Gomphrenecp.] 



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ramos panicul^ terminalis ramulis alternis glomerati, ? longius lanati ; bracte^e et brae- 

 teolee late oblongse v. rotundatse, scariosse, nitidse. 



Species 1, D. leptocladus, Hook, f, regionis Mexieano-Texanae incola. Wright, n. 589, Thurher, 

 Iresine diffusa, ex Torn Bot. Emory Exped. 1 80, non H. B. et K. Genus ab omni tribu Go7nphre- 

 nearum distinctum habitu, foliis alternis, et stigmatibus. 



Okdo CXXXI. CHBNOPOBIACEJE. 



Endl. Gen. 292. Lindl. Vcg. Kingd. 513. Salsolace^e, Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 41. 



Flares hermaphroditi polygami v. unisexuales, regiilares, rarius irregulares, nudi v. 

 bracteati v bractoati et 2-bractcolati. Permnthi^mi simplex, soDpissime 3-5-lobum v. 

 -partitiUB, V. in floribus foemineia 0, post antheain accrescens v. immutatum, raa-issime 

 baccatum v. nuceum ; segmenta v. lobi membranacei herbacei v. chartacci, dorso nudi 

 V in tuberculos spinas v. alas excrescentes, sestivatione imbncati segmentia Z v. 6 

 exterioribus, raxissiiue sub-valvati. Stamina numero partium periantbii isomera v. pau- 

 ciora iisque opposita, lumquam plura, hypogyna t. disco v. perianthii segmentis affixa, 

 raro stamiiiodiis alteniantia ; lilamenta subulata filiformia v. sa^pius Imeana et compressa, 

 basi libera, rarissime membrana connata, periantliio longiora v. breviora. Anther(B 

 dorsifix^, didymte oblongs v. sagittate, 2-loGulares, rarissime basifixse m subordine 

 Baselharum versatilea et in alabastro reverse., in ceteris incurv.^ ; loculi paraUeli v. 

 diverc^entes, a basi ad medium v. altius liberi, rimis anticis v. lateralibus dehiscentes; 

 oonnectivum simplex v. in appendicem erectam planam cucuUatam v. vesicnlosam 

 coloratam productum ; pollen globosum. Discus v. rarius annularis v. basin penanthii 

 vestiens, raro crenatus v. in staminodia brevia productua. Ovarmm hberam v basi 

 periantbii immcrsum, semper superum, etperianthio siadsit inclusum, ovoideuni globosnm 

 depressum rarius oblongum v. lagenasforme, vertice sa^pissime in atylum brevem v. 

 elon-atum angustatum, rarius trimcatum, l4oculare. Stylm termmalis, brevis y. _elon- 

 cratul stigmate capitato 2-3-lobo, v. styli 2^3 olongati apicc v. apice et mtrorsum papillosi, 

 V stigmata 2-5 sessilia undiq«e v. introrsum tantum papiUosa, basi connata v. diacreta, 

 interdum filiformia v. capiUaria. Omdum solitarium, ampbitropum, erectum, funiculo 

 basilari brevi, v. ab apice funiculi elongati suspcnsum. Friictus ; utriculus membrana- 

 ceuH coriaceus v. camosus, perianthio sospissime inclusus, et non raro cum eo deciduus, 

 indehiscens, rarissime circumscissus, pericarpio libcro y. test^ semmis adhserens Semen 

 erectum invcrsum t. borizontale, lenticulare subglobosum reniforme v. OYOideo-com- 

 pressum; testa crustacea coriacea camosula v. membranacea, interdum albummi adherens, 

 Lvia V Lranulata, endopleura v. membranacea ; albumen farinaceum camosum v. 0. 

 Erfibryo peripbericus, aimularis v. hippocrepicus, albumen cingens; in Salkcmneis dorsahs, 

 vir^ulaiformis v. conduplicatus et exalbuminosus ; in Salsoleis aUisque exalbummoaus, 

 piano- V subcocbleato-apiralis, radicula extraria ; cotyledones sfepissime angusti^, plano- 

 convexre in paucia plan®, radicula elongata pauUo latiores ; plumula inconspicua. 



Herb* annuje v. perennes, v. frutices, raro arbusculse humiles, glabrae glauca^ 

 farinosfe v lepidota;, pilosie v. villosce, non raro carnosula^. Caulcs continui v. articulati, 

 teretes v angulati, erectiv. decumbentcs, in Basei^ets dextrorsum volubilcs. Folia altema 

 V rarius opposita, plana et dilatata v. cai-nosa et cylindracea v. semiteretia, sa^pissimo 

 integerrima, in paucis irregulariter sinuato-dentata, nunquam rcgulariter serrata ; m 

 Salicomieis et paucis aUia cauli adnata limbo brevissimo v. evanido; stipubu 0. Inflores- 

 ccntia varia, siepe glome rata glomorulis in spicas paniculasve foliosas dispositis, v. axiUarea 

 Qt solitarii in Chmopodiis paucis dicliotome cymosi ; in SaUcomicis strobilacci v. cans 

 rliacbeos articulatic immcrsi ; rai-issime pedicellati et splcati v. racemosi, inconspicui, 



