791 LXX. ONAGRARIEJE. 
GENUS ANOMALUM. 
22. MIontinia, Linn. f. Suppl. 427.—Flores dioici. Fl. d: Calyeis tubus explanatus, 
breviter 4-lobus, persistens. Petala 4-5, rotundata, carnosula, erosa, decidua, imbricata. 
Diseus earnosus, 4-5-gonus. Stamina 4-5, infra marginem disci inserta, filamentis subu- 
lato-filiformibus ; antherz oblongs, extus dehiscentes, demum reniformi-recurve. Ovarii 
vestigia 0. Fl. 9: Calycis tubus oblongus, ultra ovarium non productus, limbus brevissi- 
mus, 4-gonus. Petala maris. Stamina0. Discusepigynus,erassiusculus, 4-gonus. Ova- 
rium elliptico- oblongum, omnino inferum, imperfecte 2-loculare ; stylus brevis, erassus, 2- 
fidus, stigmatibus magnis reniformi-discoideis papilloso-pilosis ; ovula co, placentis longi- 
tudinalibus 2-seriatim affixa. Capsula sublignea, clavato-oblonga, utrinque attenuata, 
l-locularis, 2-valvis, placenta centrali eolumnari libera oligosperma. Semina valde com- 
pressa, imbricata, nucleo oblongo, ala lata membranacea basi auriculato-2-loba circum- 
data, testa papillosa ; embryo tegumento membranaceo indutus, cotyledonibus late ob- 
longis planis rectis v. curvis, radicula brevi erassa.—Frutex glaberrimus, strictus, ra- 
mosus, ramis suleatis. Folia alterna, petiolata, coriacea, sublanceolata, acuminata, inte- 
gerrima, avenia. Flores parvi, albi, d' in eorymbos terminales paucifloros dispositi, 9 - 
solitarii. Capsula pollicaris. 
Species 1, Capensis. DC. Prod. iü. 35.  Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 807. Gaertn. Fruct. i. 170. 
1.33. Smith, Spicileg. t. 15. T 
Oupo LXXI. SAMYDACEAE. 
Endl. Gen. 916; Lindl Veg. Kingd. 330; Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. v. Suppl. 87. 
HoxMaALINEE, Endl. Gen. 922; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 742. 
Flores regulares, ssepissime hermaphroditi. Calyx coriaceus, persistens; tubus brevis v. 
elongatus, rarius ovario adnatus ; lobi 3-7, imbricati v. valvati. Petala numero lobis calycis 
eequalia v. rarius plura, iis sepissime consimilia, semper perigyna imbricata, v. 0. Discus 
perigynus v. hypogynus, cupularis annularis v. glandulosus. S/amina definita v. indefinita, 
l-oo-seriata, sepe cum staminodiis alternata, equidistantia v. in fasciculos petalis oppo- 
sitos collecta ; filumenta filiformia v. capillaria, libera v. basi v. per totam longitudinem con- 
nata. .4nthere didyms v. oblonge, loculis intus v. extus longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. 
Ovarium liberum v. rarius calycis tubo adnatum, sessile, 1-loculare, in stylum brevem 
v. subelongatum, integrum v. apice 3-fidum angustatum, rarissime styli 3; stigmata 
simplieia. v. capitellata. Oeu/a plurima v. pauca, placentis 3-5 parietalibus affixa, non 
raro apicem versus loculi solum posita, anatropa, pendula v. adscendentia, micropyle supera 
et raphe laterali v. ventrali. Frucfws capsularis v. rarius indehiscens, coriaceus v. car- 
nosus, 1-locularis, 1-oo-spermus, apice v. per totam longitudinem 3-5-valvis, valvis cum 
placentis alternati. Semina s:wpius pauea, ovulis semper pauciora, oblonga v. angulata, 
adscendentia v. pendula, umbilico ventrali v. terminali; integumentum exterius tenuiter 
carnosum v. arillus lacerus ; testa crustacea v. coriacea, sepe atra, striata v. rugosa ; albu- 
men copiosum, carnosum. - Eribryo axilis, albumine brevior; cotyledones oblongs orbicu: 
late v. cordatz, s:epe foliaeez ; radicula brevissima v. elongata et teres. 
Arbores v. frutices, glabri pubescentes v. tomentosi. Folia petiolata, simplicia, alterna 
et disticha; rarius opposita v. verticillata, non raro pellucido-punetata et lineolata, integer- 
rima v. serrata, dentibus interdum glandula terminatis. Stipulse parvsz, sepissime de- 
cidus, v. 0, rarius foliacez. — Flores inconspicüi, racemosi paniculati v. fasciculati, pedicel- 
lati, pedicellis basi articulatis bracteolatis. 
Species ad 150, per regiones tropicas utriusque orbis sparssz, in subtropicis rarm. 
Ordo hine Birineis hine Passifforeis arcte affinis et facile pro tribu priorum habendus, petalis 
dum adsint staminibusque in perplurimis perigynis; petala prseterea nunquam membranacea, sepis- 
sime calycis lobis consimilia, marcescentia. Stamina sepe petalis singulatim v. fasciculàtim oppo- 
sita; nihilominus transitus per Janaram ad A2aram, et per Lunaniam (cujus discus staminifer vere — 
