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CALYCIFLORAE. CCLXV. OENOTHEItEAE. 



apice in alatn brev 



b o t y I e rf o 



laxata , irregulariter fi 



prorfucta. Embryo in 



thotropus, elavato-subcylinrf 



nibus breviseimis, nbtOMt, radicnla umbilia 



proxima, infera. Frutices knmilcs, in India su 



periore ct Japonia indigeni.pitis stcllatis scabri 

 ramis laxis, saepe pendulis . foliis vppositis, epunc- 

 tatis , brcvc petiolatis, simplivibus, crenutis v. serra. 

 tis, stipulis nuttis , Jluribus thyrsoideis , speciosis. 



Deutzift Thunherg Nov . gen. 19. Flor. /apon. 10. 

 t. 24. Gartuer f. ///. 30- U 184. DL\ Prodr. IV. 16. Doii 

 in Edinb- new philosoph. Journ. 1839 III 164. Wallk-li 

 Plant. As. rar. II t.191. B.».. Reg. /■ 1718. N.5. 1840. 1.5, 

 Kuccariui in Siebotd Ftor. Japon. 17. I. 6—8. 



Ordo CCItJLV* Oenothereae, 



0NAGR4RL1M sect. II. et 111. Jmsien Gen. 317. EPI- 



LOBIACEAE Venien- Tabl. III. 307. ONAGRAKIAE Jus»ie.i 

 in Annat. Mut- III. 315. DC. Prodr. III. 35. Mem. III. Pa- 

 rit. 1898 4. c. ic. BArtlii.g Ord nat. 318. extl- *ect. A. 

 ONAGRACEAE Lk.dlev Introduct. edit. II. p. 35. Meiiuer 

 Oen. 120. [85.) ONAGKKAE Sp Ht |. SuitM dhuffon IV. 330. 

 Nouv. Annal. »*. nat. IV. 161. Nouv. Jmtal. Mus.IV. 38t. 



IIkkhak v. frutices, eaule ramisque tere- 

 tibus v. augulatis , plerunique imperfecte nodu- 

 sis. Folia opposita v. alterna, simpticia, pen- 

 ninervia, integra, inte^errima v. serrata, epune- 

 tata. S tip u lae nullae. 



Flores hermaphroditi, regularcs v. rarius 

 irregulares, nune axillares solitarii , nunc in 

 racemos v. spicas dispositi , saepe fugaces. 



Calyx herbaceus v. coloratus, tubo cum 

 ovario connato, saepissime longe ultra ovariutn 

 producto, limbo quadripariito, rarius tri- v. 

 bipartito, lobis per aestivationem valvalis, per- 

 sistentibus v. deciduis. 



Corollae petala (rarissime deficientia) 

 summae calycis fauci, tori lamina aequaliter 

 marginatae v. in glandulas plus minus manifes- 

 tas tumenti inserta , ejusdeni laciniis numero 

 aequalia et alterna, magis minusve distincte 

 unguiculata , interdum emarg inata v. bifida , 

 aestivatione eonlorta, decidua. 



Stamisa cum petails inserta, nunc iisdem 

 numero aequalia et alterna , nunc dupla, uni- 

 biseriata, rarissime uno v. altero sterili petali- 

 fonni petalis paueiora. Filamenta filiformia 

 v. subulata, libera. Antherae introrsae, bi- 

 loculares, erectae v. incumbeutes, longitudina- 

 liter debiscentes. Pollinis granula triangu- 

 laria, saepissime filis cohaerentia. 



Ovakiim mferum, saepe tori margine ^lan- 

 (Juloso-coiouatum, plerumque. quadriloeulare , 

 rarius biloculare. Ov ula 'in loculis plurima, 

 angulo centrali inserta , rarins paura v. subde- 

 finita, adsceudentia v. pendula, anatropa. Sty- 

 lus filifonnis. Stigmata loculorum nuinero, 

 linearia, intus papillosa, rarius coalita. 



