POLYGALINAE. CCXXXIII. POLYGALEAE. 



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tum, biloculare. Ovula in loculis soiitaria, v. 

 gemina collateralia, ex apice dissepimenti pen- 

 dula, anatropa. Stvlus terminalis, simplex; 

 stigma acutum. 



Capsula ovata, dissepimento contrariecom- 

 pressa, bilocularis, loculicide bivalvis, valvis 

 medio septiferis. 



Sgmina in loculis solitaria, inversa, umbi- 

 lico nudo , chalaza infra apicem latcrali, rha- 

 phe supra eandem in carunculam uncinatam in- 

 crassata. Albumen carnosum. 



Emhryo in axi albuntinis orthotropus, ejus- 

 dem dimidio longior, cylindricus; cotyledo- 

 nibus semiteretibus, obtusis, radicula um- 

 bilico proxima, supera. 



5« 4 4. Tetratliec» SMJTH..C alyx qua- 



dri-quinquepartitus. C o r o I I a e petala 4 5. 



Stamina 8 _ 10, antherae hiloculares, loculis 

 saepe biloculatis, tnbnlo apieis dehiscentes. Ova- 

 rium bilocnlare, locnlis biovulatis. Stylus 

 et stigma simplex. Capsula bilocularis, com- 

 pressa, locnlicide bivalvis. Semina in loculis so- 



litaria, inversa. Frutices ericoidei, interdam jun- 



cei; foliis parvis alternis, verticillatisve, saepe pitis 

 glandulosis conspersis v. setosis, 



Tetratheca Smith Nov. Holl. I. t. S. Exot. Bot. 

 t. SO_S3. Labilfard. Nov. Kolt. I. 95. t. SS. 1S3. Rudge in 

 Linn. Transact. VIII. I. 11. Reiehenb. Ic. exot. t, 78. DC. 

 Meianer Gen. SS. (?0.) Prodr. I. 343. 



5645. Tremandra n.llii. Calyx quin- 

 quepartitus. Corollae petala 5. Stamlna 10, 

 antherae bilocutares , poro apicis dehiscentes. 

 O varium bilnenlare, loculls nniovnlatis. S ty I u s 

 et s tigma simplex. Cap sula bilncularia, com- 

 pressa, loculicide bivalvis. S e raina infoculis solita- 



ria, inversa. Frutices ramosi, tomento stellato tecti; 



foliis altemis, ovatis, integerrimis v. grosse dentatis. 



Tremandra R. Brown ex DC.Prodr. I. 344. Melnner 

 Gen. SS. {20.) 



Ordo CCXXXHM. Volygaleae. 



POLYGALEAE Jusslen in Annal. Mut. XIV. 386. Mem. 

 Mut. 1.385, R.Brown in Flindert Voj. II.34S. DC Prodr. I. 

 3S1. Bartling Ord. nat. S56. St. Hilaire et Moquin Taudon 



Hursae, suffrutices interdum volubiles 

 v. frutices, succo in nonnullis lacteo , caule 

 ramisque teretibus v. angulatis. Folia spar- 

 sa, simplicia, integra, saepe integerrima, 

 sessilia v. basi petiolata. Stipulae nullae. 



Flores hermaphrodili, irregulares , axilla- 

 res, solitarii, spicati v. racemosi, rarius panicu- 

 lati, pedicellis basi saepe articulatis , bractea 

 antica bracteolisque lateralibus g-eminis stipati. 



Calyx pentaphyllus, rarius tetraphyllus v. 

 interdum trifidus , plus minus irregularis , fo- 

 liolis tribus, postico et duobus anticis approxi- 

 matis exterioribus , aequalibus v. subaequali- 

 bus, duobus lateralibus interioribus (alis) ple- 

 rumque multo majoribus et petaloideis. 



Corollae petala tria v. quinque hypogyna, 

 calycis fottolis alterna, mediante tubo stamineo 



basi coalita v. rarius distincta, inaequalia, duo 

 postica approximata, anticum (carina) majus- 

 culum, concavum, genilalia includens, unilo- 

 bum et cristatum v. trilobum nudum, lateralia 

 minora, saepe brevissima, squamaeformia v. 

 omnino abortiva. 



Stamina octo, rarissime quatuor, hypogy- 

 na. Filamenta in tubum antice fissum coa- 

 lita, rarius libera. Antherae erectae, basi 

 affixae, uniloculares v. rarius biloculares, apice 

 poro unico v. geminis dehiscentes. 



Discus hypogynus completus v. unilateralis, 

 saepius nullus. 



Ovarium liberum, compressum, biloculare, 

 loculo altero petalum anticum, altero calycis 

 foliolum posticum respiciente, interdum minore 

 effoeto, dissepimento angustissimo , fariebus 

 ovarii contrario. Ovula in loculis solitaria, 

 dissepimento paullo infra apicem appensa , ra- 



ime gemina, superposita, anatropa. Stylus 

 lerminalis , simplex, apice saepe incurvus et 



assatus , indivisus v. bidentatus aut bilo- 

 bus. Stigma superfides loborum, aut inter 

 lobos simplex. 



Capsula compressa, bilocularis, margine 

 locnlicide dehiscens, rarius Drupa ahortu sae- 

 pius unilocularis, rarissime hinc in alam ex- 

 pansa, samaroidea. 



Skhkn inversum, testa crustacea v. mem- 

 branacea, umbilico rarius nudo , saepissime 

 caruncula carnosa, interdum appendice simplici 

 v. duplici, v. coma totum semen involveute auc- 

 to. Albumen carnosum v. mucilaginosum, 

 parcum, interdum parcissimum v. nullum. 



Embryo orthotropus , axilis, albuminis lon- 

 g-itudine. Cotyledones plano-convexae. Ra- 

 dicula brevis , umbilico proxima, supera. 



Polyg^aleae floris et fruclus oeconomia 

 distinctissimae, in regionibus temperatis et ca- 

 lidis totius orbis generantur, ob qualitates ama- 

 ras a medicis faudatae. 



5646. Salomonia LOUIiETR. Calyx 



pentaphyllus, foliolis subsecundis, postico dnobos 

 anticis appmxiinatis, duobusqne lateralihus interio- 

 rilius subaequiilibus. Corollae petala 5, hyp«sy- 

 na , mediante tubn stamineo basi coalita, aniimin 

 niajus , concavo - galeatum , genitalia inclmlens, 

 snbtrilnbuni , nudum , postica connivcntia. S t a 

 m i n a 4-, hypo«;yna, adseendentia, aeqnalia ; f i I a- 

 menta in tubum antice fissnm coalita, supernc 

 libera , antherae terminales, erectae, unilocnla- 

 res , poro apicis dehiscentes. Discus hypogynus 

 nullns. Ovarinm a latere compressum, marpine 

 denticulatum, bilneulare. Ovnla in loculis soli- 

 taria, ex apice dissepimenti pendnla, anatropa. 

 Stylus ovario contrarie compressus, apice. iniur- 

 vus, brcvissimG bilobns, lobis acutis, stigmatoiis. 

 Capsula membranaeea , compressa, obcordati»- 

 bitoba, margine saepius taciniato-eiliato loeulicide 

 dehiscens. Sctuina in toculis solitaria, inversa. 

 testa crustacea, nmbilicn nudo. Embryo intra 

 albumen parcissimum rectus; cotyledonibns 



