Molluginee.] LXXIX. FICOIDEX. 859 
20. Gisekia, Linn. Mant. n. 1340. (Giesekia, Endl. Gen. n. 977 ; Miltus, Lour. Fl. 
Coch. 302.) Flores unisexuales. Sepala.5, herbacea, squalia, margine membranacea. 
Petala 0. Stamina 5-15, hypogyna, libera, spe per paria v. sub-3-natim inserta, fila- 
mentis subulatis compressis basi dilatatis; antherw oblongm. Carpella 3-5, distincta, toro 
parvo sessilia, 1-loeularia; styli breves, angulo ventrali carpellorum decurrentes, subulati, 
recurvi, intus stigmatosi ; ovula solitaria, basifixa. Fructus carpella 5, libera, compressa, 
membranacea, papillosa, indehiscentia, l-sperma. Semina verticalia, compressa, subreni- 
formia, testa crustacea granulata; embryo annulans.—Herbz ssepius annus, diffuse, 
ramose, ramis prostratis. Folia opposita v. pseudo-verticillata, carnosula, linearia v. spa- 
ihulata, uti sepala eystolithis fareta. Stipulm 0. Flores parvi, sessiles et pedicellati, in 
cymas axillares laxas v. densas dispositi, virides v. purpurascentes. 
Species ad 5, Africs, Arabi, et Indis orientalis incole. Moquin in DC. Prod. xiii. pars ii. 25. 
Kozb. Pl. Cor. t. 183. Wight, Ic. t. 1167,1168. 
21. Semonvillea, Gay in Bull. Féruss. 18. 412.—Flores hermapbroditi. Sepala 5, sub- 
iequalia, herbacea, margine membranacea. Petala 5, ampla, subrotunda, unguiculata v. 0. 
Stamina sepius 7, filamentis late dilatatis membranaceis basi in cupulam brevem subperi- 
gynaní connatis; antherm oblongse. Ovarium compressum, ovoideum, 2-loculare, 2-par- 
tibile ; styli 2, subulati (loculis stylisque interdum ina:qualibus), stigmatibus subcapitellatis ; 
ovula in loculis solitaria, funiculo basilari. Fructus (calyce multo major) orbieularis, in 
' eoeeos 2 orbiculares a dorso compressos late membranaceo-alatos reticulatos secedens, 
coccorum facie commissurali plana, dorsali rugosa. Semina erecta, reniformia, compressa, 
testa membranacea; embryo annularis, radicula infera.—H erbz annus, erectzm, glabre, 
virgatz, ramis gracilibus. Folia alterna, anguste linearia, carnosula. Stipule O0. Flores 
parvi, virides, in cymas elongatas subracémosas laxifloras dispositi, 3-bracteati, subsessiles 
v. pedicellati. 
Species 2, altera Capensis, altera Senegalis incola. AMoquin in DC. Prod. xiii. pars ii. 19. Hook, 
Jc. PI. t. 587. : 
22. Limeum, Lina. Gen. n. 463. (Gaudinia, Gay in Bull. Féruss. xviii. 419.)—Flores 
hermaphroditi v. unisexuales. Sepala 5, inzgqualiá, ovata, herbacea, margine membranacea. 
Petala 3-5, oblonga v. spathulata, v. minuta, v. 0. Stamina 5-10, interdum imperfecta, 
hypogyna, filamentis subulatis basi dilatatis connatis; anthers oblongs. Ovarium rotun- 
datum, compressum, 2-loculare ; stylus 1, brevis v. brevissimus, ramis 2 intus stigmatosia ; 
ovula in loculis solitaria, adscendentia, funiculo basilari.—Fructus in coecos 2 orbiculatos 
v. hemisphzricos a dorso compressos leves v. rugosos secedens, facie interiore coccorum 
membranaceo-fenestrata. Semen verticale, orbieulare, testa membranacea ; embryo annu- 
laris, radicula infera.— Herbs annus v. perennes, venenos:e, nunc basi frutescentes, humiles, 
glabre, ramoss, ramis sepius prostratis. Folia alterna, carnosula, linearia lanceolata v. 
obovata, integerrima v. obscure ciliolata. StipuleO. Flores parvi, vircscentes, 3-bracteati, 
in cymas densas terminales et subaxillares dispositi. 
Species ad 10, Africe tropicse et australis, Arabis et Indis maxime occidentalis incole. Moquin 
in DC. Prod. xiii. parsii. 20. Harv. et Sond. Fi. Cap. i. 152.  Gertn. Fruct. i. t. 76. 
ACANTHOCARPEA, Kloizsch in Peters. Mosamb. Bot. 197. 1. 24, est L. linifoliwn, Fenzl. 
On»o LXXX. UMBELLIFERJE. 
Endl. Gen. 762; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 773 (ArtACEX); Hoffm. Umb. Gen. ed. nov. 1816 ;: Koch in 
"Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xii.; Lagasca in Amen. Acad. Madr. ii. et Mem. Aparasolàd. in 
Ocios de Espaiiol. Emigrad. Lond. 1826; DC. Mem. Fam. Omb. 1829 (Coll. Mem. v.); Reichb. 
f. Ic. Fl. Germ. xxi. (optime). 
.— Flores regulares v. petalis exterioribus auctis radiantibus subirrogulares, hermaphroditi 
v. sepius polygamo-monoici, rarius dioici. Calycis tubus ovario arcte adnatus ; limbus 
nune obsoletus v. margo nerviformis v. rarius annulatus v. rarissime cupulatus, nunc in 
