84 CXXXII. PHYTOLACCA CE^. [Rivinece, 



panicutatos multifloros axillares et terminales dispositi, pedicellis brevibus crassis . brac- 



teatis, et 2-bracteolatiSj bracteis bracteolisqiie ovatis obtusis pedicello appressis. Fructus 

 pollicaris ei SemridaccB simillimus. 



Species 1, Brasiliic et Peruvise orientalis incola. Moq. in DC. Prod, xiii. ii. 8. Veil, Fl. Flum. 

 Ic. V. i. 4 {Cratceva), J. A, Schmidt in Mart. Fl. Bras. xiv. ii. t. 74. 



TkIBUS II. EXJPHYTOLACCE^. 



10. Phytolacca, Linn. Gen. n. 588.— Flores hermaphroditi, rariiis dioici v. abortu 

 unisexuales, racemosi. Perianthium herbaceum v. subcoloratum, 4-partituin ; segmenta 

 eequalia, oblongaj obtnsa, fructifera immutata, patentia v. reflexa. Stamina 5-25, basi 

 perianthii inserta, in fl. ^ ad staiiainodia parva reducta ; filamentis aubulatis v. filifor- 

 mibus basi liberis v, connatis ; antherse doraifixas, oblongse v. subglobos^e, incluste v. 

 exsertfe. Ovarium globosum, e carpellis 5-12 liberis v. plus minusve connatis constans ; 

 stigmata tot quot carpella, subterminalia v. angulo ventrali inserta, subulata, erecta v. 

 recnrva, basi discreta v. connata, intus papillosa ; ovula in carpellis solitaria, basifixa, 

 campylotropa. Fructus depresso-globosus, e carpellis 5-12 liberis v. connatis camosis 

 dorso convexis constans. Semina reniformia, compressa, basi rostellata v. obtusa, testa 

 Crustacea atra nitida, arillo 0, endopleura membranacea ; embryo annularis, albumen 

 farinaceum cingens, cotyledonibus semiteretibus, radicula elongata ascendente hilo 

 proxijua.— Frutices, herb^, v. raro arbores, erecti v. scandentes, glabri v. ramulis 



^unioribus et infiorescentia fui-furaceo-pubescentibus, ramis teretibus sulcatis v. angulatis. 

 Folia alterna, sessilia v. petiolata, acuta v. obtusa, integerrima ; stipulaj 0. Flores 

 mediocrcs, in racemos tliyrsosve contraotos axillares oppositif olios et extra-alares erect os 

 y. nutantes dispositi, pedicellis basi bracteatis et altius 2-bracteolatia. Fructus succosus, 

 inter dum intense purpureus. 



Species ad 10, tropicae et subtropicae, pleraeque Americanse, paucse Africse, Asise orientalis, mont. 

 Himalayje, et Asiae Minoris incolse. 



Sectiones sequentes, characteribns levioris momentu incertisque separatse, nequaquam nostro sensu 

 pro generibus distinctis retinendse : — 



X. Euph//toIacca. Flores hcrmapkroditi v. abortu unisexuales. CarpcUa matura in baccam poly- 

 spcrmam connata. G(ert3i. Fruct. t 77- Lam. III. L 393. Necs, Gen. Fl. Gcmi. BaUL Hist. PI. 

 X. f. 22 ad 27. a%. Scrt, Exot. t. 3. VHh: Siirp. t. 69. Torr. Fl. N. York, t. 94. J. A. Schmidt 

 in Mart. Fl. Bras. xiv. ii. 343, t. 80. Phytolacca, Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii. 31. 



2. Pircunia {Pircuniee sect. Pircuniastrum, Moq.). Flores hermaphroditi t. abortu unisexuales. 

 Carpella matura libera v. basi tantum connata. Species 3:1. P. acinosa^'Rois.h. {P. K<dmpferi. 

 A. Gr. et Pircunia Laibenia, Moq.), ex Asia orientali, caiile herbacoo ; 2. P. siricta, Hoflfhi. in Conini. 

 Gcett. xii. t. 3, ex Africa australi, caule erecto ut videtur herbaceo ; 3. P. ahysslnica, Hoifm. 1. c. t. 

 2, ex Africa tropica et Madagascaria, caule fruticoso scandente. 



3.^ Psendolacca {Pircitni(E sect., Moq.). Flores dioici. Species 2, altera America australis extra- 

 tropicse incola, in Europa austro- occidental i et Africa boreali ssepe culta, P. dioica, Linn., arbor 

 trunco basi crasso, carpellis maturis liberis, LHer. 8tirp. t, 70, J. A. Schnidi in Mart. Fl, 

 Bras. xiv. ii. t. 79 {Pircunia) ; altera Asiae oceidentalis indigena, P. pruinosa, Feiizl ; Walp. Ann. 

 v. 742, trunco dichotome ramoso et carpellis maturis omnino connatis. 



Pircunia, nomen primum ah Endlichero propositum fuit pro speciebus carpellis maturis liberis, et 

 P, dioi/^am cum Anisomeria uti sectionem Phytolacc(e, incluJit. PmcuNiA, Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. 

 ii. 20, pro genere propriu propositum iucludit sectiones Pircuniastrum et Pscidolaccam absque 

 AnisoDicria, 



11. Brcilla, Ad. Juss, in Ann. Sc. Nat. set. 1, xxv. 11, t. 3. (Bridgesia, Hook, et 

 Am. in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 1C8, t. 102. Apodostachys, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp, Nat, 

 Mosc. 1848, i. 577.)— Flores hermaphroditi, racemosi. Perianthium submembrana- 

 ceum, 5-partitum ; segmenta oblonga, obtusa, eequalia, fructifera immutata, erecta. 

 Stamina 8-10, disco hypogyno inserta, filamentis filiformibus carnosis, altemis brevior- 

 ibus ; antherse medio doraifixse, exsertse, oblongfB, loculis fere liberis introrsum dehiscent- 



