XXV. ELATINEJF. 163 
2. Bergia, Linn. Mant. n. 1309. (Lancretia, Delile, Fl. ZEg. 69. t. 95. f. 1. Merimea, 
Camb. in St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. ii. 160. £. 107.)—Flores 5-meri, rarius 3-4-meri. Sepala 
medio herbacea v. costata, acuta, margine sepius membranuceo-hyalina. Ovarium ovoi- 
deum. Capsula subcrustacea, valvis nunc septicide induplicatis axin placentiferum nudan- 
tibus, nune concavis v. planiuseulis, septis latius angustiusve axi adnatis.—Herb: suffru- 
ticesve prostratre v. ramosissim:e, sepe pubescentes, Folia opposita, integerrima v. smpius 
serrata, Flores in axillis solitarii v. cymoso-fasciculati, parvi sed vulgo majores quam in 
Elatine. 
Species ad 14, per regiones tropieas subtropieasve utriusque orbis disperse. JWalp. Rep. i. 284; 
li. 786: Ann. ii. 113. — Delile, FT. ZEg. t. 26. f. 1. Wight, Ill. &. 20 A: 1c. 0. 222. Guill. et Perr. 
Pl. Seneg. t. 12. — Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 24. F. Muell. Fl. Vict. t. 9. 
Sectio Bergella, A. Gray, Gen. Ill. i. 219. (. 96, ad. Elatinem ob capsule septa post dehiscentiam 
axi adnata relata, habitu, numero partium, sepalorum indole, ete., nobis multo melius sub Zergia 
militare videtur. Dehiscentia capsule in speciebus nonnullis Oapensibus v. Australiensibus partim 
septifraga partim septicida est, 
Onpo XXVI. HYTERICINEZ. 
Endl. Gen. 1031; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 405; Spach, in Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 2. v. 349, et in 
Suit. Buff. y. 335. 
Flores regulares, hermaphroditi. ;Sepala 5, rarius 4, imbricata. Petala totidem, hypo- 
gyna, imbricata, sepius contorta. Stamina co, hypogyna, sepius in phalanges 3 v. 5 
connata v. approximata, nunc irregulariter polyadelpha v. in tubum connata v, omnino 
libera, rarius subdefinita, petalis tamen anisomera. 4mhere versatiles, rarius innatw, 2- 
loculares, loculis parallelis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium e carpellis 3-5 conflatum, 
nune l-loeulare v. carpellorum marginibus placentiferis introflexis v. ad axin concretis 
plus minus perfecte 3—5-loculare, rarius ad carpellum unicum reductum. Styli tot quot 
carpella, filiformes, liberi v. rarius coadunati; stigmata terminalia, capitata, clavata v. 
truncato-peltata.  Ovu/a in loculis oo 2-seriata, v. rarius pauca v. solitaria, a basi adscen- 
dentia v. ab axi horizontalia, anatropa, raphe laterali v. supera; in Zndodesmia ovulum 1. 
pendulum. uctus nune capsularis septicide v. rarius loculicide dehiscens, nunc carnosus 
indehiscens v. rarissime in coccos secedens. /Semina recta v. rarius incurva, exarillata, 
testa crustacea membranacea v. rarius laxe cellulosa. Embryo rectus v. arcuntus, mem- 
brana interna seminis involutus; albumen 0; cotyledones plans, semicylindriem v. rarius 
convolutze, radicula longiores v. breviores ; radicula hilo proxima. 
Herb:e, frutices, v. rarius arbores. Folia opposita v. rarius verticillata, simplicia, integra, 
penninervia, integerrima v. glanduloso-dentata, herbacea v. rarissime subcoriacea, nunc 
parva v. acerosa, Stipule 0. Flores terminales v. rarius axillares, solitarii cymosi v. cy- 
moso-panieulati, vulgo flavi v. albidi. Partes foliacez? ssepe glandulis pellucidis punctatze, v. 
punctis vesiculosis nigris consperse; in petalis etiam staminibusque nonnunquam con- 
Spieuis. Squam:e v. glandulze hypogynze inter staminum phalanges sspe adsunt, 
Species ad 210, per regi t lidioresque totius fere orbis disperse. 
Hypericines Guttiferis Ternstrumiaceisque arete affines, a prioribus differunt habitu sepe her- 
baceo, foliis minus coriaceis, floribus hermaphroditis, et stylis filiformibus; a Ternstramiaceis im- 
primis foliis oppositis et, inflorescentia. Genera tamen occurrunt nonnulla (pleraque monotypica) 
inter hos Ordines intermedia. 
FORMJE ABNORMES. 
Folia inferiora alterna in speciebus 2 Psorosperzni. 
Flores 4-meri in Ascyro. 
Stamina paueiora quam 10, libera v. in phalanges 3 triandras connata in speciebus paucis Hy 
- perici ; in vubum intus antheriferum connata in Eadodesmia. 
Antherz innate cuspidatz in Endod. 
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