Rhamnus. 253 



limbo 4 — 5-fidas, regpularis, deciduns, basi circumscissa 

 persistente. Petala 4 — 5, sub marg^inc disci tenuis car- 

 nosi, fundum calycis restientis inserta, squamaeformia, 

 concava tcI complicato-cucullata, rarius nulla. Stamina 

 4 vel 5, ibidem ante petala inserta. Antherae bilocula- 

 res, introrsae. Ovarium liberum, 2 — 4-locularej orulis 

 solitariis (rarissime geminis), ereclis. Styli 2 — 4, mag^is 

 miuusvc connati. Stigmata simplicia. Fructus subg-lobo- 

 sus, magis minusve caruosus vel succosus, 1 — 4-pyrenus5 

 pyrenis coriaceo-chartaceis, monospermis, plerumque rima 

 long-itudinali dehiscentibus. Arbusculae tel fruticea^ non- 

 nulla spinosa. Folia sparsa, interdum opposita, stipulata, 

 simplicia, integra, epunctata. Flores parvi, bracteati, in- 

 terdum polygami vel dioeci, nunc in axillis foliorum soli- 

 tarii rel fasciculato-congesti, nunc racemosi vel glomera- 

 to-spicati, racemis spicisve simplicihus vel ramosis, axil- 

 laribus et terminalibus. 



1. Rhamnus Frangula Linn. Spec. 280. Schkuhr, Handb. 

 1 . t. 46. Hayne, Arzneigew. 5. t. 44. Engl. Bot. t. 250. 



Cand. Prod. 2. 26. Mert. et Koch. Germ. 2. 243. 



Inermis; erecta; foliis sparsis, ellipticis, acutis, inte- 

 gerrimis, penninerviis, g-Iabris; petiolis ramulisqne hir- 

 tello-puberulisj floribus axillaribus, ternis-quinis, pedun- 

 cnlatis, hcrmaphroditis, pcntandris pedunculisque plerum- 

 que glabris; stjlo indiviso; stigpmatc 2 — 3-lobo; drupis 

 2 — 3-pyrcnis. 



Frangula Alnus Mill Dict. n. l. 



Frangula vulgaris Reichenb. Germ. 488. 



In sylvis, uemoribus et fruticclis hnmidius- 

 culis frequcns. (Thiergarten, Grunewald, Jung- 

 fernheide, Tcgel, Treptow.) Floret Majo, Junio.'^ 



Frnctus subglobosi, rubri, maturi nigri. 



