112 - .ErIIL RESEDACE/E. 
Ovarii carpella 6, in apicem stipitis toro inserti verticillata, basi connata, aperta; ovulis 
oo, ad bases conuatas carpellorum glomeratis. OCarpella matura stellatim divaricata, aperta. 
Semina pauca.—Herb:s glabre v. pilose, annus, habitu JEesede, ramossm. Folia integra, 
linearia v. lanceolata, plana v. undulata. Flores dense racemosi, albi; pedicellis basi 
bracteatis. 
Species 2, quarum altera per totam Africam borealem subtropicam, Arabiam, Persiam, et Indiam 
boreali-oceidentalem vulgaris, altera Abyssiniea.  JWaZp. Rep.ii. 754. Flores seepe monstrosi. 
4. Reseda, Linn. Gen. n. 608.—OCalyx 4-7-partitus. Petala hypogyna, 4-7, inzqualia, 
2-oo-fida, postica intus membranaceo-appendiculata. "Torus subsessilis, urceolaris, postice 
dilatatus. Stamina 10—40, toro intus inserta. Ovarium sessile v. stipitatum, apice 3- 
lobum; placentis 3-6, occ-ovulatis. Capsula indehiscens, apice hiante 3-loba. Semina 
numerosa.—Herb:»  erecte v. decumbentes, glabrz v. pilosm. Folia integra, lobata v. 
pinnatisecta ; stipulis glandulzformibus. Flores racemosi, bracteati. 
Species circa 26 nobis cognitz, sat variabiles et ab auctoribus inordinate multiplieatzte ; maxima 
copia crescit in Europa australi, precipue in Hispania et Africa boreali; in Syria, Persia, et Arabia 
quoque sat numerosz.  Walp. Hep.ii. 101: 4mn.i. 26; ii. 80; iv. 190.  Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 
99 ad 102. 
EnzspA, Spach, Suit. Buff. vii. 101 (R. alba), non satis a ceteris Resedis differre videtur. 
5. Oligomeris, Cambess. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. xxiii. t. 25.—Calyx 4-partitus, laciniis sub- 
zequalibus v. 2 posticis majoribus approximatis, lateralibus remotis eum bracteola alternanti- 
bus. Petala 2, simplicia, distincta v. basi connata. "TorusO. Stamina 3-8, hypogyna ; fila- 
mentis basi monadelphis. Ovarium sessile, 4-gonum, 4-cuspidatum ; placentis 4, oc-ovulatis. 
Capsula angulata, vertice hians. Semina oo.— Herbs annus v. basi lignosm. Folia 
linearia, integerrima, sparsa v. fasciculata. Spicz terminales, laxiflore. Flores parvi. 
Species 4, quarum 3 austro-Africanr, et quarta late distributa est per Africam borealem, Syriam, 
Persiam, usque ad Indiam ; in California quoque reperta, sed forsan advena. 
RzskpELLA, Webb, Phytog. Canar. 107. t. 9. ErvxrwrA, Nutt. im Torrey et Gray, Fl. N. Am. 
i. 125, et HoroPETALUM, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. xvi. i. 01; ab Oligomeride non separanda sunt; 
conf. Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 64, ubi genus dividitur in subgenera 2; 1 RHesedella, staminibus 
3-4 unilateralibus, et 2 Holopetalum, staminibus 6-8 symmetrice dispositis. 
6. Ochradenus, Delile Fl. /Eg. 15. t. 31. f. l.—Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla 0. 'Torus 
urceolatus, limbo antice truncato, postice dilatato. Stamina 10-20, toro intus inserta. 
Ovarium sessile, ovoideum, vertice clausum, 3-cuspidatum ; placentis 3, oc-ovulatis. Bacca 
clausa. Semina plurima.— -Frutices ramosissimi, glabri; ramis gracillimis, virgatis, strictis 
in vetustioribus aphyllis, demum spinescentibus. Folia (in ramulos j JN tantum visa) 
linearia, solitaria v. fasciculata. Flores parvi, spicati. 
Species 2, altera Arabis, altera Hispanisz, totius page Afric» borealis ab ins. Canariensibus ad 
ZEgyptum, Arabis, Persiz, et Indiz finitimze incole. —Walp. Hep. ii. 701. 
Onpo XIV. CISTINEZ. 
Endl. Gen. 903 ; Lindl. Veg. Kingd, 349 ; Spach, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. vi. 257 et 357. t. 16, 17, 
et Suit. Buff. vi. 1; Willk. Ic. Pl. Eur. Austr. Occid. ii. 
Flores ssepius hermaphroditi, regulares. Sepala 3-5, imbricata, 2 exteriora (bractes, 
Spach), sepius minora, interdum deficientia, 3 interiora (sepala, Spach) ssepius convo- 
luta. Petala 5, rarissime 3 v. O0, imbricata, vix unguiculata, patentia, tenuia, fugacia. 
Stamina co, hypogyna ; filamenta libera, filiformia. .4n£Aere 2-loculares, loculis introrsum. 
longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium liberum, sessile, l-loculare v. septis parietalibus 
prominentibus et basi in medio cavitate sepe coalitis subdivisum ; placent 3-5, parietales 
v. semiseptis adnatz. Stylus simplex, stigmate integro v. 3-fido v. stigmata 3. Ovula in 
quaque placenta 2-26, a funiculis szepe longis porrecta, orthotropa v. rarissime funiculis plus 
minus adnatis subanatropa. Capsula usque ad basin v. brevius in valvas tot quot pla- 
centz et eas medio gerentes dehiscens.  Semünum testa crustacea, srepius mucilaginem in 
