GRUINALES. CCLVII. BALSAMINEAE. 



Stamina 10, cum pctalia inserta, basi coalita, 

 altcrna iisdem opposita brcviora, aeque fertilia v. 

 ansinthcra; fiiamcnta filifortnia v. eubnlata, an 

 tlicrae intruraae, biloeulares, ovatae v. subplo- 

 bosae , dorso in.ertae , lon^itudinaliter dehisccn 

 les. Ovarium scsmIc, quinqucan^ulatum, quin 

 queaulcaium, quinqueloculare. O v ul a in locutis 

 plurima, an^ulo centrali uniseriatim ins«rta, ana- 

 tropa. Styli 5, fililormes; s t i jr m a t a capitella- 

 ta. Bacca oblon^a, quinquesulcata v. qtiinquean- 

 gulata , quinqtielncularis. S e m in a iii loculis piu- 

 rima. unisertala , testa crustacea, nuda v. ariilata. 

 Embryo in Bxi albuminis carnosi orthotropus; 

 cotyledonibus fnliacei*, radicula brevi, 



umbilico prtixitna. Arbores indic ae; foliis al- 



ternis, imparipinnatis, exstipulatis, foliulis alternis, 

 subsesxitibus, multijugis, ovato-lanccolutis, integerii- 

 mis, racemis terminalibus paniculatis. 



Averrhoa Lhui Gen. n. 576. Correa in jtnnal. Mus. 

 VIII. 71. t. 2. DC Prodr. I. 689. Mt-isn. Gen. 57. (48.) 



a. BILIMBl. Stamiiia omiiia fertitia. Bacca ohtusan. 

 gula. -S e iii i ii ;. exarillar». _ BUimbi Rheede Malah. 

 III. t. 45. 46. B 1 i aibiiig bul a V.amyh Amboin. I.t 36. 

 A. Bilinibi Liun. Cav. Diis. VII. t. St9. 



b. CARAMB0LA. S t a m i n a alterna petalia opposita an- 



wara Touga Rheede Malab. III. t.43. 44. Pruni.ui 

 ; Ri.ll.ph Amboh ' 



Cav, Dits, VII. t. 2S0. 



Ordo CCMjVMI. JBalsctwnineae. 



BALSAMINEAE A. Richard 

 DC. Prodr, I. 685. Kuntli in i 

 384. (IS27.) Bitrtli.ig Ord. nat. 

 affinitale Balsamin, 



. rr. 



iu. 



ae, 1830. 8. Amott in 

 IX. 0834.) p. 112_lt8. Roeper, Ibid. 119—124. 

 I. 1. Agnrrfh in Flora 1833. II. 113—120. Roeper, Ibid. 

 1834. 1. 89—91. 97—111. Agardh, Ibid. 1836. I. 193. 205. 

 208— 221 ilocper. Ibid. 1836. I. 241—245. Presl, uber den 

 BlUthenbaa der BaUamineen , Prag. 1837. 8. Ber.iliardi , 

 in Linnaea Xir. {1838.) p. 669—680. Ktiiiih Flor, berolin. 

 I. 82. BALSAMINaCEAE Linrtley Introduct. edit- II. p. 138. 

 _ HYDROCEREAE Bijdr. 241. 



Hehbae ut plurimum annuae, erectae, te- 

 nerae , caule ramisque teretiusculis v. angula- 

 tis , succo aqueo lurgidis, radice librosa v. in- 

 terdum tuberosa. Folia interdum omnia radi- 

 calia, longe petiolala, cordata v. reniformia, 

 plerumque cattlina, alterna v. opposita, rarius 

 terna, breviter petiolata, quandoque sessilia, 

 simplicia, penninervia, lanceolata v. linearia, 

 dentata v. mucronato- serrata. Petioli inter- 

 dum basi pilosi, utroque margine stipularum 

 loco glandulis cupuliformibus, substipitatis in- 

 structi. Pedunculi axiilares, rarissime fo- 

 liorum superiorum abbreviatione racemum ter- 

 minalem formantes, uni-tri-pluriflori, solitarii, 

 gemini v. terni, bracteati, pedicellis unifloris, 

 interdum basi v. supra medium bracteolatis , 

 saepius nudis. 



