Onp LX. CER ASSULACEZJZE. 
Endl. Gen. 808; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 344. 
Flores hermaphroditi, rarissime unisexuales, regulares, ^ Ca/yz liber, persistens, 3-5- 
rarius 6-30-partitus, sepalis interdum in calycem breviter 4-fidum ampullaceum connatis. 
Petala tot quot sepala, libera v. plas minus connata, ssepe persistentia, erecta v. pa- 
tentia v. ungue erecto et lamina patente.  Stam?na perigyna v. fere hypogyna, petalis 
numero zqualia v. duplo plura, libera v. a'terna v. omnia petalis adnata; filamenta filifor- 
mia v. subulata, An/Aerc lineares oblongs v. didym:e, dorso affix:e, loculis longitudinaliter 
dehiscentibus. | Squamule hypogyns ad basin cujusvis carpelli v. cum iisdem con- 
fluentes, oblongs cuneats lineares v. rotundatz, rarius longiores quam latz, rarissime : 
petaloidem. ^ Ovarii carpella tot quot petala, libera v. rarissime inter se plus minus connata, 
l-ocularia. Styli breves v. elongati, subulati v. filiformes ; stigmata capitellata, puncti- 
. formia v. truncata, sepe obliqua. Ovwla plurima, suturz ventrali 2—multiseriatim affixa, 
rarius pauca, rarissime solitaria et erecta v. pendula.  Folliculi membranacei v. coriacei, 
l-lculares, poly- v. oligospermi, sutura ventrali dehiscentes, rarius in generibus syncar- 
pieis dorso dehiscentes. Semina sspissime minuta, oblonga; testa membranacea v. sub- 
coriacea, punctulata ; albumen carnosum.  Emóryo teres, cotyledonibus brevibus obtusis, 
radicula elongata. 
Herbs v. suffrutices, habitu valde variz, sspe crasse carnoss v. succulents, raro 
pubescentes v. pilosz. Folia opposita v. alterna, interdum per paria connata, simplicia 
v.rarius laciniata v. imparipinnata. Stipulz O0. Flores sepissime cymosi, bracteati v. 
ebraeteati. 
Species ad 400, per regiones imprimis temperatas et subcalidas Europ Asis occidentalis et 
Afriez australis obvize, in America boreali temperata et tropiea. subcopiosze, in Ameriea australi vix 
occurrunt, in Australia terrisque polaribus rarz, a Polynesia exsules. 
Crassulaeec, Sacifrageis valde affines, differunt ovarii carpellis omnino liberis numero petalis 
squantibus; sed transitus per P'ancoa;n et Tetillam inter Sacifrageas et per Triactinam inter 
Crassulaceas facilis est. Genera Crassulacearum male definita sunt, species varie Sedi inter Cras- 
sulam Cotyledonem et Sempervivum. vagantur; et preterea inter Crassulam et Tilleazs nullum est 
diserimen bonum. 
FORMJE ABNORMES. 
Folia membranacea in Penthoro. 
Calyx amplus inflatus in BryopAyllo. 
Petala interdum 0 in Penthoro. 
Squamulie petaloideze in Monanthide. 
Gynccii carpella 3 cum petalis 5 in Thiactina ; connala in Triactina, Penthoro et Diamorpha. 
Capsule dehiscentia abnormis in PentAoro et, Diamorpha. 
CONSPECTUS GENERUM. 
À. Qvarii carpella libera. 
* Siamina cum petalis isomera, | (Vide Kalanchoes, Sedi, Crassul& et Cotyledonis species in **.) 
t Petala libera v. basi tantum connata. 
l. Tinnxa. Flores 4-ó-meri. Calyx eorolla brevior v. wquans.—Herbw annus, parvulm, 
foliis oppositis.— eg. temp. et trop. 
' 9, DixacRr. — Flores ó-meri. Petala waguiculata. ^ Carpella apice pone stigma cornuta.— 
Herba pnsilla, foliis oppositis.—.Afr. «ust. 
3. CmassurA. Flores ó-meri, Calyx corolla brevior.—Suffrutiees swpius erassz v. carnoss, 
rarius herbee.—Africa, Himalaya. 
tt Petala sepius ad. medium v. ultra connata. 
4. GnawwANTRES. Calyx campanulatus, tubum  corolle :quans, — Herba parvula, foliis 
oppositis.—A/fr. aust. 
5. RocHEa, Calyx tubo eorolle multoties buvviok: — Frutieculi carnosi, folis oppositis. — 
Afr. aust. 
