Ftemnthece.'] OXXIX. ILLECEBHACE^. 1» 



oblongo-cylindraceus, tenuissime membranaceus. Semen clavatum, testa Kyalina peri- 

 carpio et albumini parco adhcerente, chalaza sapra basin parva lateral! ; embryo magnus, 

 fere rectus, dorsalis, clavatus, cotyledonibus oblongis piano -cone avis, radicula mfera 

 conica.— Fruticulus 3-4-pedalis, glaberrimus, ramiilia graciUbus teretibus penduhs. 

 Folia opposita, elongata, cylindracea, camosula, obtusa v. acuta, ima basi scarioso- 

 dilatata et per paria connata ; stipulte minutse, scariosse, v. 0. Floras parvuli, m 

 cymas dichotomas terminales fastigiatim paniciilatas dispositi, pedunculis pedicellisque 



gracilibuR. 



Species 1, Canariensis, Walj), Ann. i. 81. 



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16. scieranthus, Linn. Gen. n. 5G2.— Flores ebracteati. Perianthium herbaceum, 

 infundibulare urceolatum v. turbinatum, 4-5-deutatum v. 4obum, denium indnratum ; 

 lobi erecti, acuti v. obtusi. Stamina 1, 2, 5, v. 10, fauci periantliii inserta, filamentis 

 subulatis ; antherai didymie ; staminodia 0. Ovarium ovoideum ; styli 2, distmcti, 

 filifonnes, erecti, stigmatibus capitellatis v. acutis ; ovulum ab apice funiculi basilaris 

 filiformis pendulum, amphitropum. Utiiculus membranaceus, pcrianthu tubo mdurato 

 inclusus. Semen lenticulare, ab apice funiculi suspensum, inversum, testa coriacea 

 liBvi - embryo annularis, albumen farinaceum cingens, cotyledonibus hnearibus, radicula 

 eloncrata supera.— Herb^ humiles, rigidie, annuje v. pePMUies, dichotome ramosissimse, 

 siepius dense c^espitos^e, glabrae v. puberulae. Folia opposita, basi connata, subulata, 

 rigida, pungentia, marginibus la^vibus v. serrulatis ; stipulse 0. Flores parvuli, virides, 

 in cymas glomerulosve axillares et terminales sessiles v. pedunculatos dispositi, v. ad 

 apicem pedunculi rigidi 1-3-ni involucrati. 



Species ad 10, Europse, Africa totse, Asiaj occidentalis et Australasia iacol?e. DC. Prod. iii. 378. 

 Walp. Rep. i. 266. Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 749. Benih. Fl. Austral, v. 258. G^rin. Fnict u. t 126. 

 Lam Illusir. t 374. Nees Gen. Fl. Germ, {male quoad ovarium). A. Gray, Gen. 111. U 102. 



Mniabum, Ford. Char. Gen. i. t. 1 .(Ditoca, Banks ct Sol in Gmrtn. Fruct. u. 196, t 126) a 

 Sclcranihis typicis non differt nisi floribus 1-2-andris ad apicem pedunculi dcnmru elongati apice 

 4-bracteati sessilibus. BC. Prod. iii. 378. LabilL PL Nov. Boll. t. 2. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 283. 

 F, MuelL PL Vict t. 12. 



17. Habrosia, Fenzl in Bot. Zeit. 1S43, 322.— Perianthium lierbaceum, fere 5-par- 

 titum, tubo obconico demum gibbis 5 siimbus oppositis instructum ; seginenta erecto- 

 patentia, late scariosa, oblonga, in aristam elongatam abrupte angustata. Stamina 5, 

 minima, liypogyna, ina^quilonga, filamentis brevilms v. brevisaimis subulatis, antheraj 

 didymre ; staminodia minuta, hyalina, squamieformia. Ovarium minutum, comprcssum, 

 orbiculare ; styli 2, breves, snberecti, intus stigmatosi ; ovula 2, basilaria, semi-aiiatropa, 

 fuuiculis subelongatis. XJtriculus membranaceus, globosus, compressus, asperulus. 

 Semen lenticulare, testa mcinbranacea pericarpio adluierente, hilo laterali ; embryo 

 anmilaris, albumen farinaceum cingens, cotyledonibus linearibus, radicula dorsali.— 

 Herba annua, tenuissima, glaberrima, dichotome ramosa. Folia opposita, setacea, 

 obtusa, basibus dilatatis connata ; stipuhe 0. Flores parvuli, in cymas multifloraa 

 fastigiatim diapositi, virides, bracteati, pedicellati. 



Species 1, Mo-sopotamica et Syrla-a, Bom, FL Or. i, 751. Genus anom:ilum, h.iLitu Scleranthi 

 V. Arenari^, sed 2-ovuliitum. 



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