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Wats. Bot. Calif, ii. 56, incd. G(srin. Fruct. i. t, 75. Nces, Gen, Fl. Germ. Mmochl. n. 75. Lam. 

 III. t. 5. Slhih. Fl. Gmc. t. 1. Pall. Fl. Hoss. t. 98. 



25. Anthochlamys, Fenzl in Endl. Gen. Fl. SOC—Elores liermaphroditi, spicati, 

 foliaceo -bract eati, ebractcolati. Periantluum compressum, tenuissime membraiiaceum, 

 5-partltuin ; segmenta erecta, oblonga, plana, apico 24oba, tenuiter 1-nervia, fructifera 

 imiuutata. Stamina 5, basi perianthii inserta, subperigyna, filamentis compressis 

 perianthio seqiiilongig ; antherse lineari-oblonga3. Discus inconspiciius. Ovarium 

 orbiculare, complanatura ; stigmata 2, brevia, crassa, obtusa, suberecta, basi connata ; 

 ovulum subsessile. Fructus orbicularis, complanatus, ala scariosa circumdatus, basi peri- 

 anthii involutus, pericarpio tenui semini arete adhserente. Semen erectum, orbiculare, 

 compresaum, testa membranacea ; embryo annularis, albumen copiosum testae adhee- 

 rens cingens, radicula gracili infera.— Herba annua, ramosa, glaberrima, Polygalam 

 referens, ramis divaricatis fere nudis viridibxis. Folia pauca, sparsa, sessilia, inferiora 

 ellipticaj obtusa v. mucronata ; superiora linearia, acuta ; floralia parva, ovato-lanceolata. 

 Florea parvi, in spicas ramuloa terminantea dispositi, in axillis bractearum solitarii, 

 scssiles. 



Species 1, Persise et regionis Cancasicae incola. Mog_. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 142. Jaub. ct Spach, 

 III. PL Or. iii. t. 299. 



2G. Agriophyilum, Bieh, Fl. Taur. Cauc. iii. 6, in adnot.—Floves hermaphroditi, 

 bracteati, ebracteolati, in spiculas breves longe spinescentes dispositi. Perianthium 

 complanatum, 5-partitum, scariosum; segmenta a basi libera, erecta, obongav. lanceolata, 

 obtusa, apice erosa, antico majore, 2 posticis angustioribus, lateralibus anguste lineari- 

 bus, fructifera iramutata. Stamina 5 v. pauciora, hypogyna, filamentis compressis ; 

 antherse breves, oblongee, subexsertse. Ovarium complanatum, ala rigida superne in 

 laminam erosam v. late 2-coniutam producta; stylus basi dilatatus, complanatus, stigma- 

 tibus 2 erecto-recurvis intus papillosis; ovulum subsessile. Fructus glaber v. pubescens, 

 complanatus, cbartaceus, oblongus v. fere orbicularis, late alatus v. crasse coriaceus et 

 supenie in spinas 2 rigidas stylo rigido terminatas productus, loculo in parte inferiore 

 fructus orbicular! v. ellipsoideo, pericarpio semini non adhairente demum facie dorsali 

 fenestratim v. irregulariter rupto. Semen erectum, orbiculare v. ellipsoideum, testa 

 tenuiter coriaoea ; embryo gracilis, annularis, albumen copiosum testfB arete adhferens 

 cmgens, radicula infera. -Herb?e annn<->?, rigidre, a basi divaricatim ramose, glabrae v. 

 pihs stellatis tomentellpe. Folia altema, sessilia v. petiolata, ovata orbicularia v. lineari- 

 lanceolata, integerrima, pungentis 3-Gc-nervia ncrvis parallelis v. penninervia. Flores 

 in axillis bractearum solitarii; bracteee imbricatfe, a basi vaginantc rccurvic et longe 

 spinos^, axillis interdum barbellatis. 



Specius 4, Asise centralis et occidentalis incolae. Moq. i?i DC. Prod, xiii. ii. 139. Walp. Ann v 

 731. Pall. Fl. Boss, t 99 {Corispermmn). 



TrIBUS V, POLYCNEME^. 



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27. Polycnemum, Linn. Gen. n. 53.— Florea hermaphroditi, axillares, solitarii, 2-brac- 

 teolati Perianthium membranaceum, 5-partitum; segmenta suba3qualia, subulato- 

 lanceolata, acuminata, erecta, fructifera immutata. Stamina 1-5, s^pius 3, disco tenui 

 inserta, filamentis basi connatis subulatia; antherse didym*. Ovarium oblongo-ovoideum, 

 compresaum v. late ovoideum; stigmata 2, paa-va, subulata, basi connata; ovulum ab apice 

 funiculi suspensum. Utriculua perianthio inclusus, compressus, ovoideo-oblongua 

 umbonatus v. subglobosus, pericarpio membranaceo semini non adha;rente. Semen 

 inveraum, lenticulare, testa Crustacea granulata ; embryo annularis, albumen farinaceum 

 cingens, cotyledombus semiteretibus, radicula aacendente v. aupera.-Herbfe annure 

 prostratEG, ramosse, glabrae v. pubescentea, ramulis verrucosis foliosis. Folia altema, 

 conf erta, sessilia, subulata, basi dilatata, rigida. Flores minuti," in axillis foliorum aolitarii, 

 sesfiiles ; bracteolro Bubulatee, pungentes, perianthio ftquilonga) v. longiores 



