62 CXXXI. CHENOPODIACE^. [ChenoUm, 



pyriforme, longe rostellatum, testa tenuiter coriacea ; embryo viridis v. albus^ sub- 

 spiraliter hippocrepicus v. annularis, albumen copiosum uno latere cingens, cotyledonibus 

 linearibus plano-convexis v. exteriore inferiorem fovente, radicula centrifuga elongata 

 acuta apice ascendente. — Fruticuli humiles, rigidi, erecti v. decumbentea, tomentosi 

 lanati v. sericeo-pilosi. Folia altemaj sessilia, lineariav. lanceolata, integerrima. Flores 

 parvij periantliio frvictifero magno. 



Species 6, Anstralienses. Benth. Fl. Austral, v. 193, et in Hooh. 2c. PI. t. 1076. 

 Kentropsts, Moq^. Chenop. Enum. 83 et in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 137 includit S. diacaniliam, 

 Benth,, et S. hicornemy Lindl., characteribiis nnllis gencricis distinguoDdas. 

 DissocABPUS, F. Muell. in Trans. PJiih Inst. Vict. ii. 75, est S. bijlora, Br. 



36. Anisacantiia, R. Br. Prod. 410. — Flores minuti, hermaphroditi, axillareSj ebrac- 



teolati. Perianthii tubus globosus v. prismaticus, fructifer accrescens, nuceus, cos- 

 tatus V. angulatus, spinis 2-7 elongatis divaricatis armatus ; limbus breviy, tubulosus, 

 membranaceus, 4-dentatus, post anthesin immutatuSj induratus. Stamina 4, hypogyna, 

 filamentis elongatis compressis ; antlierse late oblongpe, exsertse. Discus 0. Ovarium 

 ovoideum, glabrum v. tomentosum, in stylum elongatum attenuatum ; stigmata 2, subulata, 

 undi(|uo papulosa ; ovulum ab apice funiculi suspensum, Utriculus periantliio nuceo 

 apice inter spinas perforate inclusus, oblique ovoideuSj pericarpio membranaceo semini 

 non adhterente, inferne perianthio adnato supeme libero. Semen inversum, sub- 

 orbiculare, compressumj non rostellatum, testa tenuiter coriacea ; embryo albus, fere 

 annularis, albumen parcutn cingens, cotyledonibus linearibus plano-convexis, radicula 

 ascendente. — Fruticuli Iiumiles, rigidi, glabri pubescentes v. villosi, perianthiis spinosis 

 horridi. Folia alterna, sessilia, linearia, integerrima. Flores solitarii, sessiles; perianthium 

 fructiferum stepius cauli et interdum folii basi oblique arete adnatum v. secus caulem 

 decurrens. 



Species 6, Australienses. Benth. Fl. Austral, v. 198. 



37. Threlkeldia, i2. Br. Prod. i. 409.— Flores hermaphroditi et fceminei, axillares, 

 ebracteolati. Perianthii tubus ovoideus globosus v. subcylindraceua, gequalis v. 

 gibbus, fructifer accrescens, nuceus, drupaceus v. crasse coriaceus, inermis v. apicem 

 versus breviter spinosus, spinis erectis ; limbus breviter tubulosus, membranaceus, 

 breviter 4-5-lobus, fructifer immutatus. Stamina 5 v. pauciora, hypogyna, filamentis 

 compressis ; antherfe late oblongse, exsert^. Discus 0. Ovarium late ovoideum, in 

 stylum validum attenuatum, stigmatibus 2-3 subulatis ; ovulum funiculo brevi v. ab 

 apice funiculi elongati suspensum. Utriculus perianthio clauso apice perforate inclusus, 

 pericarpio membranaceo semini non adhaerente. Semen inversum horizontale v. obliquum, 

 interdum rostellatum, testa tenuiter coriacea j embryo hippocrepicus v. annularis, albumen 

 cingens, cotyledonibus linearibus, radicula elongata ascendente v. lateral!. — Fruticuli 

 humifusi v. decumbentes, glabri v. raiius scaberuli. Folia alterna, sessilia, linearia 

 oblonga v. obovata, acuta v. obtusa, integerrima, camosula. Flores minuti ; perianthium 

 fructiferum parvum v. magnum, basi contractum, interdum cauli adnatum. 



Species 3, Australise incolse. Benth. Fl. Austral, v. 196, ea!cl. sp. «.4. 



OsTEocARPtTM, F. Miiell 2 Gen. Hep. 15, et in Trans. Phil. Inst. Vict, iii, 77 ; Lithogr. PI. Vict. t. 

 79, incd. a congeneribus differt perianthio fructifero turhinato gihbo, rostello scminis iub-a gibbum 

 ascendente \\t\ in Bahhagia intra alam prodiicitnr. 



38. Cypselocarpus, F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 36.— Flores unisexualea, axillares, ebrac- 

 teolati ; J* ignoti. Fl. $ : Perianthium minutum, membranaccum, fere unilatorale, 

 iurrqualiter profunde 3dobum, lobia semiovatis, fructiferum inordinate accrescens, crasse 

 nuccum, cylindraccum, breviter stipitatum, medio constricfcum, basi et apice oblique 

 truncatum, intus 2-locellatum, locellis superpositis, supcriore apice aperto margini- 

 bus inilexis vacuo, inferiore fructifero, septo indurate medio pervio. Ovai-ium ovoideo- 

 cylmdraccum^ j stigma propc apicem fere laterale, sessile, depresaum, papillosum. Utriculus 

 locello inferiore perianthii accresccntis inclusus, subpyriformi-obovoideus, pericarpio 