Flobbs hermaphroditi , irregulares , non 

 resupinati, flavi, albi, rosei, vioiacei aut ele- 

 gantissime variegati , in stirpe culta facillime 

 pleni. 



Calyx pentaphyllus, irregularis, coloratus, 

 caducus: foliola duo extima lateralia, oppo- 

 sita, parva v. minima, aestivatione inter se 



hinc valvata, illinc anticis incumbentia, pos- 

 ticum iiiaxiiniiiii, saccato-concavum, basi in 

 gibber v. in calcar cavum productum, aestiva- 

 tione corollam complecteus, duo antica nunc 

 lateralibus subaequalia, hinc ab iisdem obtec- 

 ta, illinc dextrum sinistro incumbens, nunc 

 minutissima, rudimentaria v. omnino uulla. 



Corolla bypogyna, pentamera, elementis 

 cum calycis foliolis alternantibus, nunc liberis 

 pentapetala, nunc coalitis spurie tfipetala: pe- 

 t a 1 u m anticum (inter calycis fbliola antica 

 (dum adsunt), e regione postici calcarati posi- 

 tum), maximum suborbiculato-concavum v. for- 

 nicatum, apice saepissime emarginatum, aes- 

 tivatione reliqua amplectens , duo p o s t i c a 

 (inter calycis foliola lateralia et posticum sita) 

 ininora, inter se distincta, marginibus conti- 

 guis involuta, illinc duobus lateralibus (inter 

 calycis lacinias laterales et anticas, dum adsunt 

 sitis), omniuni minimis connata v. aeslivatione 

 incumbentia. 



Stamina 5, hypogyna, petalis alterna, ova- 

 rio aequilonga, superne cohaerentia, marces- 

 cenlia, demum basi soluta, ovariutn calyptra- 

 tim tegentia, tandem dejecta. Filamenta te- 

 nuia, semiterelia, glabra, superne dilatato-in- 

 crassata, apice cohaerentia v. connata. An- 

 therae introrsae, biloculares, ovato-ellipti- 

 cae, marginibus cohaerentes, apice distinctae, 

 connectivo cum filamento continuo, loculis op- 

 positis, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, v. in- 

 terdum infra apicem liberum subtransversim 

 ruptis. 



Ovariun liberum, sessile, oblongo-teres, 

 v. prismatico teretiusculum, saepissime tomen- 

 tosum, quinqueloculare , e carpidiis quinque, 

 cum staminibus alternantibus compositum, car- 

 pidiorum marginibus introflexis, cum columnae 

 centralis, quinqueangularis, apice in flla te- 

 nuissima, stylum petentia, solutae angulis con- 

 natis, dissepimenta constituentibus. Ovula in 

 loculis pauca v. plurima, angulo centrali su- 

 perposite unica serie inserta, pendula, ana- 

 tropa. Stigma sessile, conicum, integrum v. 

 quinquepartitum. 



Fructus nunc capsularis, oblongo-pris- 

 malicus v. teretiusculus , apice' columnae cen- 

 tralis deliquescentia unilocularis, inferne quin- 

 quelocularis , epicarpio carnosulo , endocarpio 

 cartilagineo , elastice in valvulas 5, loculicidas 

 dissiliens, valvis nunc apice solutis involutis, 

 v. a basi ad apicem extrorsum revolutis, medio 

 semisepta a columnae persistentis angulis so- 

 luta gerenlibus, saepissime mox juxta semisep- 

 ta bipartitis , nunc drup aceus, subglobosus, 

 quinquelocularis, epicarpio carnoso, endocar- 

 pio osseo, putamen quinquelobum constituente. 



Si;mina in loculis plurima, v. abortu pauca 

 aut interdum solitaria, columnae immediatim 



