820 CIX. GENTiANE^. lMenyanthe(B, 



Fl. Ai'siral iv. 378. Kce$, Ge:\ VI Germ. I?ek-7i\ Ic. Fl. Germ. f. 1042. Roxh. Corom. PL (. 105. 

 Hool: Bot. Misc. iii. i. siip})!. 30, ct Joiu-n. Bot. i. /. 123. Kotschy it Vojr. PL Tinn. t. 9. Seem. FL 

 Vit. t. 33. Bot. Mag. t. 6o8, pliirimEe sub Menyanthe. 



49. Xiiparopbyiinm, HooJ:. f. in Booh. Load. Jourii. vi. 472, et Fl Tas7fi. i. 272, i. 

 87. — Calyx 5-partitu3, segmentis linearibns. Corolla subrotata, alte 5-fida ; lobi valvati 

 marginibua latis imdia induplicatis. Stamina 5, sub sinubus loborum affixa, filanientis 

 brevibTis ; antlicr® sagittate, versatiles. Ovarium 1-locuIare, placentis ad suturas baud 

 intrusis, in stylum brevem attenuatum, stigmate late 2-lamelIato. Fructus globosus, 

 camosua v. pulposus, indehiscens. Semina compressiuscula, testa Crustacea.— Herba 

 parva, reptana. Folia linearia, ad nodes cieapitosa, integorrima. Pedicelli 1-flori, in 

 faseibiilis foliorum solitarii, brevea. Flores parvuli. 



Species I, Tasnianiii' montiiim incola. Bcuth. FL Austral iv. 381. Gtnus Litnnanthcmo tiffine, 

 quo tam'en vix jungcndum, nisi oninos Menyanihcita pro genere unieo habeas. Clmrao teres 

 e fruetiis dehisceutia ct glaudulis liypogjnis forte noii constautes, sed habitus gcneri quoquo 

 proprius. 



Okdo ex. FOuivrosriACE^:. 



^ ■ Eudl. Geu. 6J6. Liudl. Veg. Kiiigd. 63i, 



Flores regulares v. vix obliqui, hermaplu-oditi. Calyx inferus, campanulatns v. tubu- 

 losus, breviter v. alte 5-fidus, lobis parum imbricatis, v. rariua breviter valvatim 3-5-fidus. 

 Corolla gamopetala, infundibularis hypocraterifonnis campanulata v. rotata, limbo 5-pai-- 

 tito, lobis contortis dextrorsum obtcgentibus. Stamina 5, tube coroUse sequaliter 

 V. insequaliter affixa, lobis alterna ; filamenta filiformia. Antherm ovatse ob- 

 longfe V. rai'ius lineares, versatiles, basi usque ad insertionem 2-lobiej lociilia 2 i>arallelia 

 limis longitudinalibus introraum dehiscentibus. Ovarium superuni, 3-loculare v. hinc 

 hide lusu 2-loculare. ^Yyi^u^ simplex, filiforuiis, apice breviter 3-fidus, lobis apice intua 

 stiginatosis. Oinila in quoque loculo 2-go, rarius numerosa, angulo iuterno aflixa, plus 

 minus ainphitropa. Capsule alte rarius breviter loculicide v, (in Cohcm) septicide 3-val- 

 vis, valvia medio semiseptiferis columnam placentiferam liberantibus, v. (in Coh<^a) 

 planis a septis omnino distinctis. Semina ovoidea angulata v. plauo-compressaj nunc ala 

 inembranacea cincta, nunc sub aqua nuicilaginc involiitaj et interdum tubulos spirilliferos 

 protrndentia, testa niembranacea. Albumen carnosum v, cartilagineum crasaiusculum v, 

 tenuissimum, Emhnjo rectus, albumine parum rariua dimidio brevior, cotyledonibus 

 planis latiusculis v. latis, radicula brovi infera, i 



llerbce rarius frutices, crectai v, vohibilcs, glabrae pubescentes v, vificidulfe. Folia 

 alterna v, opposita, integiu v. varie dissecta. Flores ssepe speciosi, colore vario ad apices 

 ramorum v. in axillis nunc solitarii v. gemini, sessiles v. pedunculati^ nunc corymboso- 

 cymosi, capitati v. laxe paniculati. 



Species vis uUra 150, paucse Europe v, Asife temperalie, perpluriiiuc America borciilis imprimis 

 oocideiitiilis V. Aiidiuiu Americie australis iucolye. 



Ordo inter Gamopetalos inferos regulares stamlnibus corollas lobls ]«omeri.s altcriiis di.'^tinguitur, et 

 gjnsecio nisi in speciebus paucis abnormibus 3-niero. Cseterum liinc Campamlaeci^ illinc Hi/dro- 

 j^hyllacchs subaffiuiSj aed ab utroque ordiiic facilliiuc distinctiis, 



Caules volubiles alte scandentes in Coh(Ea, 



Folia opposita in Phloge et in Gili<E speciebus plurimis, cirrhifem in Cohaa. 



Calyx bracteis arguto dcntatis v. spinoso-cillatis stipatus in L^selia, lobi breves subvalvati in 

 Cantua, ampli foliacei in Coh^a, breves multifidi in GiHfB speciebus paucis. 



Pistillum iiinc inde Iji^u 2-mcrLiin in speciebus nonmiUis CoUomi(B aliorumqiie genernm. 

 - Capsiila septicide doliisceiis in Cohma^ 