FancTus capsularis v. baccatus, rarius nu- 

 camentaceus, quadrilocuiaris v. bilocularis, in- 

 terdum septorum obliteratione unilocularis , lo- 

 culicide v. septicide deluscens, valvis niedio 



septiferis, v. colunma placentifera demum libera 

 angulis septante. 



►Skmiva plurima, rarius abortu pauxa v. so- 

 litaria, adscendentia v. pendula. Testa crus- 

 tacea v. membranacea , aequabilis v. in alam 

 producta, nune ad clialazam apicalem in mar- 

 ginem membranaceum fimbriatum v. in comam 

 producta, rhaphe plus minus distincta. >» 



Emuryo exalbuininosus , orthotropus. Co- 

 tyledon es foliaceae v. subearnosae , basi 

 saepe biauriculatae. Kadicula conica v. cy- 

 Iindrica, umbilico proxima , supera v. infera, 

 aut rarius eentripeta. 



Oenothereae hincHalorageis, albuminis 

 praesentia, et 1'biladelpheis , praeter eandem 

 notam etiam staniinum inplerisque numero ma- 

 jori distinctis, illinc Lythrarieis, ovario cum 

 calyee nunquatn concrescenle diversis affines, 

 per totum fere orbeni difTusae , in regionibos 

 temperatis extratropicis, imprimis novi orbis 

 copiosae, nec in America aequinoctiali infre- 

 quentes , pareius in veteris orhis climate cali- 



«eneranlur. 



Radices nonnullarum edules. Plurimae flo- 

 i decore ornatissimae. 



TIUBITS I. JUSSIEVEAE DC. Prodr. 

 III. 52. Calyeis lubus ullra ovarium baud 

 productus. Stamina petalis numero aequalia 

 v. dupla. Fructus capsularis, septicide de- 

 hiscens. Semina inappendiculata. 



OIOS. Prieurea K Calyx tubo longe 

 fnsifiiriui , trinervi, cutn nvario connaio, Itmbi 

 uperi, tri- v. interdutu quadripartiti laciniis acutis, 

 pereistentilius. Comllae petala 3 v. 4, guliilisri 

 epifjyni, deprcssi, fere olisoleti marpine inserta, 

 ejuBdcm lacioiii aequilonga, lanreolata. S t a m i- 

 a 4, cnm petalid inserta, iisdem alterna et bre- 

 ora; filatuenta filifurmi-subulata, antherae 

 intrursae, bilticulares, uvales, dorso insertac, lon- 

 ^itudinaliter dchiscentes. Ovariuiu inferuro, tri- 

 locnlarc. Ovula in locnlii plurima, an S ulo cen- 

 trali pluriseriatiro inserta, pendula, anatropa. S t y- 

 lo* filiformii, brevissinius; sti^ma capitatuoi. 

 Capsula cylindrico-fusiformis, tornlosa, triiocu- 

 laris, indehiscens. S em in a plurima , penduia, 

 ovalia, minitna, testa chartacea, rhapbe longitndi- 

 nali, elevata. Embryonis exalbuminoei, ortho- 

 tropi cotyledoncs olitusae, radicula brevis- 



sima, supcra, Herba Africac t rupicac , pa- 



ludosa, glabra, ramosissima; foliis alternis, sessiti- 

 bus, oblongo linearibua, integerrimis, floribus axilla- 

 ribus solitariis, brcvissime pediccltatis, folio bre- 

 vioribus. 



Prieurea DC. Prodr. III. 68. M»m. III. 14. t. 2- 

 Melsner Gcn. 120. (85.) J u s * \ e u a L' r i e u r e a Guillem. 

 et Perrot. Flor. Seneg. I. 294. 



6I09. JTiiMMiitea LlNN. Calyx tuho cj- 

 lindraceo v.prismatico, cum ovario connatn, stipra 

 nvarinm hand producto, liiubi snperi, quadri-quin- 

 quepartiti laciniis acutis, persistentibus. CoroU 

 lae petala 4 v. 5 , disci epigyni, conict, sulcati v. 

 depressi, quadri-quinquelnbi marsini inserta, caly- 

 cii laciniis alterna, «bovata, patentia. Stamina 



