LXIII. BRUNIACEAZE. 673 
Species 3, Afriez australis incole.  Prongn. im Ann. Sc, Nat. viii. 382. £. 37. f. 3. Swartz in 
Mag. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. 1810, 85. t. 4. Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 317. 
9. Audouinia, Zrongn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. viii. 984. t. 38. f. 1.—OCalycis tubus brevissimus, 
obconieus, ovario adnatus; lobi 5, magni, oblongo-lanceolati, scariosi, ciliati. Petala 65, 
longe unguieulata, limbo ovato, ungue 2-carinato. Stamina 5, inclusa, filamentis elongatis 
crassiusculis; anthersm lineares. Ovarium semi-inferum, obconicum, vertice lato convexo 
sub-3-lobo, 3-loculare; stylus columnaris, 3-gonus, stigmatibus 3 cavis; ovula in loculis 2, 
collateralia, pendula. ^ Fructus .. .—Suffrutex Epacrideus, ramis erectis subverticillatis 
v. fastigiatis, Folia spiraliter imbricata, sessilia, linearia, 3-gona, scaberula, subtus 2-sul- 
cata. Flores majusculi, sanguinei, in capitula oblonga spicseformia aggregati. 
Species 1l, Capensis. Zarv. e£ Sond. F1. Cap. ii. 323. 
10. Lonehostoma, JVickstr. (n .Act. Holm. 1818, 349. t. 10. (Gravenhorstia, JNees 
in Lindl. Nat. Syst. ed. 2. 439.)— Calycis tubus brevissimus, basi ovario adnatus; lobi 5, 
ovati obtusi v. anguste lineari-subulati, sericei. Petala 5, in corollam tubulosam 5-lobam 
connata, lobis oblongo-spathulatis subscariosis patentibus albis. Stamina 5, fauci corolle 
inserta, filamentis brevissimis; antherz  oblongo-hastats, 2-loculares, loculis margiue 
pilis patentibus paucis ciliatis, basi plus minus divergentibus. Ovarium fere superum, 
ovoideum, 2-loculare, sericeum ; stylus filiformis, brevis, stigmatibus 2 minutis, v. styli 2, 
filiformes v. subelavati; ovula in loculis 2, ab apice septi collateraliter pendula. Fructus 
capsularis, a basi 2-4-valvis, 4-spermus. Semina ovoidea, reticulata, funiculo brevi crasso 
suspensa, testa reticulata.—Frutices virgati, ramosi. Folia alterna, sessilia, imbricata, 
oblonga, concava, coriacea, dorso sericea. Flores majuseuli, in cupitula foliosa terminalia 
dispositi, albi v. rosei. 
Species ad 3, Capenses. Harv. e? Sond. FI. Cap. ii. 316. Fructus maturus non visus. 
On»po LXIV. XXIALORAGEZ. 
Endl. Gen. 1195; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 722. GuxNznAcEx, Endl. Gen. 286. 
Flores hermaphroditi v. unisexuales, sspissime minuti, ssepius incompleti. Calycis 
tubus ovario adnatus ; limbi lobi 2, 4 v. 0, rarius 3, interdum in:xquales v. in fl. d imperfecti. 
Petala 2,4 v. 0, concava, decidua, valvata v. marginibus imbricatis. Stamina 2-8, rarius 
l v. 3, magna; filamenta brevia, filiformia, rarius elongata. 4ntAere basifixz», ssepissime 
lineari-elongatsze, subquadratz, 9-loculares, loculis lateraliter dehiscentibus; pollen 4- 
globatum. Ovarium ovoideum oblongum v. breviter cylindricum, compressum v. 2-8-an- 
gulatum v. costatum, rarius 2-4-alatum, in My»fiopAyllo et. Callitriche 4-sulcatum, 1—4- (raro 
9-)oculare. Styli l-4, semper discreti, breves v. elongati, nune brevissimi; stigmata 
papillosa v. plumosa.  Ovula tot quot styli, ab apice loculi pendula, anatropa. Fructus 
minutus (Loudonia excepta), nucamentaceus v. drupaceus, compressus angulatus costatus 
v. alatus, indehiscens, 1-3-locularis v. in paucis 2- v. 4-coccus, loculis coccisve l-spermis. 
Semina pendula; testa tenuissime membranacea; albumen carnosum, &epissime copio- 
sum.  Zmbryo in axe albuminis fere ejusdem longitudinis, eylindraceus, cotyledonibus 
brevibus, radicula elongata, supera; in Gunnera minimus, pyriformis v. obcordatus, in apice 
albuminis situs. 
Herb:z v. suffrutices perennes, rarius annus, aquatics v. terrestres. Folia opposita 
alterna v. verticillata, forma et textura varia, submersa spe pectinatim pinnatifida. Sti- 
pule 0 v. in Gunnera petiolo adnatz. Flores smpissime axillares, solitarii v. aggregati, 
nunc racemosi spicati v. paniculati in Zoudonia corymbosi. 
Species ad 80, per orbem terrarum sparse, plerzeque aquatieze. 
Ordo naturalis, plerisque DBotanieis proxime Onagrarieis positus, sed unt nobis videtur longe dis- 
tans ; differt floribus ssepius minutis imperfectisque, habitu, ealyeis lobis non aut vix imbricatis, 
petalis coriaceis eucullatis seepe valvatis, ovarii loeulis carpellisve semper l-ovulatis, ovulo ab 
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