feLVlIt LOEANTHACE^. 205 



Oedo CXLVIIL liORANTHACEJE. 



Endl. Gen. 799. Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 789. 



Flores regiilarea, hermaphroditi v. unisexuales. Perianthlum duplex v. simplex. Calycls 

 V. periantliii simplicis tul)us ovario adnatus, in flore<? brevis solidus v. vix uUus ; calycis 

 limbus annularis v. cupulatus, integerrimus v. breviter dentatns. Petala v. perianthii 

 simplicis limbi segmenta 3-0, rarius 2, valrata, Hbera v. breviter v. alte in tubiuu pcr- 

 fectnm v. postice fissnm coalita. Stamina tot quot petala v. segmenta, eorum basi v. 

 centroaffixaiisqucbreviora V. rariiis fiequilonga ; iilamenta filiformia v. varie incras.sata 

 V. abbreviata v. 0. Antherce basi v. dorso affixfe, ad normam 2-loculares loculis parallelis 

 V. divergentibus rima longitudinali 2-valvatim deliisccntibus, interdum vero loculis varie 

 confliientibus 1-locularcs poro v. rima transversa debiscentes, v. jam in alabastro expla- 

 nat£e facie QC-poros;e v. oo^ocellatie. Discus epigynua v. in flore^? intrastaminalis, car- 

 nosus, parum prominulus v. 0. Staminodia in flore ?, ovarii rudimentum m flore ^ 

 rarissime adsunt. Ovarium floris ? v. ? inferum, ante fccnndationem solidum apparet 



V in centre textura tenuiore pkis minus distincte (in speciminibus siccis) cavnm, ovulo 

 saepissime a substantia ovarii non rite distinguendum, etsi a variis auctoribus nunc 

 erectum nunc pendulum v. lateraliter affixum dicitiir. Stylus snnplex, filiformis v. 

 abbreviatus nunc brevissimus v. subnullus, centralis, stigmate termmali mdiviso obtuso 



V capitate interdum in ovario sessili. Frudus baccatus v. drupaceus rarms subsiccus ; 

 pericarpium sre-pius cras.sum, visco tenacissimo repletum, mesocarpio carnoso v. succulento, 

 endocarpio tenui v. crustaceo rarius indurate, indchiscens v. rarissime prope basm 

 circumscissus. Semen unicum, sjepius evoidenm v. glebosnra, plus minus uno latere v. 

 undique endocarpio adhserens, testa nulla. Albumen s?epius copiosum, crassum, rarius 



V tenue et ab endocarpio non distinguendum. Emhnjo in centre albummis teres v. raxms 

 4-genus, nunc albumine inclusus, nunc radicula supera bre^^te^ exiserta, et mterdum 

 ercbryones ad 3 in eodem albumine observantur. 



Frutices in arboribus parasitici v. rarissime arbores v. frutices erecti terrestres. Folia 

 opposita V. rarius alterna, integerrima, plana s^epiusque cra^siuscula, in nonnulhs gcne- 

 ribus V. speciebus ad squamas parvas v. dentes parum prommeiites reducta. StipuUo 0. 

 Gemmse foliiferfe interdum squamis imbricatis obtectfe, quie cite deciduse v. ad basm 

 innovationnm persistcntes. Inflerescentia varia, racemosa spicata v. fasciculata nee 

 paniculata. Flores singuli v. Herum tcrnationes bractea sa^pius squamiformi et interdum 

 bructeolis 2 stipati, rarius omnino ebracteati, periantliio nunc elongate specioso pul- 

 chreque colorato, nunc parw virescenteque v. in generibus nennuUis mmuto. 



Species ud 500, per regionos tropicas utriusqiie orbis latissime dispersa;, in teniperatia turn bore- 



alibuK quam auttrallLus rariores. 



Ordo Santahiceis valde affiiiis et aBaillono, Adansonia ii. et iii. cum iis inunum conjunctus, ovario 

 tamen ante fecund at loncin ovulum nullum distinctum ostendenteab omnibus Diootyledoneis Angio- 

 spernrs diffcrt Cteterum dc ovarii structura confer Decaisne in Nouv. Mem. Acad. Sc. Brux. xiii. 

 1, t. lad 3 ; Griftitli in Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 71, t. 4 ad 11, et xix. 171, t. 19 ad 21 ; Hofmeister 

 in Abhandl'lC Sachs. Ges. Wissensch. Leipzig, vi. 539, t. 1 ad 8. 



F0R>I^ ABNORMES, 



Arbores fruticesve terrestres in Kiiytsia. in Loranthi sect. Gaiudendro, et interdum in speciebus 



aliis perpancis iyr«?^M^. 



Perianthium floris $ dees^t in Antidaphne. 



Fructus prope basin circumscissus in Arceuthohio. 



Albumen decst v. a pericarpio non distinguendum in Loranthi sect. Actantho et V^tttacantlo ct in 



Lepidocerate. 



CONSPECTUS GENERUM. 



TriDus X. Eulorantheae. Flores hermaphroditi v. nbortu dioici. Perianthium duplex, 

 calycis tubo adnato, limbo plus minus diatincto aunulari v. breviter cupulato. 



