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dum ananthera. Cocci 5, l-loeulares, l-spermi. Folia alterna.—Species l, Australiensis. Wap. 
Ann, ii. 242, 
2. Sisyndite, E. Meyer, in Herb. Drége.—Sepala 5, magna, exteriora angustiora, imbri- 
cata. Petala 5, obovata, calyce paullo longiora. Discus 5-lobus, squamulis 5 hypogynis 
3-fidis lobis oppositis coronatus. Stamina 10; filamenta subulata, basi attenuata, glabra, 
.5 inter lobos et squamulas disci inserta, 5 cum iis alternantia; anthere elongate, lineares. 
Ovarium sessile, hirsutissimum, ovoideum, in stylum elongatum attenuatum, 5-gonum, 5- 
loculare, stigmate clavato 5-suleato; ovula in loculis solitaria, pendula. Capsula 5-cocca, 
plumoso-hirsuta, cocecis demuin secedentibus sutura ventrali dehiscentibus, Semina com- 
pressa, erecta, exalbuminosa, testa membranacea; cotyledones crasswe.— Frutex spartioideus, 
glaberrimus, ramis teretibus spongiosis subaphyllis dichotomis, Folia opposita, minute 
stipulata, pinnata, petiolo tereti ramo simili, foliolis paucis suboppositis parvis rotundatis 
coriaceis. Flores magni, axillares, solitarii; pedunculi crassiusculi, basi minute bracteolati. 
Species 1, Capensis. .Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 354. 
3. Augea, TAunb. FI. Cap. 389.—Calyx baàsi obconieus, 5-fidus, segmentis membra- 
naceo-marginatis valvatis, externis angustioribus, persistens. Petala O, nisi squame 10, 
3-fidze, staminibus oppositze et cum iis insertee. Discus urceolatus, liber, stipitatus, mem- 
branaceus, dentibus 10 subulatis. Stamina 10, infra marginem disci inserta cum dentibus 
ejus alternantia; filamenta obcuneata, 3-fida, laciniis lateralibus inter mediam antheriferam 
superantibus; antherz oblongs. Ovarium fundo disci sessile, oblongum, 10-loculare ; stylus 
brevis, crassus, stigmate simplici; ovula in loculis 2-3, adscendentia. Capsula oblonga, 10- 
costata, valvis 10 dehiscens. Semina solitaria, oblonga, testa crassiuscula, albumine 0; 
cotyledones planz, crassiuscule.— Herba annua, carnosa, glaberrima, habitu AMesembryan- 
themi, radice fusiformi, ramis articulatis. Folia stipulata, opposita, connata, simplicia, 
senüteretia, obtusa. Flores axillares, solitarii v. pauci, pedunculi 1-flori, basi 2-bracteolati, 
Species 1, Capensis, salsuginosus. .arv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 355. 
4. Sericodes, A. Gray, Pl. Wright. i, 28.—Calyx O-partitus, persistens, laciniis ovato- 
lanceolatis. Petala 5, imo calycis inserta, rhombeo-ovata, tarde decidua. Discus O. 
Stamina 10, subperygyna; filamenta filiformia, 5 petalis oppositis nudis, ceteris basi intus 
squamula 2-fida auctis; antherze oblongze, medio aífix:. ^ Ovarium villosissimum, sessile, 
5-lobum, 5-loculare; stylus superne 5-gonus, clavatus, angulis stigmatosis; ovula soli- 
taria, pendula. Fructus 5-coccus, siccus, villosissimus, coccis coriaceis indehiscentibus ab 
axi secedentibus. Semen exalbuminosum ; cotyledones ovales.—Frutex humilis, ramosis- 
simus. Folia parva, simplicia, fasciculata, fasciculis alternis, oblongo-spathulata, integer- 
rima, sericea, sessilia. Stipule minutz, spinescentes. Flores 1-3, in eodem fasciculo cum 
foliis breviter pedunculati; corolla flava. (JDeseript. ex 4. Gray.) 
Species 1, Mexico borealis incola. Wap. Ann. iv. 403. 
5. Nitraria, Linn. Gen. n. 609.—Calyx parvus, carnosulus, 5-fidus, persistens, imbri- 
catus. Petala 5, concava, apicibus cucullatis induplicatim valvatis.  Torus inconspicuus, 
carnosulus, calycis fundum vestiens. Stamina 15, rarius 10-14, margini disci obscuri in- 
serta; filamenta nuda, filiformia, subulata; antherz oblongs. ^ Ovarium sericeum, liberum, 
sessile, oblongo-pyramidatum, 2—6-loculare, in stylum brevissimum sensim attenuatum, stig- 
matibus 2-6 breviter decurrentibus; ovula in loculis solitaria, linearia, medio funiculis 
elongatis pendulis affixa. Drupa baccata, ovoideo-acuminata, putamine osseo extus scro- 
bieulato l-loculari l-spermo apice valvis 6 subulatis alternis brevioribus dehiscente. —Se- 
men pendulum, ovoideo-acuminatum, testa membranacea, epidermide sicca; embryo exal- 
buminosus, cotyledonibus obovato-ellipticis plano-convexis, radieula brevi supera.—Fru- 
tices sepe canescentes, rigidi, spinosi v. inermes. Folia alterna v. fasciculata, stipulata, 
simplicia, obovato-cuneata, carnosula, integerrima v. apice 3-fida, stipulis parvis. Flores 
in  cymas scorpioideas dispositi, breviter pedicellati, albi. Drup:e salsz, nigrs v. rubre ; 
cotyledones interdum 3. 
Species 2 v. 6-6 ?, regionibus salsis calidis Africz borealis, Asiz occidentalis, et Australie incolz. 
