1094 



FRANGULACEAE CCXXXIX. RIIAMNEAE 



sac, planae, silii impnsitae; radicula brevis, infe 

 ra. — Frulex j aponicus ; foliis sempervirentibus 

 alternis, vcrsus apices ramorumconfertis, petiotatis 

 oblongis, coriaceis , integerrimts , pellucide gtandu 

 loso-punctatis , supra viridibus , subtus patlidis , jlo 

 ribus terminalibus, dichotome paniculatis. 



Skimmi» Tl.cinberg Flor, Japon. 4. 62. -Tussleu Gen 

 425. DC. Frodr. II. 18. Meisnei Gen 252. Zuccariii 

 Not. mtc. Dec. 1839. S i n - S a n vnlgn Mija in a Skim tu 

 Kfimpfer Awoen. 779. Banks Ic. Kiimpf. t. 5. 



5913. Rltaptogtylum //. II. Caly> 



quinquefidus, laeiniis ovatis, acutls, aequalilitis 

 Corollae pctala 5, hyposyna, calycis laciniii 

 alterna et triplo longinra , sessilia, ovata, acula, 

 aestivatione valvata. S t a m i n a 10, hypogyna, 

 petalis hreviora; filamenta cnmplanato-linearia, 

 apice suhulata, basi inter se et nnn petalis cnhae- 

 rentia, altcrna petalis opposila hreviora, anthe- 

 rae nvtrorsac, bilncularcs , transversim ellipticac, 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium sessilc, 

 late conicum, trilocularc. Ovula in loentti soli 

 laria, ex apice cavitatis pendnla, Stigma sessiltt, 



trilohutn. Fructns __ Arbor novo-gra 



natcnsis, inermis, glabra ; ramis alternU, gra- 

 cilibus, foiiis alternis, pctiolatis, oblongis, acumina- 

 tis, integerrimis, membranaceis , reticulato venosis, 

 supra nilidis, sublus pallidioribus , stiputis nultis, 

 fioribus in uxillis foliorum fascicutato - congestis, pe 

 dunculatis, minutis, albis. 



Rhnptostylu m Huinb. et Bonpl. Ptant. aequinoct. 

 II. 139. t. 125. Nov, gen, et tp. VII. 78. t. 621. Meisner 

 Gen. 67, f48.) 



* NITRARIACEAE. 



5914. Wltrarla LINN. Calyx qninqne 

 fidns , minimns , suhearnnaus, persistena. Corol 

 1 ae petala 5, imo calyci inserta , ohlonga, cnn 

 cnva, aeslivatione intluplicatim valvata , apice nh- 

 tnso tucullata. Staminal5, imo caiyci inserta . 

 fi 1 a iii c nt a suhulata, antherae introrsae, bilo- 

 cnlares, suhrotundae, loculis suhdiscrctis rimula 

 ohliqna dehiscentihus. Ovarium liherum , ses 

 sile, nhovatum v. oblonpum , tri_ v. sexloculare 

 Ovnla in loculis solitaria, cx apiee angali cen 

 tralis pendula, in funiculis longis, pnuium liheris 

 demum saepissime cum intcgumcnto concrescenti 

 bus. anatropa. S t y 1 u s tcrminalis brcvissimiis 

 crassus; stifrmsta 3 v. 6, papillaeformia Drn pi 

 Laccata, ovato aciiminata, pntamine osseo, ahortu 

 nniloculari, monospermo , extus scmhieulato,iapi<;e 

 valvis sex suhulatis, altcrnis hreviorilius dehiscens. 

