CXXVII. PLANTAGINE^, 1223 



Yerticillastri laxij c}'Tnis utrinque pedimenlatis floribnndisj omnea axillares v, in thyrsnm 

 terminalem dispositi. Flores parvij numerosi. 



Species 3, regni Einnaiiiiici et Archipelagi Malayan! iiicolae. Benth. in DC, Prod. xii. G02- 

 Deless. Ic. Sel. iii» t. 86. 



Genus habitu Craniotomi accedit^ sed ovarium et fructus omniiio Aj^tgoidmrnm, 



Ordo CXXVIL PtAWTAGIWEJE. 



EmlL Gen. 346, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 642- Barn^oud, Recherclies sur les Fl. dcs Plant, et Plumb, 



1844, cum tiib. Leydolt, Die Plantagineen, 1836, cum tab. 



Flores regiilares, hermaphroditi v, monoici. Calyx inferus, 4-partitus, segmentis valde 

 iinbricatis tequalibua v, 2 majoribus margine v, uiidiquu luembnuiaceO'Scariosis, in fructu 

 persistentibufl. Corolla bypogyna, gamopetala, scariosa, marcescens, tubo ovoideo v. 

 cylindraceo ; lobi 4, per anthesin patentes^ imbricati, iino sfepius utrinque intimoj v, in 

 floribus ? corolla interdum 0. Stamina 4 v, pauciora^ subsequalia, tubo corollie v. ad 

 fauceni affixa, rarius hypogyua, lobis alterna ; filamenta filifonoia, in alabastro indupli^ 

 cata. Antlien^ dorsifixce, versatiles^ 2-loculare3j loculis parallelia rima longitndinali de- 

 hiscentibuB ; 'pollen globosum, reticulatum/ Discus hypogyuus 0. Ovarium supemm, 

 sessilCj 8£epius 2-locuIare v, septis spuriis imperfecte 3-4-Ioculare, v, in flore J 1-loculare. 

 Stylus filiformiSj integer, supeme in longitudinem 2-fariam v, rarius circumcirca stigma- 

 tosus. Omtla in qnoque loculo solitaria v. oo (usque ad 14 obaervata) amphitropaj 

 X->lacenti3 septo adnatis lateraliter afBxa, v. in ovario 1-loculari solitaria, placentae basilari 

 aiBxa. Fmctus parvus, sepalis persistentibus stipatua v, inclusus, 2-locularis 2-GC-spetmua 

 et infra medium v. basi circumsciase dehiscens, v, l-speiinua et indehiscena, Semina pel- 

 tata, media facie interiors septo v. placentae basilar! affixa, testa niadefacta mucilaginosa, 

 4.lbu7n€n carnosum. Emhryo rectus v, rarius liippocrepicus, hilu parallelus v. in fi-uctu 

 monospermo erectus v, transvorsua ; cotyledones ovatie oblongs v, lineares, radicula 

 parum latiores ; radicula brevis, infera- 



Herbfe nunc annuie v. perennes subacaules v. atoloniferic, nunc breviter caulescentes 

 ramosce v, suffruteseeutea, glabrae simpliciter pilosce v. ad axillas lanatae. Folia radicalia 

 V. in apeciebus caulescentibus alterna, rarius opposita, l^-cc-nervia, integerrima dentata 

 V. pinnatifida, interdum vaginantia, petiolo basi aeepissime dilatato et membrana ima basi 

 lanata stipato. Flores parvi, in sjuca elongata v, abbreviata capitiformi cCj v, rarius 

 Bolitarii, ad axillas bractearum snepe acariosarura aessiles, interdum in diversis individuia 

 dimoi-phi, alii staminibus longe exsertia stylo abbreviato, alii stylo elongato stamiiubua 

 subinclusisj forma tamen utraque plus minus seniinifera. 



Species a Decaisneo in Prodromo Candollcano enumerate ultra 200, sed auetore cousentiente in 

 Bull- Soc, Bot. Fr- iv- 339 mulUE (veri similiter plus diraidio) redigendse, per totum fere orbLm 

 terrurum disptr^ie, nee in siccis calidioribus nee in summis montibus v, in tcrris arcticis delicienles, 

 etsi in regionibus temperatis v, in montibus tropicis copiosioree- 



Ordo nulli prope accedit, etbi charactt-ros gc»erales Gamopetalaritm oatenditp Ab Endlk-hero uon* 

 nullisquo aliis cum Plumhagineis associatur ; hw tamen longe difitant inter alia stfiminibus petAlis 

 oppositis, stylo 5-mero et praesertim sibumine farinaceo- A Dccai&neo, Trait- Bot, 215, aliisque 

 Primulaceis compar;itur, sed prteter fructus dehisccntium in utroque ordino ssepe circumhcissam clia- 

 racteres paiici conreniunt- Seminum structura et inscrtio eas ^m;i^A^^certr«wi albuminosarum im- 

 primis Mytrariw in mentcm revocant, sed corolla et stamina valde dissimilia. Ordo parvus ad 

 calcem Gamopdahrmn seorsum relinquendus- 



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