102 CXXXIV. POLYGONACE^. [GoccohhecB 



sufinitices srepiiis volubiles. Folia altema, petiolata, nunc parva suborbiculataj nunc 

 majora cordata deltoidca v. sagittata, interdum linearia paucaque v. omnino nulla ; 

 ocreaj breves, laxse v, interdum vix uUie. Flores parvi, intra bracteas vaginantes fasci- 

 culati, fasciculis nunc ad axillas solitariis, nunc srepius iu spicas racemulosve breves 

 axillares tcrminalesque siinplices v. subpaniculatas dispositis. Embryonem invenimus 

 accumbcnti- et incumbcnti-incurvum in diversis seminibus ejusdem spcciniinLy. 



Species ad 15, Australi.ne, Novae Zelandise, ins. maris Pacifici et Americfe australis cxtratropicse 

 V. Andinse incolse. Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 145, et in Mart. FUBras. v. i. t. 22. Hook.f. Ilandh. 

 N. Zel. Fl. 236. Sent//. Fl. Austral v. 273. LabiU, PL Nov. HoU, t. 127. Vent. Jard. Cels. t. 88. 

 Endl. Iconogr. t. 87. Pot. Mag. t. 3145. Bot. Peg. t. 1250 (it. omn. sub Polygono), 

 _ M. platycUula, Meissn. {Coccoloba plaiydada, Bot. Mag. t. 5382), ex ins. Solomon, insignia est 

 ramia omnino uplijUis late complanatis phyllodineis tenuiter multiseriatis. Ocrese ad lineas 

 transversas redneta?. Flores singuli v. flonim fasciculi ad nodes uno latere sessilos. Species 

 nonnullse perianthio fructifero vix earnoso et etigmatibns subcapitatis Polygono accednnt, liabitu 

 tameu et floribus dioicis MueJdcnheckics affiniores. 



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22. Coccoloba, Linn. Gen. n. 490. — Flores licrmaphroditi v. hinc inde abortu imi- 



sexualea. Periantliii tubus per anthesin brevis subapertus, demum incrassatus camosus 



V. succulentus nucem incliidens eique srcpius adnatus, limbus S-partitus, segmentis 



suba^qualibus, post antlicsin immutatus connivens v. niarcescens. Stamina 8, filamentis 



filiformibus, basi in annulum v. cupulam brevem connatis ; antliersa ovatfe. Ovarium 



liberuni, ovoideum v. oblongum, apice contractum in stylos 3 breves, stigmatibus panun 



V. conspicue dilatatis integris v. sublobatia. Nux tube periantliii aucto globose v. ovoideo 



arete inclusa, s.ieperpTo ei adnata^ limbo marcescente saex>ius coronata, pericarpio crustaceo 



V. duro, intus baud raro lamiuis plua minus intrusis propo basin divisa. Semen 



globosum v. ovoideum, varie 3-6-sulcatum, albumine plus minus ruminato; embryo 



excentricus v. lateralis, cotyledonibns orbiculato-cordatia planis v. latissimis subconvolutis 



radicula brcvi recta v. incumbenti ascendente. — Arbores fruticcsve interdum altc scan- 



dentes. Folia alterna, sDjpe coriacea, integeiTima, nunc maxima orbiculata, nunc 



minima ; ocrete varife, cylindraceoe v. laxae, membranacese v. tenuea parvfe et mox 



evanidaa. Flores intra bracteas parvas ncreiformes fasciculati, breviter pediccUati, fasciculis 



spicato-raccmosis, raccmis longia brevibusve siniplicibus v. paniculatia terminalibus 



axillaribusque. 



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Species fere 80, omiios Amerieanfc imprimis troplcse, perpaucte extra tropicos in Mexico v. Florida 

 obvise. Meissn. in PC. Prod. xiv. 151, et in Mart. Fl. Bras. v. i. i. 7 ad 21. G(Ertn. Fruct, t. 45. 

 Jac(i. Ohs. ^. 8, 9; Stirp. Anicr. L 73 ad 78; Hort. Sclmnhr. t, 2G7, 352. Hayne^ Arzneig. x. t. 4. 

 Kutt. Sylv. Amer. ii. f. 88, SO. Veil. Fl. Flum. t, 40, 41, 43, 44 {Polygonum). Hook. E.vot. FL i. 

 102. Bot.Mag.t. 3130, 3166, 4536. Bot. Peg. i. 1816. 



23. Campderia, Pentli. Bot. Voy, Sulph. 159, t. 52. — Flores hermaphroditi v. hinc 

 inde abortu unisexuales. Perianthii tubus brevissiraus, demum sub fructu vix auctua 

 carnosua ; aegmenta 5, per anthesin aubrcqualia, post anthesin aiicta, coriaceo-caiuiosa 

 3 exteriora majora carinata, 2 inteiiora plana, omnia erecta fructum velantia. Stamina 8 

 SBqualia v. 3-4 cttsteris majora, filamentia brevibua basi dilatatis et in annulum connatis • 

 antherarum connectivum latiusculum. Ovarium 3-gonum ; styli 3, breves, stif^niatibus 

 late capitatis ; ovulum subscssile. Nux 3-gona, angulis valdc prominentibus subacutis 

 basi carpophoro canioso (perianthii tubo soKdo) insidens, c^terum libera, perianthii 

 segmentis auctis arete inclusa. Semen sulcis profundis 3-6-lobum, albumine ruminato • 

 embryo excentricus, parum incurviis, cotyledonibus latiusculis. — Fruticca v. arbusculte 

 laxe ramosre. Folia alterna, ponnivenia, tenuiter crebreque rcticulato-venulosa • ocrete 

 laxiusculiG. Flores intra bracteas parvas ocreiformca saipius geraini, fasciculis lonn-e 

 spicatis, spica tenninali simplici. Perianthium fructiferum perfcctum in 0. grac'di 

 Meissn. sola notum, nbi fere semipollicare est in vivo pulchre coccineum. 



Species 2 v. 3, Mexici, Americse centralis ct Brasilise borealis incoloe. Meissn. in PC. Prod. xiv. 

 170, et in Mart. Fl Bras. v. i. t. 6. 



