336 PENTANDRIA-DIOYNIA 



GAYA. 



Gaud. FL Heh. a. p. 889. tah. 6. De Cand. Prodr. 4. 

 p. i63. Koch. Syn. Fl. Germ. et Helv. 1. p. 299. 



Pachypleurum Reich. Fl. Germ. exc. Z. p. 471- 



Laserpitii species Lin. Gen. p. i36. 



Ligustici species All. Fl. Ped. n. p. 12. 

 Umbella composita , parva , densiflora , convexa , 

 Involvicrum universale nullum , aut polyphyl- 

 lum , umbellae subsquale , foliolis lanceolato- 

 -linearibus , vel lanceolatis, apice integris , aut 

 bi-trifidis , margine membranaceis . Umbellulae 

 multiflorae , densiflorsB , convexse , totae fertiles , 

 radiolis brevissimis. Involvicella polypbylla, vim- 

 bellula florente sublongiora , avit aequantia . Ca- 

 lycis margo obsoletissimus, vel e denticulis quin- 

 que . Petala aequalia , obovata , biloba , ligula 

 apicillari iuflexa , lata. Stamina corolla longiora, 

 antheris subrotundis. Receptaculvvm floris conve- 

 xum . Stili in anthesi breves , erecti , in fructu 

 recurvati , stilopodio conico , porrecto duplo , et 

 triplo longiores . Stigmata capitellata . Diache- 

 nium ovoideo-oblongum , obtusum , e dorso con- 

 vexo-coinpressum , glabrum , vel pulveraceo-sca- 

 brum , utrinque exquisite quinquecostatum, co- 

 stis contiguis, crassis, alaeformibus, obtusis, aequa- 

 lij)us, lateralibus raarginalibus. Valleculae,et vit- 

 tae tanv valleculares, quam commissurales nuliae. 

 Semen a cortice pericarpico facile secedens. Car- 

 pophorunv tenue , Ivliforme , denvum bipartitum, 

 libervvm . 

 Hahitus . Plantae perennes , alpicolae , huniiles , saepe 

 caespitosffi a coUo radicis in surcvvlos diviso. Cau- 

 lis simplex, nvvdus , aut suJimouophyllus . Folia 

 bi-tripiimata, foliolis ]>iunatifidis , laciniis linea- 

 ril>us . Petala .:dba , aut rubentia . 



