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patentia. Stamina 1-3, filamentis basi dilatatis ; antlierre majuscule, didymfc, 2-locularea. 

 Ovarium rhombeo-globosum, in stylum brevem attennatum, stigmatibus 2 brevibiis 

 aubulatis suberectis ; ovulum crectuui, funiculo brevi. Uti-iculus porianthio patente 

 inclusuR, pateriformis, vertice clepressus, ambitu marginatus, circnmscissus, margine 

 valvse supcrioris indurato. Semen liorizontale, lenticnlare v. subreniforme, testa atra 

 Crustacea nitida ; embryo fere annularis, albumen farinaccum cingens, cotyledonibus 

 linearibus planis acutia, radicula infera.— -Herba annua, erecta, glabrinsciila, canle 

 simplici. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, ovata, irregularitcr dentata. Flores in ramos 

 cym^um axillarium glomcrati, sessiles, minimi, ramulis sterilibus acerosis suffulti, virides. 



Species 1, montiuni ludije borcalis et Chinas occidentalis incola. Moq. in DC. Prod. siii. ii. 253. 



Genus anomalum, habitu, foliis dentatis, defectu bracteariun , inflorescentia dichotoma, ramnlis 

 sterilibus acerosis cjmarum, staniiiiibus et scminc horizontoli €Iienoj>odieis e tsectione Boiri/de9>^ne. 

 Utriculua circumscissus Aniarantaceariirii, a quibus differt foliis dentatis, habitu, iuflorescentia et 

 floribus ebractcolatis. 



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2. HablitzJa, Bieh, in Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. v. 24 ; Cent PI. Ross. t. 54 ; Fl. Taur. 

 Cmic. iii. 170.— Flores bermapbroditi, minute bracteati et 2-bracteolati. Perianthium 

 herbaceum ; segmenta 5, oblonga, obtusa, 5-nervia, fructifera stellatim patentia. Stamina 

 5, filamentis basi in annnlum coimatis ; antberte oblongJB, 2"loculares. Ovarium late 

 ovoideum, in stylum brevem crassum attenuatum, stigmatibus 3 brevibus demum 

 elongatis rccurvis ; o\idum sessile, erectum. Utriculus periantliio stellatim pateute sti- 

 patus, depresso-pateriformis, cii'cumscissus, margine valvi^^ supcrioris incrassato. Semen 

 horizontale, reniformi-rotundatum, compressum, testa Crustacea nigra nitida ; embryo 

 annularis, albumen farinaceum cingens, radictda centrifuga.— Herba aite scandons, glabra 

 V. parce pilosa, caulibus sulcatis. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, triangulari-cordata, sinu 

 profundo, acuminata, integerrima, membranacea, nervosa. Flores parvi, virides, in ramos 

 cymarum sessiles v. terminali pedicellato ; cymai in paniculas th^a^soideas pendulas dispo- 

 sitre. Stamina interdum imperfecta v. deficientia. 



Species 1, Caucasica. Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 254. Edchb. Iconogr. BoL t. 754. Eichw, PI. 



Casp. Cauc. t. 23. " ■ . , 



Gcuus valdo anomalum, an inter Amarantaceas (a quibus habitu differt, sed utriculo couvenjt) 



melius collucanduin ? Semiua matura a nobis non visa. 



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3. Rhagodla, Ii. Br. Prod. i. 408.— Flores hermaphroditi v. monoici, rarius dioici, 

 ebracteati et ebractcolati. Perianthium 5-lobum v. 5-partitum; segmenta oblonga v. 

 rotundata, Iierbacea v. coriacea, obtusa, incurva, fructifera immutata v. parum aucta, 

 stellatim patentia v. basin rarius verticem fructus incladcntia. Stamina 5 v. pauciora, 

 basi perianthii inserta, filamentis subulatis comprcssis ; antber;e ovoidcpc, basi 2-fidfe, 

 inclusie v. exsertm. Discus 0. Ovarium siibglobosum ; stigmata 2 rarissime 3, subulata 

 V. linearia, intus papillosa. Bacca globosa v. depresso-globosa, pericarpio semini non 

 adhserente. Semen liorizontalo, depresso-lenticulare, testa cnistacea ; embryo annularis, 

 albumen copiosum farinaceum cingens, cotyledonibus angustis, radicula centrifuga.— 

 Frutices, rarius herb.'B, graciles v. robusti, farinosi v. tomentelli. Folia alterna et 

 subopposita, sessilia v. petiolata, linearia ovata oblonga v. cordata, integerrima v. sinuato- 

 lobata. Flores virides, paTvi v. minuti, iii glomerulos axillares et secus rannilos spic-e v. 

 panicub-e terminalis dispositi, sessiles v. breviter pedicellati. Bacca periantbio patente v. 

 incui-vo basi stipata, rarissime inclusa. 



Species 13, omnes Australienses. Beiitk Fl. Austral v, 151. LallU. PI Nov. Ihll. i. t, 96 

 {Chcnopodhim). 



4. lopliiocarpus, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1843, 66. (Wallinia, Moq. 

 in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 143.)— Flores spicati, hermaphi-oditi, bracteati et 2-bracteolati, 

 Periantbium 5-partitum j segmenta herbacea, oblonga, obtusa, concava, incurva, inap- 

 pendiculata, fructifera persistentia et immutata. Stamina 5, perig>'na, filamentis 

 linearibus compressis ; anthertc subexsertio, oblongne. Discus inconspicuus. Ovarium 



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