OXXIII, MYOPORINE^. H23 



Ordo CXXIIL MVOFORIHrEiE. 



Endl. GcD. 642. Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 665. 



, Flores hermapliroditi, irregulares v. fere regiilarea. Calyx inferus, 5-partitu3 v. rarins 

 ^fidus, segmontis basi imbricatis v. apertis. Corolla gamopetala, nunc tubo brevi sub- 

 campanulata, nunc soepius tubo elongate infundibular is ; limbus subsequalis obliqmis v. 

 2-Iabiatus, 5- (rarius 6-) lobus, lobis imbricatis, 2 posticis saepius exterioribus interdum 

 altius connatis, antico interniedio (an semper?) iutimo. Stanviim 4, didynania v. sub- 

 sequalia v. rarius tot qiiot corolL-e lobi, tiibo corollse affixa et lobis alterna, incliisa v. 

 exserta ; filamenta filiformia v. basi incrassata. Antherm ad nonnam 2-loculares, loculis 

 primum parallelis rima longitudinali dehisce ntibus, denium sffipius divergentibus apiee 

 confluentibiia loculura unicum reniforniem formantibus. Discus hypogynus v. panim 

 conspicuus. Ovarium superum, ad normam 2-l6culare, ovulis in quoqiie loculo 2 collate- 

 ralibus v. 4-8 per paria superpositis, siepe tamen septis spuriis inter ovula evolutis 4- 

 locellatnm, v. revera 2-oo-loculare loculis ]-ovulatis. ^'^tylns simplex, termiiialis, brevis 

 V. longiuacule filiformia, stigmate terminali parvo integro v. obscure emarginato rarius 

 majore oblique. Ovula sub apice v. fere ad apicem axi centrali affixa, pendula, anatropa, 

 l&icropyle aupera. Fructus drupaceus, indehiscens, exocarpio canioso succoso v. rarius 

 sicco, endocarpio duro v. tenui 2-loculari v. in locellos tot quot semina diviso v. rarius in 

 pyrenas totidem secedente. Semina in fmctu 2-10, in loculis totidem segregata (v. rarius 

 in loculis gemina ?) circa axin l-seriatiin ordinata v. rariasime superposita (ovulis super- 

 positis sfepissime abortientibus) ab angulo intemo pendula, oblunga, testa membranacea 

 V. craasinscula. Albumen camosum tenue v. vix uUum. Embryo semini coiiformis 

 rectus V. leviter incurvus, radicula tereti supera, cotyledonibus semiteretibus radicula 

 parum latioribus brevioribiis v. rarius longioribus. 



Frutices erecti v. diffusi, rarius arbores v. sufTrutices, glabri v. toraento canescente 

 ■floccoso lepidoto v. plumoso vestiti, rarius pubescentes. Folia altema sparsa v. rarius 

 opposita, integerrima v. rarins dentata, indivisa, exstipiilata. Flores ad axillas solitarii 

 V. fasciculati, subsessiles v. pedicellati. Bractere ad basin pedicellorum pa^v^e v. ■ 

 bracteol^ in pedicello 0. 



Species notae vix 80, pleraque Aiistralianse, paueae per insulas aiistrales a Mauritio usque ad 

 iiisulas Saodwicenses disptrste, duse austro-Africanse, duae Japonise v, Chin^ cires, una iusulis 

 Indiae occidentalis propria. 



Ordo, ob semina in quoqut^ oarpello sa&pius gemina coUateralia septis spuriis segregata, Verbena- 

 ceis approximata, a nonnullisque cum iis junctus, sed essentialiter differt micropyle ut et radicula 

 supera, nee ulli alii csceptis Selaghicis arete affinis. Comparandus tamen cum generibus oligo- 

 spermis Solanacearum et Scrophularinearum (e.g. GrabovsTcia hanim, Monttea illarum), etbi ovulis 

 definitis per paria collateralibua et fructu drupaceo ssepissime distinctissimua. 



Genera inter se valde affinia, bene tamen distinguenda quojid species pleraaque, sed intermediis 

 nonnuUJs connexa, et facile in unum jungenda v. in tot genera quot sectiones diFellenda. 



CONSPECTUS GBNERUM. 



1. Mtoporum. Corolla subcampanulata, rarius infundibularis limbo subregulari. Ovarium 

 2-GC-locuIare loculis 1-ovuIatis, rarius 2-loeulare loculis 2-oTulatis.— .^wa^rrt/wi, Nov. Zel, ins, 

 Mascar. et maris Pacifici, Japonia, China. 



2. Pholidia. Corolla saepius basi tubulosa, limbo irregalari. Ovarium 2-loculare loculis 

 2-ovulatis rarius l-ovulatis. — AustraHa. 



3. Eremophila. Corolla saepius basi tubulosa, limbo irregulari. Ovarium 2-loculare- 

 OTulorum paria in quoque loculo 2-4 superpoaita v. rarius par unicum. Folia raro deutata — 

 Avstrdlia, 



