Visce^,} CXLVTII. LORANTHACE^. 217 



minute remoteque 3-4-dentatum. Staniiua in fl. ^ S-'S, circa discum parvum carnosulum 

 affixa, filamentis elougatis valde insequalibus ; antherse ovat« v. oblongi«, erects;, lociilis 

 parallelia longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium in fl. $ inferum, ad normam ordinis. 

 Discus pulvinatus supra marginem pcriauthii prominens, in stylum brevissinium con- 

 tractus, stigmate late capitate. Bacca ovoidea, pericarpio carnoso viscifluo. Semen 

 albuminosum, embryonem pei-fectum non vidimus..— Fruticuli in arboribus parasitici. 

 Folia alterna, plana, crassiuscula. Spicule ad axiUas sessiles, ^ subglobosse v. ovoide®' 

 strobiliformes, bracteis squamiformibus latis imbricatis flores pedicellatos 1-3 foventibua 

 per antheain caducis ; spiculse $ novelise basi squamis paucis imbricatis stipat,'e, parte florida 

 elonganda, per antheain ebracteata, dentibus alternis flores 3-5 sesailes foventibus notata, 

 rhachi demum apice in ramulum foliatum excrescente, fructibua in ramulo annotino infra 

 folia ssepe persistentibus. 



Species 2, Columbise et Peruvlse incolas. Walp. Hep. v. 935. 



In floribus ^ filamenta ad apicem pedicelli semper innequalia, luio centrali longiore crassioreque 

 disco quasi imposito, 1 v. saepius 2 ad utnimque latus brevioribus ad latera disci affiiis. Au revera 

 flores 3, centrali 1 andro laterabbns 1-2-andns? Setulse interdiim minutissima^ perpaucte sub stami- 

 nibus apparent, an perianthii an bracteolanim rudimenta ? hand patet. 



Ordo CXLIX. SAZfTAZiACXSJE. 



Endl. Gen. 324. Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 787. 



^ Flores hermaphroditi v. abortu dioici rarius monoici, regularcs. PericMtf/tmni. simplex, 

 virens v. corollinum, interdum carnosulum, basi ovario v. disco adnatum, apice v. s^pius 

 usque ad discum divisum, lobis 4, 5 v. rarius 3 v. valvatis v. rarius leviter imbricatis, 

 intus prope basin pone antheras ssepissime fascicule pilorum instructis, apice concavis 

 inflexis v. planis. Stamma {Grubhia excepta) tot quot perianthii lobi iisque prope basin 

 aflixa, rarius altius adnata, v. sub lobis intra tubum affixa, lobis breviora v. rarius sub- 

 fequilonga ; filamenta flliformia v. latiuscula nunc brevissima. AntJierce basifixse v. prope 

 basin dovsifixse, nunc erecta^ ovat^e oblongc-e v. oblongo4ineares, loculis 2 distinctis paral- 

 lelis rimis longitudinal ibus introrsum v. demum lateraliter dehiscentibus, nunc terminales 

 loculis adnatis divergentibus distinctis v. confluentibus 4- v. 2-valves v! demum expla- 

 natae. LHt^cvs epigynus y. perigynus, nunc annularis pulviniformis v. planus margine 

 parum distincto v. obscuro v. vix ullus, nunc planus concavus v. subcampanulatus 

 perianthii tubi partem liberam vestiens, margine plus minus prominulo integro sinuato v. 

 inter stamina in angulos v. lobos squamiformes producto. Ovarium ab initio v. saltern 

 anthesi peracta inferum, v. in AnthohoUis basi disco immersum, 1-loculare. Stylus 

 cylindraceus, conicus v. abbreviatus, stigmate terminali capitellato truncato v. brevissime 

 2-3-lobo, interdum in vertice ovarii subsessili. Ovula 2-3 ab apice v. sub apice placentie 

 centrahs liliformis v. crassiusculfe pendula, v. in Anthoboleis ovulum unicum erectum 

 centrale (an forte a placenta erecta arete adnata pendulum ?). Fructus indeliiscens, nuceua 

 V. ssepius drupaceua ; exocarpium (in fructu infero e pericarpii stratu exteriore cum peri- 

 anthii tubo conflatum) nunc tenue, aiccum, nunc carnosum v. succulentup, interdum 

 crassum ; endocarpium cmstaceum induratum v. osseum. Stmm globosum v. ovoideum, 

 extus Iseve rngosum v. profunde co-sulcatum ; testa (v. tenuissima nee facile solvenda ']). 

 Albwmen copioaum, carnosum, saipiua album. Embryo inclusus, s^pe tamen obliquus nee 

 stricte centralis,- linearis v. abbreviatus, sfepissime teres, rectus v. vix iiacurvus ; cotvle- 

 donea semiteretes v. rariua leviter diktatie, radicula Bupera longiores v. breviores, interdum 

 minutro v. vix distinguendaj. 



Arbores frutices v. herba^ humiles srepissime glabrae, pauc?e in ai-boribus v. in radicibu* 



