Salpiglossidce.] CXIV, SOLANACE^. 913 



incluaa, inajqualui, filamcntis filiformibus apice iiillexis ; aiitlierio breves, loculis distinctia 

 dorso appositis demiiin orbiculato-cxpansis. Discus 0- Ovarium sessile, subconicum, 

 2-loculare ; stylus filiformis^ apice stigmatoso recurvo subspathulato ; ovula in quoquo 

 loculo solitaria^ funiculo brevi septo aflixa^ peudula. Capsula calyce indurato iiiclusa, 

 tubo adnata, indchiscous, Scmina 1-2, pendula, testa membranacea ; albumen carnosum 

 baud crassura ; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus oblongis, radicula brevi supera. — Herbio 

 ramosissimaj, diffusa}, glabrae, carnoaulce, liabitu fere Tetrayonicef spinis nonnullis bre- 

 vibus axillaribus et calycibus lobis spinoscentibus armatix; v, rarius inermos. Folia alterna, 

 Brepe more Solanacearum geminata, spatliulata, floralia basi ssepe calyci fructifero adnata. 

 Flores parvuli, ad axillas ai^cte sessiles, solitarii, 



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Species 2 (apiid Micrsiiim 3), Americae aiistralis extratropicte iiicolae. Wal^. Ann. iii. 148. Genus 

 in ordirio ob ovarii loculoa 1-ovulatos valdo anoniahim, cu^tcra tameii i&/a««cm'multo melius quarn 

 iilli alii orJini coiivcniunt. 



Obdo cxv. scrofxiui.arzn£:^. 



LiuJh Veg. Kiiigd, G8L EndL Gen. 670. Persos-at^ v, Antirrhine-e et EiUNANTirACE^, 



DC. oiim et auct. plur, 



JPfor^s licrmaphroditi, sicpissime irregularcs. Calyx inferus, persistcns, tubo campanu- 

 lato tubuloso abbreviate v, subnullo, dentibus lobis scgmentisve 5, rarius 4, sestivatione 

 valvatis y, imbricatLs v. jam in alabastro apoi"tis. Corolla gamopotala, nunc tubo sub- 

 nullo rutata v. late campanulata, nunc tubo evoluto cylindraceo vcntricoso v. supeme 

 ampliato ; limbus 5-4:-lobus, rarissime 6-8-lobua, lobis iequaliter patentibus, v. plus 

 minus 2-labiatus, labio postico integro emarginato v- 2dobo, nunc erecto concavo v. 

 galuato, nunc piano patentcque, antico 3-lobo seepius patente, basi intcrdum convexo v. 

 2-gibbo faucem claudente, lobis eestivatione varie imbricatis nee plicatis nee valvatis nee 

 regidariter contortis. Htava irui sa^pius 4 didynama v- 2, tubo corolhu afiixa et lubis altcrna, 

 quinto postico Si^pius deficiente v, ad staminodium anantherum reducto, rarius 5 perfecta ; 

 filamenta inter se libera, filiformia v. leviter dilatata, antica interdura supra basin appcn- 

 diculata- Anthene nunc distincte 2-laculares, loculis parallelis divergentibus v. divarica- 

 tis in lungitudinem deliisccntibus, nunc lociilo altero casso v. abortivo, v. loculis apice 

 perfecte confluentibua 1-loculares, in staminibus didynamis aaepe per paria connivcntes v, 

 coli."fcrentes. Uiscus sub ovario annularis plus minus x">roniinulus v. in eodem gencrc ob- 

 soletus, integer v, rarius c^-dcntatus. Ovarium supcrum, scRsile, integi'um, perfecte v. 

 rarius imperfecta 2-loculare, placentis septo adnatis v. rarius stipitatis peltatis v. 2-par- 

 titis. Stylus simplex, integer v- apice in lobos lamellasvo 2 breves divisus, stigmate in 

 stylo iutcgro terminali parvo v. capitato, v. lobi lamell;t;ve intus v, margine stigmatosi. 

 Ovula in qnoque loculo co rarissime 2, srepius numerosa placentas multiseriatim obtegentia, 

 anatropa v, amphitropa. Capsula varic dcliiscens v, rariua bacca induliiscens, placentis 

 per deliiscentiam libt^ratis v. inter se in columuam centralem, v- septo liberato v, valvis 

 semiseptiferis adnatis, Semina siepissime numerosa, liilo basilari v, laterali sessilia, 

 rarius funiculo brevi parvo t, dilatato f ulta, testa nunc membranacea apprcssa foveolato 

 reticulato scrobicnlato co-costato v, rarius L^^vi, nunc laxa byalina reticulata, nucleo 

 integ\xmento intemo tenui vestito. AUnimen carnosum, rarius tenue v. fere evanidum, 

 i'wiftryoalbuminevixbrevior v. interdum parvus, rectus v, rarius leviter curvus, rarissime 

 cyclicus, radicula hilum v. apicem fructus spectante, cotyledonibus radicula brevioribus 

 V. longioribua eaque non multo latioribus- 



Herbai suffrutices rarius frutices v, aibusculie glabri v. pube simx>lici rarius stellata y. 

 Betosa plus minus vestiti, interdum glanduloso-viscosi. Folia in paucis generibus omnia 

 altema, in plerisque inferiora v. omnia opposita v. verticillata, aummis floralibusque 

 stepius altemis, Integra dentata v, rarius varie lobata v. dissecta; stipula; 0. Inflore- 



