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TkIBUS III. CAMI'HOKOSMEiE. 



19. Axyris, imn. (?eH. n. 1047.— Flores monoici, ebracteati et ebracteokti, pilosi v. 

 villosi. Fl. c? siiperiores, minuti. Perianthium hyalinum, 3-5-partitum ; segmenta 

 parva, obovata v. elliptica. Stamina 2-5, filamentis linearibus ; anthers didymse, 

 exsertse. Discus et ovarii rudimenta 0. Fl. $ solitarii, axillares. Perianthium 3-4- 

 partitum, segmenta insequalia, antico et postico stepius majoribns, demum scariosa, 

 fructifera immntata v. pamm aucta. Discus 0. Ovaiimn minutum, orbiculare, compressum ; 

 stigmata 2, tiliformia, sa^pius longissima, basi connata ; ovuium sessile. Utriculus 

 periantliio inclusus, obovoideo-cuneatus, compressus v. sph^ericus, apice breviter alatus v. 

 cnstatus, crista 2-loba v. cristis 2 auriculajformibus rarius evanidis, pcricarpio mem- 

 branaceo semini arete adhicrente s.^cpe excentrice striato. Semen erectum, cuneato-obovoi- 

 deum, compressum, testa membranacea ; embryo albus, gracilis, hippocrepicus, albumen 

 copiosumgrossGgi-anulosumcingens, cotyledonibus elongatis compressis, radicula infera. 

 — Herbie annuae, stellato-pilosfe v. tomentosre v. glabriusculre. Folia alterna, breviter 

 petiolata, ovata v. lanceolata, integerrima. Flores ^ sa^pissime in glomerulos terminales 

 dispositi, staminibus cum periantldi scgmentis irregulariter immixtia, rarius solitarii, $ 

 m axillis fere omnibus solitarii v. masculis immixti. 



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Species 5-G, Asice boxealis et centralis incolse, quarum una etiam in America maximc boreali- 

 occidentali indigena. Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 116, ea:cL sp. n, 4 et 6. Fcnzl in Lcdeb Fl 

 Boss 111. 712. Gmel. Fl. Sib. iii. t 3,4, male. SchlmJir, Handh. t. 285b. A. sphcerospcrma 

 tisch., fructu sphserico acute marginato apice cxappendiculato a nobis non visa. • 



20. Itticrogrynoecium, Hool:. f. gen. noi;,— Flores monoici, minuti. Fl. ^ superiores 

 ebracteati et ebracteolati. Perianthium hyalinum, 5-lobum, lobis obtusis. Stamina 1-4* 

 basi perianthn mserta, tilanientis filiformibus ; anthers late didyma^, longc exscrtie' 

 Fl- ? intra bracteolas 2 axillares laterales sessiles, solitarii v. conferti ; bracteolse 

 herbacete, ovat^e, acuta;, inter se liberie, fructifer.-e iramutat^e. Perianthium Ovarium 

 oblique orbiculare ; stigmata 2, capillaria, basi connata ; ovuium sessile. Utriculus 

 oblique ovoideus, turgidus, compressus, processubus conicis conspei-sus, et apiccm versus 

 matis muiutis 1-2 auricula^formibus auctus, pericarpio tenuissimo semini laxe adluBrcnto 

 bemeu erectum, utriculo conforme, testa tenuiter coriacea lievi ; embryo gracilis, albidus 

 ini>poerepicus, albumen grosse granulosum oingens, cotyledonibus elongatis semiteretibus' 

 radicTiIa mfera.-Herba pusilla, annua, humifusa, ramosa, glaberrima v. sparsissime 

 farmosa. Folia alteriia, petiolata, ovata, acuta, integerrima. Flores minimi, inter folia 

 absconditi, glomerati. 



Species 1, Himalayfe Tibcticse incola. Genus anonialum, Atriplkem quoad indumentum folia et 

 flores ? nudos, et Exomldem quoad braeteas, in mentem revocans ; sed floves S utriculus et 

 sciuina omuino Axyridis. 



ir:^ ; ^^'"P'*'""'*"'*' -^''"'"- ^''»- "• 164- (Camforosma, C. A. Mey. in Led. Fl. Alt i 

 150.>^F]ores hermaphroditi v. polygami, in spicas breves dispositi, bracteati, ebracteolati 

 Fenanthium oblongum, compressum, hii-sutum v. ciliatum, 4-5-dentatum, dentibus 2 

 laterahbus nervis crassiuribiis, fructiferum immutatum ore fere clanso. Stamina 4-5 

 hypogyna, filamentis elongatis compressis ; antherse magnaj, oblongm, exsorta;. Discus o' 

 Ovarium late ovoideum, in stylura elongatum gracilem attenuatum, stigmatibus 2-3 

 capillanbns undique papillosis ; ovuium subsessile. Utriculus perianthio mombranaceo 

 mclusus, obovo.deus v. oblongus, rectus y. leviter obliquus. compressus, pericarpio 

 mombrunaceo semmi non adhaa-ente. Semen erectum, obovoideo-cuneatum, compressum 

 testa tenuiter coriacea; embryo hippocrepicus, viridis, albumen tests adherens 

 cmgens, radicula infera.-Fruticuli v. herb* basi lignosie, plus minusvo tomento«», 

 rauns floriferis so^pius elongatis erectis v. aseendentibus. Folia alterna, sessilia, subulata 

 V. acicularia, m ramulos breves dense squurrosa. Flores in spiculas apices versus ramu- 

 lorum terminales et laterales dispositi, intra braeteas recouditi. 



