12 CXXIX. ILLECEBRACE^. 



Okdo CXXIX. 



if. Br. Prod. 413^ Paroxtchie*:, St. Hil. in Mem. Mus. ii. 276. CARTOrHYLi.KARCM Tribus 

 11LECEHRK.E, Ptebanthe^, PoLLicHiEiR, et Subordo SCLEEANTHPJE, Endl. Geii. PI 956 et seq 

 IiLECEBHACE^ et ScLEEANTHACEJE, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 499 et 528. 



mores regiilares, saepissime hermaphroditi, inconapioui. Ferianthium herbaceum v 

 coriaceum, post anthesin persistens et sajpius iuduratum, 4-5-lobatum v. -partitum lobis 

 segnientisve erectis, raiius patentibus, imbrioatis. Petala 0, nisi staminodia minuta v 

 mterdum subpetaJoidea inter stamina posita. Stamina tot quot periantliii segmenta et 

 us opposite, rarms pauciora v. plura, perigyna v. rarius subhypogyna ; filamenta subulata, 

 brevia, libera v. ima basi m annulum membranaceum connata, v. margini disci ten„i' 

 mserta. Antherce breves, didym«i, rarius oblongee, dorso affixaj, rimis anticis dehiscentes" 

 Ovar^um hberum, sessile, ovoideum v. subglobosnm, rarii.s compressuni, l-looulare! 

 mterdum file tenuissimo conductore percursum. Stylus 1, terminalis, apiee 2^3-dentatus 

 r. styh 2, rarissime 3, apicibus introrsum stigmatosis. Ovuh 1, rarius 2, e funiculis 

 basilaribus _ erecta v. pendula et inversa, amphitropa anatropa v. semi-anatropa. Utri- 

 cuius rarissime nux, crustaceus, membranaceus, indehiscens v. basi lacerus, 1-spermus 

 perianthio mclusus. Semen erectum v. inversum, ovoideum clavatum orbiculare v' 

 lenticulare, testa tenuiter membranacca, exarillata ; albumen farinaceum y camosum' 

 «at copiosum v. parcum. Emhryo nunc annularis, albumen cingens, cotyledonibus 

 ang^.st^, radicula elongata incumbente supera v. infera, nunc clavatus dJrsalis, albumini 

 applicitus, rectus v. leviter incurvus, cotyledonibus oblongis, radicula infera 



Herbae annua, v. perennes, rarius fruticuli v. suffrutices, suberect* diffusa v. pul- 

 vinatim cajspi tos«^ Folia in generibus normalibus opposita, parva, integerrima Li 

 sa^pius connata, SoUruntho excepto integerrima. StipuL-e scariosa., simpHces Wfl'd.-. v 

 connate, rarius 0. Inflorescentia varia, in generibus plerisque dichotome cymosl' 

 Flores parvi, herbacei, virides v. albi, siepe scarioso-braoteati. ^ 



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frequentiores. 



Ordo Amarantace^s cert.ssune affims sed .tip„Hs, peria.thio herbaceo stamimbusque perigynf, 

 Uiir r^ Car„kylle<, dis mgui,ntnr floribus petalifcris, ovario pluriorulato. frucluone c!p d^r 

 Fortula^e. sepa is 2, corolla cap.ufeque dehi.eentia. Ficoidc. conne.a, s«nt ope ILTr^l il 



Z:ZZi habit"; r 'r""fl ^^^'?'— '« g--« -oncarpicalovulltfre ed : 



Stylo laterali, habitu, foliig amplis, inflorescentia racemosa et cotyledonibus litiAvn.,.« T. / ■ 



genus Pol^^gonearum^ habitu multisquo notis Ilkoe6raceis acced t 'ed d^ro I o -^h . T"^" 



Molhyuie<B daffort ovario polycarpico et stumlnibns .^pissim. hjpogynis. 



i'cdunculiiw foliaceus m Pfirautho. 



Folia omnia B/j.^planifC et supuriora CorngioU alterna. 



Perianthii sogmcnta valvatu in llleccl^o, Ihjs^Jmnio et Vcntaccem. 



Stamina bypogyna in Dysphania. 



Ovai-ium tubo perianthii connatum in Sclcroccphalo et Coniete. 



Ovula 2 V. 4 in PoUichia, Avhyrovychin ot TIahruda. 



Nux crustr,cea in Corrlyiola. 



CONSPECTUS GENEKUM, 



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um 



Excepta : Folia oistipulata et flores exinvolucrati in JDysphania. 



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Ovarimn \-ovuIatum. 



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