LXIV. HALORAGEJE. 675 
oblong:e, lateraliter dehiscentes, basifixee. Ovarium 2-4-loculare v. septis evanidis 1-loculare ; 
styli 2-4, breves, v. O, stigmatibus ssepe plumosis; ovula in loeulis solitaria, ab apice loculi 
pendula. JDrupa coriacea v. nux indehiscens, parva, 2-4-locularis, angulata costata alata 
v. tuberculata. Semina pendula, cylindracea, testa membranacea ; albumen carnosum ; em- 
bryo in axe albuminis, cylindricus, cotyledonibus brevissimis. —Héerbs v. rarius suffrutices, 
ramoss, glabree v. strigoso-pubescentes. Folia parva, inferiora ssepius opposita, superiora 
alterna, coriacea, integra v. subpinnatifida, integerrima v. argute serrata, sepe cartilagineo- 
marginata. Flores minuti, breviter pedicellati, axillares et solitarii, v. ad apices ramulorum 
spicati v. racemosi, sepissime penduli, 2-bracteolati v. ebracteolati, rarissime 3- v. b-meri, 
9 sepius apetali. 
Species ad 40, plerzque Austràlienses, paueze Indiz, Chins, et Novze Zelandisz incolz, uniea in in- 
sula Juan Fernandez obvia. .DC. Prod. iii. 66, 67 (Haloragis, Cercodia et Goniocarpus).  Walp. 
Rep.ii.99; v. 672: A4un.i. 293; ii. 637, 538 (Goniocarpus) ; iv. 683. | Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 290, 311 
(Goniocarpus), 598, false quoad ovula 8. .Hook. f. FI. Tasm.i. t. 22. — Benth. FU. Austral. ii. 473. 
3. Mteionectes, Dr. in Find. Voy. App. ii. 550.—Flores hermaphroditi et unisexuales. 
Calycis tubus ovoideus, compressus; lobi 2, parvi, erecti. Petala 2, concava, oblonga, 
sessilia, Stamina 4, filamentis brevibus subulatis; anthers lineari-oblongs, lateraliter de- 
hiscentes, basifixze. Ovarium 2-loceulare; styli breves, subulati, apices versus stigmatosi ; 
ovula in loeulis solitaria, &b apice loculi pendula, Nux parva, exsueca, coriacea, 2-loecularis, 
2-sperma. Semina cylindracea, testa membranacea; albumen carnosum ; embryo in axe 
&lbuminis teres, cotyledonibus brevibus, radicula elongata.—Herba parvula, glaberrima, 
ramosa, decumbens. Folia alterna, pinnatifida v. sub-2-pinnatifida. Flores minuti, axil- 
lares, breviter pedicellati, solitarii, nutantes, pedicello basi 2-bracteolato. : 
Species 1, Tasmanise et Australiz ore australis ineola. Benth. F?. Austral. ii. 486. Hook. [e. 
PI. t..306. 
4. Serpicula, Linn. Mant. 16. (Laurembergia, Berg. Pl. Cap. 350.)— Flores conferti, 
monoici; d'pedicellati. Calycis tubus brevissimus ; lobi 4, ovati, acuti. Petala 4, cucul- 
lata. Stamina 8, filamentis brevibus; anthers lineares, extus dehiscentes, basifixee. —Ova- 
rium 0; stigmata 4, rudimentaria, Fl. 9 : Calycis tubus ovoideus, 8-costatus; lobi 4, 
ovati, acuti, decidui. Petala maris, Stamina 0. Ovarium 1l-loculare; styli 4, patentes, 
stigmatibus papillosis v. plumosis; ovula 4, ab apice loculi pendula. Nux minuta, 8- 
eostata, l-locularis, l-sperma, coriacea, putamine erustaceo. Semen pendulum, testa mem- 
branacea; embryo in axe albuminis, cylindricus.—Héerbse parvule, decumbentes v. re- 
pentes, ramos, glaberrimse v. patenter pilosm. Folia opposita et alterna, subsessilia, 
linearia v. lanceolata, integerrima v. dentata. Flores minuti, ssepissime in axillis fascicu- 
lati, uno & gracile pedicellato, cseteris 9 sessilibus v. breviter pedicellatis. 
Species 2-4, in paludibus calidis Asiz, Africze et Americte obvim. DC. Prod.iii. 65. JWalp. Hep. 
ii. 98: Ann. ii. 537. Wight, Ic. t. 1001. 
Evrurruss, Blume, Bijd. 734, est Serpiculg species; cfr. ejusd. Mus. Bot. 110. 
- B. Proserpinaca, Linn. Gen. n. 102. (Trixis, Gertn. Fruct. i. 115. t. 24, non P. Br.)— 
.Flores hermaphroditi. Calycis tubus 3-4-gonus; lobi 3-4, late ovati, erecti, Petala 0. 
Stamina 3-4, filamentis brevibus; antherz lineari-oblong:e, Dasiixe, lateraliter dehiscentes. 
Ovarium 3-4-loculare; styli 34, cylindracei v. conico-subulati, supra medium stigmatosi ; 
ovula in loculis solitaria, ab ie. loculi pendula. Nux coriaceo-crustacea v. ossea, 3-4- 
gona, 3-4-locularis, 3-4-sperma. Semina cylindrica, testa membranacea; embryo in axe 
albuminis, cylindraceus.—Herb:e aquatic, glabrz, caulibus simpliciuseulis basi decum- 
bentibus. Folia alterna, subsessilia, lanceolata, dentata v. pectinato-pinnatifida. Flores 
minuti, axillares, sessiles, solitarii v. glomerati. 
Species 2, Ameriez borealis Indizque occidentalis ineole. DC. Prod. ii. 67. Juss. in Anm. 
Mus. iii, 320. t. 30. 
.6. Hippuris, Linn. Gen. n. ll.—Flores hermaphroditi v. unisexuales. Calycis tubus 
subglobosus, teretiusculus; limbus integerrimus. Petala 0. Stamen 1l, epigynum, fila- 
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