 Semen ovato-a<uininatum,inversum, rhaphe fili- 

 formi , longitudinali, intra epidermiilem aridam 

 friahiletn lihera , testa membranacea. Emliryu 

 exalhnininosus , orthotropus ; c o t y 1 e d o n i h u s 

 ellipticis, plano convexis, radicula hrevi, tereti, 

 supera__ Fruiices, in arvis saists Asiae tnediae, 

 Africae mcditerr aneae et tropicae cres- 

 centes, inermes v. ramis spinesccntibus armati ; fo- 

 tiis altcrnis, crassiusculis, saepe fasdculatis, oblongis 

 v. obovnti* , intcgerrimis v. apice tridentatis, flori- 

 bus solitariis v. cttmoso fusciculatts , atbis , drupis 

 nigris v. rubris , salsis. 



N 1 1 r ■ r I ■ Ldin. Gen. n. 602. p a ll as Flor. fl os , / 

 403. Grirf.er 7. 279. t. 58. D«font. Ftor. 



Ortlo CCXXXMX. Ithamneae. 



II. p. 107, 



ArBORKS, ARBLSCULAE, FBUTICRS V. SUFFRU- 



ticfs, interdum ramulorutn apicibns cirrhosis 

 scandentes, inermes, v. saepe ramulis spines- 

 ceiitibus v. slipulis in aculeos Iransformatis ar- 

 mali, rarissime iikrbak. Folia simplicia, al- 

 terna v. subopposita, rarius opposita, penni- 

 nervia v. triplinervia , integerrima v. serrata, 

 pelioiata, persistentia v. deeldua, interdum mU 

 nima, abortiva. 8tipulae parvae , liherae , 

 deciduae v. persistentes, in aculeos transfor- 

 matae, intardutn nullae. 



Flores bennaphroiliti, rarius abortu uni- 

 sexuales, monoici, dloici V. polygami, regu- 

 lares , parvi, saepissime vireseentes, axilla- 

 res, soiitarii v. fasciculali, umbellati aut cy- 

 mosi, rarius spieati, in spicas simplices v. in- 

 terruptas glomeratim dispositi, rarius termina- 

 les, paniculati, v. glomerati aut capitati. 



Calyx gamopbyllus, extus saepe villosus, 

 tubo expanso v. subcampanulato, aut rarius tu- 

 buloso-cylindrico, Hbero v. inferne aut rarius 

 per totam fere longitiidinem cum ovario v. cum 

 ovarii basi connato, limbi quiiiquefidi aut par- 

 titi, rarissime quadrifidi lariniis ovato-triangu- 

 laribus v. interdum subulatis , acutis, aestiva- 

 tione valvatis. 



Discus perigynus , strato simplici aut du- 

 plici. Stratum simplex aut laminam conlinuam 

 tubum laciniasque tegentem, aut saepius cari- 

 nas versus apices incrassalas efformans. Nlrati 

 duplicis interius v. discus proprius ad faucem v. 

 circa ovarium limitatum v. extensum , forma 

 varium. 



Corollab pelala 4 — 5, calycis fauci, raris- 

 sime tubo paullo demissius, saepissime ad mar- 

 ginem disci inserta, limbi laciniis numero ae- 

 qualia et alterna, iisdem saepissime breviora, 

 sessilia v. plerumque plus minus longe ungui- 

 culata, lamina rarius plana, integ-ra v. emargi- 

 nata , frequentissime concava, convoluta, aes- 

 tivatione complicata. 



Ntamina cum petalis inserta, iisdem dum 

 adsunt opposita, calycia laciniis alterna et nu- 

 mero acqualia, saepissime petalis inclusa, nunc 

 exserta , erecta v. patentia. Filamenta cy- 

 lindrica, rarius cotnpressa, saepe brevissima, 

 basi petatorum uiiguibus plerumque cohaereu- 

 tia, inter se Mbera. Antherae introrsae, 

 dorso supra basiin v. prope medium insertae, 

 versatiles, nunc ovatae, biloculares , loculis 

 oppositis , parallelis, basi subdiver^entibus, 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, nunc reniformes 

 v. fere orbiculares, loculis apice confluentibus 

 unilocutares, rima transversa hippocrepica bi- 

 valves. Pollinis granula elliptica, sulco longi- 

 tudinali exarata. 



