, nunc simplici, ra- 

 rius stellala v. coinpressa, biacuminata. Folia 

 alterna V. subopposita et basi connata, forma 

 admodum varia, semper integra et integerriina, 

 plns mintis carnosa, uninervia, v. ncrvo tenui 

 parenchymate copioso tecto enervia , avenia, 

 sessiliav. breviter petiolata. Stipulae nullae 

 v. laterales, subulatae, setaceae, interdum fim- 

 briatae, rarissime axillares, in pilorum v. seta- 

 rum fasciculos solutae, nunc scarjoso-foliaceae, 

 integrae, folia velantes. 



Florbs hermaphroditi, regulares, in cymas 

 terminales v. axillares, simplicissimas v. divisas, 

 interdum racemiformes v. fasciculatim aut um- 

 bellaliin contractas dispositi, rarius solitarii,' 

 fcerminales v. axillares, sparsi. 



Calyx basi nudus v. interdum bracteolatus, 

 liber v. tubo cum ovario connatus, persistens 

 v. deciduus, diphyllus, v. bi-quinquefidus aut 

 partitus, foliolis v. laciniis aestivatione imbri- 

 catis, planis v. apice iuterdum cucullatis, intus 

 saepissime coloratis, integris v. rarissime fim- 

 briato -laceris. 



Corolla saepissime nulla , nunc petala 

 quattior v. sex, rarissime plura, imo calyci in- 

 erta, distincta v. basibus plus minus coalita, 

 tenerrima, admodum fluxa, mox apicibus con- 

 torta, gelatinoso confluentia. 



Stamixa hypogyna v. calycis basi aut tubo 



serla, nunc numero definita, calycis Iaciniis 



linero aequalia, et tunc semper iisdem alterna, 



dupla aut tripla, rarissime numero pauciora, 



nunc indefinita, pluriseriata , extima semper 



lis dum adsunt opposita , et earum ungui- 



bus adhaerentia , calycis laciniis autem aller- 



v. in phalanges eodem situ aggregata. Fi- 



lamenta filiformia v. subulata, libera v. basi- 



bus interdum in cupulam aut irregularjter sub- 



connata, apicibus semper distincta, aequalia 



. inaequiloug-a. Antherae introrsae , bilo- 



ulares, dorso v. infra apicem affixae, loculis 



iscrelis v. contiguis, longitudinaliter dehiscen- 



tibus. 



