OXCIH. TRIURTDEJE, 1003 
dehiscentia. Semen erectum, pyriforme v. ellipsoid — Herb: simplices, albze rosere 
v. rubrs, radicibus paucis filiformibus elongatis flexuosis ; caulis filiformis v. gracilis, 
rigidulus, flexuosus, squamis parvis ipid Flores parvi v. minuti, TROSIHOB; pedi- 
cellis basi bracteatis decurvis,v. subeorymbosi ; braet 1 basin pedicell 
Species ad 14, Brasilie borealis, Venezuele, Indiz orientalis, Archipelagi Malayani et form 
Guinez incole. Tw. Enwm. Pl. Zeyl. 294. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 232. Benth. in: Hook. Kew 
Journ. 1865, 11. Genus in sectiones 2 divisibile :— 
1. Eusciaphila. Stylus ovario brevior, stigmate elavellato v. aspergilliformi,  ScrPHiLA et 
SonrprvM, Miers in. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxi. A7, 49, t. 6 et 7, f. 10-28. ArnvrLEIA, Champ. in Calc, 
Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 468. 
2. Hyalisma. Stylus filiformis, stigmate acuto. Hue pertinet S. janthina, Thw. (HvarrswA, 
Champ. in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 468; Miers im. Trans. Limm. Soc, xxi. 48, t. 7, f. 1-9), 
perianthio 8-partito, et. species nova, S. EAasiana, nob., perianthio 4—5-partito, et stylodiis 3 erectis 
subulatis antheris oppositis et longe superantibus.— Species Asiatiezm, 
Onpo CXCIV. ALISMACEZE. 
Endl. Gen. Pl. 127 (excl. Juneagineis). Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 209. Burowacrx, Endl. Gen. Pl. 129. 
Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 208. ArrswacEx et Burowacr:s, M. Micheli in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii. 
29, 84. Buchenau in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. ii. 465. 
Flores regulares, hermaphroditi, monoiei v. polygami, rarissime dioiei. — Perianthii 
segmenta 6, 9-seriata, v. serie exteriore deficiente rarissime 3, imbricata; exteriora 
swpissime herbacea, concava, nervosa, persistentia ; interiora ssepius majora, PO EEbidis, 
decidua, rarius persistentia. Stamina 6 v. plura, rarissime 3, basi perianthii inserta 
v. hypogyna, verticillata v. spiraliter. inserta, s:epius* iia, exteriora int 
ananthera ; filamenta brevia v. subelongata, filiformi-subulata, teretia v. complanata. 
Anthere basi v. dorso paullo supra basin affixe, didyme oblongre M DEesey erect:e 
utrinque obtusm v. breyiter. 2-fid:w, v. , loculis tiguis rimis 
lateralibus v. plus minusve dorsalibus dehiscentibus ; pollen phieri: v. obtuse 3-gonum. 
Ovarii carpella 6 v. plura, rarissime 3, receptaculo parvo v. magno plano tumido oblongo 
v. globoso 1-co-seriatim inserta, distincta v. basi connata, sessilia v. inferne in stipitem 
brevem attenuata, l-locularia. Stylus subterminalis v. ventralis, brevis v. subelongatus, 
rarius 0 ; stigma terminale punctiforme capitellatum v. ventre rarius.dorso styli v. carpelli 
decurrens. Ovula in carpellis solitaria v. 2 superposita, vy.numerosa, angulo interiori 
affixa v. rarissime basilaria et salitarin, i 9» DM in placentis reticulatis parietalibus 
sparsa, anatropa i-anatropa li pyle infera. | Carpella 
matura distineta v. basi connata, S odilacia, doch ométaoón coriacea v. membra- 
nacea, stylo v. stigmáte sepius terminata, indehiscentia v. sutura ventrali dehiscentia, 
rarissime ima basi circumscissa. Semina parva v. minuta, erecta v. patentia, ovoidea 
oblonga v. ; testa b Y. coriacen, dovit FügORN v. subechinata ; 
albumen 0. Embiy o luplieatim hi ext lari ssepius incras- 
sata, cotyledonari attenuata, rarissime rectus ; plumula inconspicua, extremitate cotyle- 
donari immersa. 
;jsHerhoo: aquatic y. paludosm, prodtes v. rarius natantes, sspissime glabrw, plerzeque 
p vy. ] perennes, rarius annus ; rhizoma brevissimum 
y. el D i d l Folia erecta, rarius nalhbtis, radicalia v. ad nodos 
calis, re repentis conferta, petiolata, linearia lanceolata oblonga v. sagittata, ssepe pellucide 
punctata v. lineolata, nervis paucis v. plurimis curvis in — laminse convergentibus, 
nervulis transversis crebris v. di ticulatis ; petiolus i 
. elongatus, vagina fissa brevi v. elongata. Inflofescentia ridet virtioillatim racemosa 
