564 XCL CAMPANULACE.E. [Campanukce. 



numerusissiuiis, nunc breviter multicaiiles v. cfespitoso-ramosissimi floribua ad apices 

 ramuloram subnmbellatis. Corollas crerulere. 



Species 4 V. 5, re'gionis MedJtcrmiiese incola* A. DC. Prod. vii. i91, W{dp. AdiLii. IOd'2, Gu.^s. 

 SffiL FL Sic, i, 252. Soiss, Diagn. PL Or. sei\ 2. iii. 117- G^rtn, Fnict U 31. Lavu llhisir. t 

 126. Bot Beg, f. 72. 



Ordo XCII. VACCIHrZACE^- 



LiudL Veg. Kingd. 7o7- Ericacearum suborclo, Endb Gen, 757. 



Mores hermapliroditi, regiilaies v, subregiilares. Calycis tubua ovario adnatua ; limbiis 

 5- rarius 4-7-lobiis v. partitus, persistens v, deciduus. Corolla gamopetala, globosa cam- 

 panulata tubiilosa v. inflata, 5- rarius 4r-7-loba v. rarissirae 4-5'partitaj decidua, lobis 

 imbricatia raro valvatis. Stamina corolla; lobis niimero dupla, rarius isomera^ epigyna 

 V, ima basi corolla3 adhyerentia, sequalia v- alterna longiora ; filamenta s^pius complanata 

 libera v. connata. A7ither(e dorso prope basin affixae, sPspius elongatfe^ 3-loculares, 

 lociilis in tubnlos sf^piiis discretoa breves v. elongates poris rimisve dehiscentes productis, 

 connectivo dorso simplici v- 2-ariatato ; pollen conglobatum. Ovarium inferiimj 2^10- 

 loculare, disco epigyno coronatum. Stylus liliformis, stigmate simplici truncato v. 

 minute 4-5-lobulo r. dentato v. capitellato. Ovula in loculis numerosa, placentis tumidis axi 

 affixis V, ab apice loculi pendulis, rarius aolitaria, anatropa, FrncUis baccatua rarius drupaceus 

 V, aiccua, sa^piua valde camosus globosus et apice areolatua et 2-10-locuIaris, loculia 1- 

 oligo- V- polyspermis. Scmtna parva v- miiiuta, compre-saaj rai'ius scobiformia, teata 

 coriacea, albumine canioao. Embryo parvus, clavatus, axilis, radicula hilo proxima. 



Fruticuli fruticea v, arbuscnlaij erecti v. prostrati, stepe epiphytici, interdum 

 radicibus fibroais super ax^bores scandcntcs; tnuico in speciebua epipliyticis interdum 

 tuberoao-incrassato. Folia alterna v- spax'sa, in paucis disticliaj sessilia v. petiolata, saspia- 

 sinie aempervirentia, integerrima crenata v. serrata, dentibus non raro glanduliferis, 

 Stipulse 0, Inflorescentia varia, sed s^epius racemosa et bracteata. 



Species ad 320, in uliginosis temporatis fngidiaqtio hemispliBerii borealis sylvisque montium 

 creacentcs, Asise Aincrica^ue tropicse pro maxima parte incolje ; paucas in terris calidis IJrasiliro ; una 

 Taldc anomala Au^traliensis. 



Ordo valde naturalis etsi non nitii ealycis txibo ovario adhgerente ab Ericeis distiugiiendiim, et opo 

 CJiioycnis cum iis adnexum, 



FOKMyli ABNOIiMES. 



Calyx semi-supenis in Chiogeiie. 



Corollte seatiYatio induplicato-valvata in Hornemannia et SciTt^ramisia, et foraan in aliis generibus. 

 Stamina lobis corolla; isomera et medio tube affixa in Notopom. 



Antherarum loculi discreti in Chiogciie; poris dorsalib us dehisccntea in Nbfopora; rimis longitu- 

 dinalibus dehiscentes in WUtsteinia, 



Placentatio fere basilaris in Sophoclesia, 



Ovula in loeulis solitaria et pendula in Ga^lussaccia^ solltaria funiculo rentrali in Uhlgiolqnde. 



Fructua drupaceus in Gaghissaccia. 



Semina scobiforraia in Sphyrospenno et Sophocksia. 



CONSPECTUS GEJS-ERUM, 



Tribus X. Tiilbaudiese, Flores magni v. inter majores, Corolbi sfepiasime craase coriacea v, 

 camosa, Filamenta breria v. brevissima, contigiia coIiEerontia x. connata, rarius diwcreta, 



Excepta : Flores inter minores in HbrncTnanma et in specicbus variis AiiihoplerL 



I. Stamina corolla brcviora, rarissimefere rnqtiilonga, nnnqitam- exseria ; anthers dorso mudcrE t\ 

 breviter 2-calcarat(e^ loc2iUs graimlatis, iu iubiilum v. in tuhulos 2 sirictos rigidos loadis mnlto angles- 

 tiores itsapius hrcviores productts. Species Amcricame. 



1. Macleaxia. Anthers l-tnbulo»?e, tubulo rima elongata dehiscente. — Andes, 



