CARYOPHYLLINAE. CCVII. CARYOPHYLLEAE. 



aut stigmata totirieni a basi iliscrela, intu 

 longitudinaliter papilloso-stigmatosa, fllis con- 

 ductorii-s sligmatuni nnuiero, discretis 

 unum coalitis, centralibus aut rarissime parie- 

 talibns , cuiu placenta centralijunctis. 



FKUcrus: utriculus menibranaccus, ino 

 nospermus, indehiscens v. basi in lacinias plu 

 res, apice cohaerentes fatiscens, rarissime nu 

 camentaceus, v. capsula membranacea, per 

 gamenea v. subcartilaginea, nni- quinquelocu 

 laris, apice in valvas v. delltes stylorum numero 

 aequali v. duplo dehiscens, rarissime bacca- 

 ta, inriehiscens , mono-polysperma. 



Skimixa globosa, reniformia, lenlicularia v. 

 pyriformia, cylindrica v. oblonga, conipressa, 

 rarissime carinato-concavo-convexa , erecta v. 

 subhorizontalia. Testa membranacea v. crus- 

 tacea, laevissima, rugulosa, reticulata, gra- 

 nulata, tuherculata v. muricata, rarissime glo- 

 chidata, umbilico apicali v. marginali, rarius 

 ventrali, micropyle proximo, v. interdum ab 

 ab illa remoto, nndo v. strophiolato. . Endo- 

 pleura tenerrima, testae plus miuus adhae- 

 rens. Albumen centrale, raro laterale, fari- 

 naceum v. rarissime subcarnosnm. 



KiiiiKvn periphericus, subspiralis v. cycli- 

 cus, rarius rectus v. curvatus, albumini adplici- 

 tus, rarissmie in axi alhuminis reclus. Coty- 

 ledones "plano-convexae , incumbenfes, ra- 

 rius accuinbentes. Radicula teres, basini v. 

 rarius apicem fructus respiciens. 



Stirpes cosmopolitae, in bemisphaerae bo- 

 realis regionibus extratropicis , inipriniis inter 

 30 — 60° L. R. , maxiino numero generantur, 

 in llemisphaera australi multo rariores , inter 

 tropicos rarissimae , potissimum alpicolae. 



Virtutes paucae, refrigerantes, leniter sol- 

 ventes, noniiullae principio peculiari saponaceo 

 scatent. 



Ordo cum reliquis in hac classe recensitis, 

 rejecto olim charactere e petalorum praesentia 

 petito, cum Chenopodeis Amarantaceisque col- 

 locandus, Portulaceis per Adenogrannneas et 

 MollUgineas arcte accedit, a quibus nonnisi 

 stamiiiuin serie extima calycis laciniis opposita, 

 nec alterna, discriininatur. 



Genera ovario uniloculari fructuque utricu- 

 lari indehiscente donata, a Chenopodeis Cam- 

 phorosmeis, etPolycnenieis Aerveisque Aniaran- 

 taceis foliis stipulatis oppositis, staniinibus ma- 

 nifeste perigynis, et enibryone rectiusculo v. le- 

 viter ineurvo, facillime distinguuntur. Reliqua 

 fructii capsulari plciospermo donata, partim 

 lisdem eharacteribus, partim petalorum prae- 

 sentia typira, et fructus dehiscentia valvari nec 

 ut in illis circumscissa, nullo negotio dig'nos- 

 cuntur. 



In exponenriis orriinis riifficillimi et injucun- 

 riissiini generibus egregii usus mihi fuisse dis- 



sertationes ineditas cl. Fenzl , quas ille occula- 

 tissimus botanicus jain nonum in annuiu partu- 



SI RORIIO I. PAROSMYCIIIEAE St.Hi- 

 laire in Mem. Mus. II. 276. Ilerbae v. suffru- 

 tices, foliis oppositis v. rarius alternis, scario- 

 so-stipulatis. Ovarium saepe uniovulatuin. 

 Frnctus niicainentaceus v. utricularis , mo- 

 iiospernuis, inriehiscens v. a basi in lacinias api- 

 ce coalitas fatiscens, nunc capsularis, poly- 

 spermus, apice tri-quinquevalvis. E m b r y o 

 periphericus, rectilisculus , curvatus v. inter- 



(lum subspiralis , rarissime axilis, rectus. 



Species inler 25 40" L. B. copiosi.isimae. 



TKIBUS I. ILI.ECERREAE R. Rrown. 

 Prodr. 413. Flores appenriicibus lateralibus 

 . Calyx herbaceus v. deinum cartilagi- 

 nduratus, tri-quinqiielidus v. partitus , la- 

 ciniis plerumqiie rigide mucronatis v. spines- 

 nlibus , rarius muticis. O.varium uniovu- 

 latum. Stylus hifidus v. hipartitus, rarissiine 

 isus; interrium riistincte duplex. Fructus 

 ularis, inriehiscens , rarius a hasi in la- 

 cinias apice cobaerentes riehiscens , rarissime 

 iiiicamentaceus. Seminis chalaza cum um- 

 confluens. Embryo teretiusculus , an- 

 nularis, curvatus v. rarissime rectiusculus. 



StiRTEtlHIS I. CORRIGIOI.EAE Fenzl 

 r ii e t u s nucamentaceus , calyce mem- 

 o inclusus. Folia allei-na, stipulata. 



iiran 



519S. CorriKiola LIXN. Calyx herlm- 

 , persistens, quinqucpartitus, laeiniis obtn- 

 mis, petaloiileo marginatis. Corollae peta- 

 , perigyna, calycem aequantia, rntundata, in- 

 tegerrima. Stamina 5, ilisci peri K yni obaoleti 

 margini inserta , petalis alterna ; filamenta fili- 

 fonnia, antherae bilocnlares , longitudinaliter 

 debiscentes. Ovarium uniloculare. Ovuluul 

 unicum, apici fonieuli basilaris libcri appensum, 

 anatropum Stylus hrevissiiiius,tripartitus; st ig- 

 mata miniiha, teretiuseula, recnrva. Nnx crus- 

 taeca, ovuidco - trigona, calyce tecta. Semen 

 ovoideoglobosum, testa mcmbranacea. Embryo 

 cyclicui, albumen copiosum inclndens, radicula 

 supera. — Ilerbae annuae v. perennes, in Eurova 

 etin Capite bonae spei crescenles; rarius suf- 

 frutices, m America aus trali extr atrop ica 

 cauliculis Jiliformibus, simpliciusculis, pro- 

 cumbentibus , spccierum sujfrutcscentium e caudice 

 polycepkulo, scariose squamato emergcntibus, 

 foliis oblongis linearibusque , carnosulis, glaucis, 

 tipulis scariosis , nunc bipartilis , semiintrafoliaceis, 

 >asi uniauriculalis , nunc indivisis , axitlaribus , 

 'iauriculatis , ftoribus parvis , confcrtissime v. remo- 

 e frlomcratospicutis aut racemosis , spicis v. race- 

 nis tcrminalibus oligophyllis v. aphyltis , laxius v. 



nfertius < 



Corrigiola Ll, 



im. I. 213. Flor. dai 



«». /. 389. Sl. Hilai 



■odr. III. 366. Meis 



VaHlant Paris 16S. 



■ I. 358. t. 73. 



