Hernandiece,] CXLIII, LATRINES. 165 



Bernandia, ob habitum distinctum et antherarum ralvas lateralitcr nee sursum apcriendas, apud 

 plures auctores ordinem distinctum format, nobis tamen bene videtur sub Laurincis pro tribu dis- 

 tincto militare, 



Oedo CXLIV. 



Endl. Gen. 336. Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 532. R. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 15. 



Baill. Hist. PI. ii. 385. 



Flores hermaphroditi v. abortu polygami v. dioici, stylo tamen in fl. ^J staminodiis in 

 fl. $ nunquam deficieutibus, regulares obliquse v. quodammodo irregulares. Permnthium 

 inferum, e segnientis 4 primum valvatim cohairentibus, tubo cylindraceo v. basi latiore, 

 limbo globoso ovoideo v. tubo vix latiore, segmentis per anthesin apice v. usque ad basin 

 plus minus solutis recurvisque. Stamina 'i^ segmentis opposita iisque ad basin laminarum 

 V. inferius affixa, pcrianthio semper breviora, filamentis brevibus v, subnuUis, rarius 

 anther^e a^quilongis. Aiithera^ erect^e, in llore liermaphrodito omnes perfects v. rarius 

 una abortiva, connectivo cum lilamento continue, loculis 2 sa^pius introrsum adnatis 

 parallelis. Squamellse v. glandulse hypogynae in pluribus generibua 4, staminibua alterme, 

 liberie v. plus minus connat?e, in aliis gcneribus deficientes. Ovarium liberum, sessile 

 V. stipitatum, l4oculare, spepius obliquum v. excentricum. Stylus terminalis, brevis v. 

 elongatus, apice srepius varie incrassatus, stigniate parvo terminal! v. sublaterali. Ovnla 

 solitaria v. gemina coUateralia v. rarius fere auperposita, v. cc 2-seriatim superposita, 

 nunc apice v. juxta apicem affixa et auperposita, nunc lateraliter affixa, ampbitropa v. 

 fere anatropa, ascendcntia v. descendentia, micropyle semper infera et srepe prominula. 

 Fructus nunc nuceus t. drupaceus et indehiscens, nunc demum margine interiorc 

 V. apice dehiscens, follicularis v. capsularis, valvis siepius crasse coriaceis. Semina^ 1-2 

 V. pauca, plano-compressa v. crassa, testa membranacea v. coriacea, interdum varie in 

 alam producta. Albmnen 0. Emhryo semini conformis, cotyledonibus nunc plano-com- 

 pressis parallelis fequalibus, nunc crasso-camosis uno stepius altero majore ; radicula 

 brevis, recta, infera v. lateralis, in sinu basali cotyledonum sa^pe retracta, 



Frutices arboresve, rarius herbfe durte perennes. Folia altema v. sparsa, rarius oppo- 

 'sita V. verticillata, integerrima grossc dcntata v. interdum in eademplanta pinnatisecta v. 

 decomposita, sfepissimc coriacea. Stipulre 0. Flores capitato-apicati racemosi v. rarius 

 solitarii, secus rhacliin sparsi, singuli v. per paria bractea sufTulti rarissime 2-bracteolati. 

 Bractete nunc mininue caduciasimje v. fere obsoletse, nunc imbricatai persistentes in fructu 

 induratse strobilum formantes. 



■ Species ad 950, pro maxima parte Australise v. Africas australi propriae, nonnullse per Ampricam 

 australem tropicam v. extratropic^m v. Asiam tropicam et insulas maris Pacifici australis dispersje, 

 perpauese inter Africanas usque ad rogiones tropicas extensse, in teraperatis hemisph^rii borealis 



omnino desunt. 



Ordo optime definitus a nemino cum uUo alio confusus, ThymeUacds Laitrhuisquc^ plemm«iue 



npproximatur, sed ab utroque ordinc perianthio staminibus fructu habituquc ubundo distinetus. 



Series I. Wucaxnentaceae. Flores gubquaquo bractea esepissimc solitarii. Nux v. drupa 

 indehiscens. 



Trlbus I. Proteeee. Antlicrre omnes perfectge v. postica rarissime cffoeta,ad basin laminarum 

 affixse. Ovulum 1, lateralitcr affixum v. a basi ascendens, ampliitropnm v. anatropum.^ Nnx sicca. 



* Flores abortu dioici, regulures. 



1. AuLAX. Flores c? cylindraceo-spicati, ? capitati. Bractea in capitulo fructifcro angustae. 

 — Afr. austr. 



