GLTTIFEHAE. CCXVIH. HYPERICINEAE. 



1031 



diaco fungoso, alveolato inserta ; filamenta bre- 

 vissitna, antiierae oblongae , apice introrsum 

 dehiscentes, Ovarium obtuse tetragonum , qua- 



driloeulare Stylus longus; stigma acu- 



tum. Fructus — ^r6or Novae- Caledo- 



niae; foliis ad apiccs ramutorum sparsis, petiota- 

 tis, ettiptico-obtongis, coriaceis , racemis axillaribus 

 subumbettatis , rejlexis, pedunculis nudis. 



\ ii thnloiiiii Labillardlere Nov. Holland. II. 121. 

 Vojage t. 41. DC. Prodr. I. 565. Meisner Gen. 44. (32.) 



Ordo CCXVMMM. Hypericineae. 



HYPERICA Jussieu Cen. 254. HYPERICINEAE DC, 

 Flor.fr. ed. 3. If. 860. Clioisy , Prodromus d'une Mono 

 grapkie de la famille det Hjpericinefet Geneve , 1821. 4 

 DC. Prodr. I. S4t. Bartling Ord. nat. 291. Meisiier Gen.44 

 (33.) HYPERICACEAE Lindley IntroducU edit. II. p. 7? 

 Spach Suites d Buffon V. 33$. Nouv. Annal. sc. nat. 349 



Arbores, FRUTICES, SUFFRUTICES V. HER- 



bae pereiines aut rarissime annuae, succis re- 

 sinosis, cotoratis v. limpidis foetae , ramis op- 

 positis v. rarius verticillatis , nodoso -articula- 

 tis , tetragunis, rarius compressis bifacialibus 

 v. teretibus. Folia opposita v. interdum ver- 

 ticillata, simplicia, sessilia v. petiolata, in- 

 tegra, penninervia, integerrima v. glanduloso 

 denticulata aut crenulala, saepissime glandu- 

 lis resinosis, pellucidis , immersis punctata , 

 et punctis vesiculosis nigris margine conspersa. 

 Stipulae nullae. 



Flores hermaphroditi, regulares , termi- 

 nales et axillares, paniculati v. in cymas dicho- 

 tomas, nudas v. bractealas dispositi, lutei,Ta- 

 rius rubri v. alM. 



Calyx liber, persistens , pentamerus v. ra- 

 rius tetramerus , foliolis plus minus connatis, 

 biseriatis, duobus exterioribus saepeminoribus, 

 quadri-quinquefidus v. partitus, rarius tetra- 

 phyllus , foliolis decussatis, duobus exteriori- 

 bus majoribus , aestivatione valvatis , interiora 

 multo minora tegentibus. 



Corollae petala hypogyna, calycis foliolis 

 numero aequalia et alterna, sessilia v. plus mi- 

 nus distincte unguieulata, ungue nudo, v. supra 

 basim iutus foveola, v. squamula carnosa aut 

 petaloidea aucta, aequalia, plus minus inae- 

 quitalera, fiabellato venosa , aestivatione spi- 

 raliter contorta, decidua v. involuto aut contor- 

 to persistentia. 



Staui\a hypogyna^ rarissime definita, ple- 

 rumque indefinite plurima. Filamenta fili- 

 formia, interdum libera v. monadelpha, saepis- 

 sime in phalanges tres v. quinque plus minus 

 connata, phalangibus interdum cum gtandulis 

 v. squamulis hypogynis alternantibus. Anthe- 

 rae introrsae, biloculares, subdidymae, dorso 

 insertae, mobiles, saepe glandula terminatae, 

 loculis longiludinaliter dehiscentibus. 



OvARiuwe carpidiis tribus v. quinque, raris- 

 sime pluribus compositum, carpidiorum margim- 

 hus introflexis, nunc abbreviatis uniloculare, v. 



iisdemaxim liaud attingentibus, aut superne sal- 

 tim distinctis incomplete tri- quinqueloculare, 

 minc marginibus inter se ad axim coajitis tri- 

 quinqueloculare, place ntis ex angulo central 

 plus minus porrectis. 



Ovula in loculis pluriina, biseriata, rarius 

 definita, rarissime solitaria, plerumque hori- 

 zontalia, rarius adscendentia, interdum pen- 

 dula , anatropa v. nonnunquam amphitropa. 

 Styli terminales, tres v. quinque, rarissime 

 plures, filiformes v. clavati, omnino liberi v. 

 basi aut ultra medium connati ; stigmata 

 distincta, capitata v. truncata, rarissime biloba. 



Capsula unilocularis, placentis parietali- 

 bus, juxta suturas debiscens, replo placenti- 

 fero persistente, v. tri-quinquelocufaris, septicide 

 v. rarius loculicide tri-quinquevalvis, valvarum 

 marginibus iutroflexis, ab axi placentifero so- 

 lutis, persistentibus v. deciduis. 



Si-;ui.\a in loculis plurima v. rarius subde- 

 finita, rarissime solitaria, horizontalia, adscen- 

 dentia v. interdum peudula, recta v. curvata, 

 cylindrica v. compressa, umbilico basilari v. 

 rarius sublaterati funiculo brevi inserta, ex- 

 arillata. Testacrustacea v. membranacea, scro- 

 biculata v. rarius laevis, interdum relaxata, laxe 

 cellutosa, ariltaeformis, nucleum multo minorem 

 includens, saepius ad chalazam umbitico e dia- 

 metro oppositam in alam membranaceam pro- 

 ducta. Albumen nullum. 



Embryo ortbotropus, rectus v. homolrope 

 arcuatus ; cotyledonibus foliaceis v. rarius 

 carnosis, plerumque brevibus , radicula te- 

 reti, obtusa, cotyledonibus plerumque longioru, 

 umbilico proxima. 



Hypericeae Clusiaceis affinitate proxi- 

 mae, ab iisdem ramis pedunculisque inarticu- 

 latis, numero partium in plerisque (praeler 

 Ascyrum) quinario, antheris incumbentibus nec 

 adnatis, stylis distinctis filiformibus, seminum in 

 plurimis numero indefinito, arilli defectu et em- 

 bryonis structura diversae , per regiones tem- 

 peratas et calidiores totius orbis diffusae, ma- 

 ximo nuinero sub hemisphaerae borealis coelo 

 temperato gignuntur, in America tropica haud 

 infrequentes , in Africa et Asia aequinoctiali 

 rariores. 



TRIBUS I. HYPEKICEAE. Glandu- 

 1 ae inter stamina nultae. 



54<V.t. \ sv y rii iii LINN. C a 1 y x tetraphyl- 

 lus, folioiis decussantibus, exteriuribus plerumquc 

 multo majoribus, rarissime suhaequalibus. Corol- 

 lae petala 4, hypogyna, calycis foliolls alterna, 

 aestivatione imbricatn-convoluta. Stamina piuri 

 ma, hypogyna, basi breviter subpolyadelpha ; fila- 

 menta filiformia, antherae introrsae, bilocu- 

 lares, didymae, lon«itutlina!iter dehiscentes. Ova- 

 rium sessile, uniloculare, placentis parietalibus 

 sntaralibus 2 v. 3, rarissime 4. O vuU plurnna , 

 horixontalia , anatropa. Styli placentarum nii 



