Pomee.) LVIIL ROSACEZE. 629 
HzsrERnouzELES, Lindl. Bot, Reg. sub t. 1956, ab Osteomele nullo modo differt, nisi foliis simpliei- 
bus. Walp. Bep.ii. 56: A4nn.iv. 670. Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 846. .Wedd. Chlor. And. ii. 229, 
ErzuTHEROCARPUM, Schlecht. (in Lechl. Pl. Peruv. Exsicc. n. 2060), est, Osteomelis species. 
Ono LIX. SAZXIFRAGEJZ. 
Endl. Gen. 813; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 567. EscarrowrAcex, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 752. Hypmaw- 
GEACEZE, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 569. CuwoNiAcEm, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 571. BmExiaAcEx, Lindl. 
Veg. Kingd. 573. HunszEsrack m, Endl. Gen. 823. GmossuramiAcEz, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 750. 
FnRANCcoACEX, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 451. .RousszxAcrc, DC. Prod. vii. 021, PmuirADELPHEX, 
Endl. Gen. 1186 ; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 753. ' 
Flores hermaphroditi, raro unisexuales v. polygamo-dioici. —Calyr O-merus, rarius 
4-12-merus, liber v. ovario adnatus, lobis valvatis v. imbricatis. Petala swpissime 
4 v. b, raro 0, perigyna, rarius epigyna, rarissime hypogyna, sepe parva, imbricata v. val- 
vata. Stamina petalis isomera v. sepe numero dupla, rarius oo, perigyna v. epigyna, 
nunc hypogyna, erecta v. patentia; filamenta libera, glabra v. rarissime pubescentia, in 
paucis dilatata et apice 2-loba. .4n/Aere sepissime didym:s, dorso filamento adnat:e, 
loculis lateraliter v. introrsum (rarissime extrorsum) dehiscentibus, connectivo non raro 
glanduloso v. incrassato et producto. D/scus inter stamina et ovarium sepe prresens, 
tumidus v. eupularis, lobatus v. partitus, interdum in staminodia glandulasve cum stamini- 
bus alternantes desinens.  Gyncecium liberum v. tubo calycis plus minus adnatum, s:e- 
pissime syncarpum et 2-merum, non raro 3-5-merum, rarissime 6-12-merum, rarius 1-locu- 
lare v. carpellis 4-6 omnino diseretis apocarpum; placentze marginibus introflexis carpel- 
lorum affixe, rarius parietales v. in loculos ovarii projectz.  S/y/i tot quot ovarii loculi, 
liberi plus minus connati v. in unum columnarem confluentes, stigmate sspius capitato 
v. simplici, raro decurrente v. peltato, rarissime lobato.  Ovula stpissime secus axin 
.loculorum v. juxta margines carpellorum 2-seriatim affixa, non raro pauca, rarissime 
solitaria, e basi loculi adscendentia v. ab apice pendula, anatropa, raphe ventrali laterali 
v. dorsali, Fructus capsularis v. baccatus, rarius follicularis v. rarissime nucamentaceus. 
Semina varia, scepissime minuta, numerosa, recta v. rarissime curva, testa coiiacea v. ssepius 
membranacea, glabra v. pilosa, levis reticulata punctata v. rugosa non raro alata; albu- 
men sepissime copiosum, carnosum, in nonnullis parcum, in. perpaucis O0... Zinbryo srepis- 
sime minutus, teres; cotyledones plano-convexs; radicula teres, cotyledonibus vix latior, 
rarius magna et cotyledonibus planis subfoliaceis multo major. 
Arbores frutices v. herb» ; habitu vario. 
Ordo polymorphus, Zosaceis sine dubio quam maxime affinis et mediantibus Spirea, Astilbe 
et Neillia eum iis arcte connexus. A QCrassulaceis discrepat precipue habitu, defectu glandu- 
larum hypogynarum earpellisque rarius polyspermis; sed Crassulacez potius Subordinem Saxi- 
fragearum quam Ordinem sistunt. rancoa inter hos Ordines oscillat, sed ob habitum inter Sazi- 
Jrageas posita est.  Bruniacee habitu aliensze sunt, nee non fructu sepissime 2-cocco recedunt, sed 
nullum alium discrimen bonum ordinale invenimus. Cum Lyg/hraceis affinitas Saxifragearum clara 
est, per Crypteroniam, Raleighiam, aliaque ; cum Rhizophoreis per Legnotideas ; cum Droseraccis 
per Parnassiam; cum Ficoideis per Ribem et cum Stylidieis per Donatiam. Hamamelidee sat 
distinetze floribus szepe dioieis, calycibus in quovis capitulo szpissime confluentibus, aliisque notis. 
Species ad 540, regionum temperatarum et frigidarum totius orbis incolz, in tropicis rarz, in Africa 
australi et in Australia paucee. 
: FORMJE ABNORMES, 
Caulis scandens in Hydrangea. 
Habitus Carpodeti et, Choristylidis, omnino Celastrineus. 
Folia solitaria in Oresitrophe ; in ascidia mutata in CepAaloto. 
Inflorescentia capitellata est in Codia, Pancheria et Callicoma ; hypophylla in PAyllonomate, 
Flores in ambitu corymbi steriles in Zydrangee speciebus plurimis, et in Schizophragmate. 
Calyx inzequalis in Te£illa; post anthesin auctus in Ceratopetalo et Aphanopetalo ; longitudi- 
naliter fissus cum lobis inzequalibus in Zolmiea ; 10-lobus in ZaMbrucknera. 
Petala capillaria in ToLmiea; lobata v. laciniata in Tema, Mitella et Ceratopetalo ; ingequalia 
