Menyanthes. 21 



1. Menyanthes trifoliata Linn. Spec. 208. Flor. Dan. 



f.5il. Schkuhr,Handb.\.t.3:x Engl.BoU.i^o. Hayne, 



Arzneigew. 3.t.\4. Gaertn. Fruct. 3. 112. t. 198./. 9. 



Mert. ef Koch. Germ. 2. 127. 



In fossis aquosis et paludibus frequens, 

 (Thierg^arten, Jun}jfernheide, Tegel, Spandan, 

 Rummelsburg, Terapelhof, Wiimersdorf.) Flo- 

 ret Majo. 2|- 



Corolla alba, exlerne dilute carnea; barba alba. An- 

 therae fuscescentes. Semina flavescentia, nitida. 



JASMINEAE Jliss. 

 Oleineae Hoffmannsegg et Link. 

 Flores hermaphroditi, interdura polygami vel di- 

 oeci, rarissiine nudi. Calyx monophyllus, divisus vel 

 dentatus, persistens. CoroUa hypogyna, monopelala, 

 limbo 4— 5 — 8-fida, iuterdum tetrapelala, regularis, 

 decidua; praefloratlo valvata vel induplicata, rarius 

 (in Jasmino et Nyctanthe) imbricato-contorta. Sta- 

 mina 2, epipetala, cum laciniis corollae alternantia, 

 in corolla tetrapetala hypogyna, petala per paria basi 

 connectentia. Anlherae biloculares, secundum longi- 

 tudinem dchiscentes, introrsae, rarissimc (in Olea) 

 extrorsae. Ovariura biloculare; ovulis geminis , col- 

 lateralibus, pendulis vel subpendulis; rarissime soli- 

 tariis, nunc pendulis (in Fontanesia), nunc erectis (in 

 Nyctanthe*). Discus nullus. Stylus 1, interdum nul- 

 lus. Stigma bifidura, rarius indivisura. Fructus dru- 

 paceus, baccatus vel capsularis, interdum abortu mo- 

 nospermus. Albumen carnosum, in Jasmino tenuis- 

 simum, integumentura vestiens, in Nyctanthe nullum. 

 Embryo reclus, inelusus. Cotyledones foliaceae vel 



*j Sic ridi in ovariis paruni auctis. 



