H^d^wrem.] CXXXTIT. CYTINACE.E. 121 



separata. IIvJc.J. in Jouni. Linn. Soc. xiv. 182. Soluis-Laah. in Bot. Zeit. 1874, 372. Mlers in 

 Trim. Joitru. Bot. 1873, 257, t, 135, qui in Ilydnora rctinuil, parte libera periantMi tubi pro ovario 

 descrlpta, orario rero ex iconc cxcluso. 



Ordo CXXXVIIL AItISTOZ.OCHZACZ:Ji:. 



Endl. Gon. 344. Lindl.Veg. Kiiigd. 792. 



Mores hermaphroditi. PeriantMnm simplex, basi ovario adnatiim, supra ovarium 

 varie productuiu, sec^ualiter 3-Iobum v. irregulariter integrum dentatum v. 3-lobum, lobis 

 valvatis. Stamina (J v. oc, circa ovarii apicem v. cohimnam stylarem 1- v. 2-seriatim 

 aftixa, filamentis brevibus erassis liberls v. a columna haud dLstinguendis. Anthcrfe 

 liberae v. columnje adnatrej erectaj, loculis parallelis distinctis, rima longitudinali extror- 

 sum V. staminum exteriorum lateraliter dehisceutibu.s. Discus 0. Ovariiim inferum v. 

 rarius .semisuperum, perfecte v. imperfecte 4-0-loculare, placentis a parietibus intnisis in 

 centro ovarii conniventibus v. coalitis. Styli in columnaui brevem crassam apice in lobos 

 stigmatosos 3-ao alte breviter v. obscure divisam coaliti. Ovida in quoque loculo co, sa?pe 

 numerosa, anatropa, horizontalia v. pendula, in scries 1 v. 2 superposifca. Capsula nunc 

 perianthio persistente coronata putrefactione sola aperiens, nunc sa)pius perianthii parte 

 supera decidua septicide v. placenticide deliiscens. Semi'iia in loculis oo, Sfepius nume- 

 rosa, horizontalia v. pendula, substantia celluloso-spongiosa cum endocarpio continua 

 interdum immersa, ovoidea v. oblonga, obtuse 3-quetra v. compresaa et plana, v. concava, 

 testa Crustacea v. duriuscula rugosa v. Isevi, raphe in semiue plano-concavo siepe 

 carnoso-incrassata v. dilatata. Albimien copiosum, camosuni. Embryo prope hilum 

 albumine inclusum, minimum, oblongum v. ovoideum, cotyledonibus sese applicitis 

 radiculte subfequilongis. 



Herbse rarius frutices, sa^pe volubiles, interdum altissime scandentes, totic fricatu v. 

 flora solo ssepe f oetentes. Folia alterna, petiolata, siepe cordata, integerrima v. 3-5-loba. 

 Stipulce 0. Flores mediocres v. magni rarius parvuli, virentes flavescentes luride pur- 

 purascentes v. variegati, terminales axillares v. ad basin caiilis laterales, solitarii v. breviter 

 cymosi v. racemosi. Bractene varii©, ssepe desunt. 



Species ad 200, per regiones temperatas calidioresque totius fere orbis late dispers.'t^, temperatas 

 prsecipue in hemisphferio boreali. 



Ordo nulli prope aceedit, olim ciun Bioscoridcis comparatus et, uti Pipcracets, caulis anatomia ei 

 Monocotyledoneariim approximatiir, sed embryo in utroquo ordine certe dicotyledoneus. 



CONSPECTUS GEK-ERUM. 



1. AsARUM. Ovarium inferum v. semisuperum, homisplisericum v. subglobosum. Pori- 

 anthium supra ovarium 3-lobum, fequale, persistens. Stamina circa stylum 12, 2-seriata, an- 

 theris liberis. — Exir., Asia temp., Amer. hor, 



2. Braoantia, Ovarium inferum, lineare, stipitiforme, Periantbiura 3-lobum, tequale, 

 supra orarium articulatum, deciduum. Stamina circa stylum simplici serie 6-12, libera v. basi 

 stylo adnata. — Ind. or., Archip. Malay. 



3. Thottea. Ovarium inferum, linearo, stipitiforme. Perianthium 3-lobnm, a?quale, gupra 

 ovarium articulatum, deciduum. ■Stamina circa stylum duplici serie numcrosa, libera v. basi 

 stylo adnata,. — Archip. ei Penins. Malay. 



4. HoLOSTTT.TS. Ovarium inferum, lineare, stipitiforme. Perianthium irregulare. supra 

 ovarium articulatum, deciduum, oblique campanulatum, bupra genitalia liaud constrictum. 

 Antlierse 6, columnge stylari 1 -seriatim adnatae. — Brasilia. 



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5. A iUiiTO LOCHIA. Ovarium inferum, lineare oblongum v. obovoideum. Periauthium irregu- 

 lare, polymorphum, supra ovarium articulatum, deciduum, circa genitalia utriculosum, supra 



