Boragece.] . CXII. BORAGINE^. 865 



ootylcdonibus planls crasaiusculia, — Herbse annua; v. perennes, erecSttej glabrfe Icevesque 

 V. piinctis tuberculosis exaspcrata^, sd2])0 glaucescentes. Folia alterna, caulina cordata v. 

 hastato-amplexicaulia. Cynia) v, raceini scorpioideij terminalcs, foliaceo-bracteati, primum 



densi, demum sfepe elongati dissitiilori, Flores flavi, ssepe purpureo-maculatL 



Species doscriptai 10, luelius ad 4 redueendfe, Europso, Africse borcalis et Asisc oceidcntalis in- 

 colse, DC. Prod. x. 2- Jacq. FL Austr. t, 124. Nees^ Gen. FL Germ, Jieiclib. Iconogr, Eur, 308, 

 309, 466, 738 ad 741 ; Ic. FL Germ, t 1205 adn*dT. Sihth FL Gr. L 170, 171. len, FL Xaj). t, 

 212. Hot, Mag.LZn, 6130. 



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OitDO CXIII. CONVOI.VUZ.ACEJE. 



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Liudl. Veg, Kingd. G30. EndL Gen. 651. Choisy, Conv. Or. in :\Iem. Soc, Pliys. Gen, vi, Cuscr- 



TACEJE, LindL Veg, KIngd, 633. Nolanace^, Lindb Veg. Kiiigd. 654. 



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Flores regulares, liermapliroditi v, rarissime abortu polygami- Cohjx inferus, 5-merus, 

 scpalis sajpius liberis v. vix ima basi counatis valde imbricatiSj rariua gamosepalus lobis 

 parum imbricatis- Corolla gamopetala, infundibularis tubulosa hypocrateriformis cam- 

 l>anulata v. rarius subrotata ; limbus nunc 5-lobus, lobis induplicato-valvatis v. rarius 

 imbricatiSj nunc Siepius 5-angulatus v, latissime sub-5-lobuSj plicatus, lobis nempe sinubus 

 indupHcatis connexis- Stamina 5, prope basin v^. rarius supra medium coroUfe tubuni affixa 

 et lobis altema, aequalia v. iniequaliaj omnia perfecta ; filamenta filifomiia v, basi prse- 

 sertim dilatata. Antkerce ovatie oblonga^ v. lincarcs, dorso supra basin v. medium 

 versus affixre, loculis 2 parallelis distinctis rimis longitudinalibus introrsum v- lateraliter 

 dehiscentibus. Disciis sub ovario annularis, integer v. sinuatus, nunc prominens, nunc 

 obscurus V. omnino 0. Ovarium superum, lata basi sessile^ ad normam e carpellis 2 rariua 

 3-5 (v. 10 ?) compositum, loculis tot quot carpellis, v. septis spuriis interpositis tot quot 

 ovulis, integrum v. rariua in lobos distinctos erectos divisum. Styhis terminalis v. inter 

 lotos simplex v, 2-fidus ramis iutegiis v. 2-fidi5, rarius cc -fidus, v. styli 2 a basi distincti, 

 filiformisT. brevis crassusque rarius subnullus (ad punctum reductus) ; stigma terminale, 

 in stylo simplici integrum v- 2-lobum v. atigmata 2 distincta, v. in stylo ramoso stigmata 

 tot quot rami, globosa dilatata oblonga v, linearia. Ovula in quoque carpello 2, rarius 1 

 V. 4, a basi erecta, anatropa v. fere anatropa, sessilia. Fructus nunc integer, globosua v. 

 rarius oblongus v. conicus, calyce persistente saipius fultus v, subinclusus, baccatus car- 

 nosus V- pulposus iu Juluscensque, A^ capsularis pcricarpio indurato crustaceo v. mcmbran- 

 acco indehiscente v. ssepius 2-4-A'alvi rarius iiTcgulariterruptov, transversim operculato ; 

 nunc in lobos 2-cc divisus, lobis nucifgrmibusindehiscentibual-spermis v. si 2-cc-spermi 

 itt loculos tot quot semina divisis- Semhia tot quot ovula v, aburtu pauciora, a basi 

 fnictus erecta, dum solitaria fructui snbconformia, si 2 t, go mutua pressione angulata, 

 testa membranacea Crustacea v- rarius camosula, glabra villoaa v. lanata. Albumen inter 

 plicas embiyonis tenue v, carnosum. Embryo sajpius plicatus et replicatus cotyledonibus 

 (explanatis) latis subfoliaceis intugi'is emarginatis v, late 2-lobis, rarius teres cnrvus et 

 subperiphericus v, spiralis cotyledonibus semiteretibuseiongatia v. obsoletis ; radicula ad 

 hilum spectans. 



Herbie frutices v, rarius arbote^, oaulc debili prostrato volubili v/alte scandente 

 rarius erecto, glabri sericeo-tomentosi moUiter yillosi v- rarius hispidi, Stipulre 0. 

 Folia altema, forma varia, siepe cordata, integerrima siimato-deutata palmatim v- raiiua 

 pinnatim lobata v. disaecta, in Cuscuta 0. Pedunculi axillares, 1-3-flori, v. cymoso-c3- 

 flori, cymia rarius ramo altero abortiente racemiformibus, nunc ad fasciculus axillares re- 

 ductis, V. in capitula confertia, interdum ad apices ramorum laxe paniculatis, Bracteaj 

 ad basin cymas v, sub flore unico oppositae, in cyma ramuloa pedicellosque subtendeutes, 

 asBpius parvai v, squamiformes, interdum ampla involucrantes v. calycem includentea. 

 Flores versicolorea, soepius violacei purpuiei ca^rulei rosei v- albi, rariua coccinei aurantiaci 



