CXXV. VERBENACE^. 1131 



Okdo CXXV. 



Eutll Gen. 632. LiiidL Vej>. Kiiigd. r>63, Bocquilloii, Revue du Groiipe des Verbenacecs, 1861- 



1863. Stiliiineje, Enll, Gen, 639, Lindl Veg. Kingd. 607- 



Flores hermaphroditi v. rarins abortii polygamic irregixlares v< in paxicis geiieribus 

 regulares. Calyx inferus, persistens, tubo campanulato tubuloao v, rariiis subiiullOj den- 

 tibus lobis segmentisve 5, 4 v. rarius C-8 v. obsoletis. Corolla gainopotala, tubo seepius 

 evoluto cylindraceo v. supenie ampliatOj ssepe incnr^^Oj rarius tubo subnuUo late campa- 

 nulata ; limbus 5-4-lidua rarius co-fidus, lobia sequalibua v. plus minus 2-labiatisj omnibus 

 patuntibus planisque v» posticis 1-2 auberectisj antico sajpe majore interdum concavo, 

 festivatione imbricatisj posticis rarius lateralibus extimis, antico intimo. Stamhia per- 

 fecta 4, didynama, v. 2, v, in paucis generibus corollie lobis isomera et sequalia, tubo 

 corollee affixa lobisque alteriiaj quinto poaticu in didynamis, 3 in diandrisj ad staminodia 

 s^pius parva anantliera reductis v. omnino deficientibxLs ; filamenta inter 8e libera, fill- 

 formia v, basi leviter incrassata, inappendiculata, Anthtrm dorsifixee. 2-loculare3, loculia 

 distinctis parallelis v. divergentibus, rarius divaricatia v. apice confluenfcibuSj rima longi- 

 tudijiali dehiscentibuSj liberie raroque conniventes nee per paria eohrerentes. Discus sub 

 ovario interdum erasso-camosus, rarissime annularis, s^epius parum conspicuus. Ovarium 

 auperum, sessile, integium^ acutum obtusum retusum 4-sulcatum v. rarius breviter 4- 

 lobum, prima juventuto ad normam 1-loculare, S-earpellatum, carpellorum luarginibus 

 l-ovuliforis per paria valde intruais involutisque ovarium imperfecta mox perfecte in 

 loculos 2 2-ovulatos v- abortu 1-ovulatos dividentibus ; Iqculi 2-ovulati dein septo apurio 

 inter ovula evoluto 2-locellati ; antliesi peracta ovarium normale 2- v. 4-loculare evadit, 

 loculia 1-ovulatiSj in jjaucis generibus ovarium 4-5-carpellafumj 8- v. 10-lucellatum, v. in 

 tribubus 2 ultimia Junius jam perfecte 4-Ioculare v. apice solo 1-loculare. Stylus terminalis, 

 simplex, integer v, apice in lobos 2 rarissime 4^5 ssepius breves acutos rarius obtusos apice 

 tenuiter stigmatosos divisus, v. rarius stigma dilatato-capitatum peltatum integrum v- didy- 

 miun, Ovula (excepta Phryma) plus minus araphitropaj carpellorum marginibus involutis v, 

 , rariuB axi centrali juxta basin medio v, apice lateraliter aftixa, micropyle infera. Fructits 

 plus minus drupaceus v. subcapsularis, exocaipio succuso carnoso v. tenui siccoque, endo- 

 carpio indurato v, rarius tenui v. indistincto ; maturitate ad normam fructus totus v, 

 endocarpium solum matiuritate indehiscens 2-4-locularis v, septicide in pyrenaa 2 1-2-locu- 

 lares v. 4 rarius 8-10 l-loculares secedens. tSemirta semper in loculia distinctis segregata, 

 erecta lateraliterque basi v. medio v- apicem versus affixa et pendula, oblonga obovoidea 

 V. subslobosa, testa (excepta Avicennia) membranacea v. rarius crassiuscula. Albumen 

 in Stilbeis Chloantheisque camosum, in cseteris tribubus v. parcum. Embryo semen 

 implens v, albunxini subsequilongus, rectus, cotyledonibus nunc planis v. craasiusculis a 

 basi liberia nunc rarius crassissimis alteque conferruminatia ; radicula brevis siejte brevis- 

 aima interdum vix prominula, Phryma excepta infera. 



Herbae frutices v. arbore>s indumento vario. Folia paucis generibus exceptis opposita 

 V. verticillataj integerrima dentata v, ineiKO-multifida, in uno generc pinnatim, in altero 

 digitatim composita ; atipulse 0. Inflorescentia nunc undique centripeta sinipliciter spi- 

 cata V. racemosa v, paniculatim raniosa, nunc composita, ultima centrifuge cymosa 

 cymis centripetim evolutis oppoaitis v, trichotome paniculatis, bracteis variis, sa^piua 

 parvis. In inflorescentia cjTnoaa florea s?epe pedicello reverao quasi reaupinati lobis posticis 

 inferioribua, anticia superioribus. 



Species infra 700, per legioiies calidiores utriiisque orbi^ late disper^ae, plures in temperatis 

 hemisphaerii australie crescentes, pauciores in boreali extratropico ; in terrifl arcticia alpjbuetjue 

 desunt 



