689 



- Habl. taur. p. 87. — M. a Bieb. Fl. t. c. I, p. 363. — EicHW, casp. cauc. 

 p. 27. — C. KocH in Linnaea XXI, p. 736. 



Hab. in Tauria (HABr.. , M. a Bieb.) et provinciis caiicasicis [Iberia ! (M. 

 a BiEB. , EicHW.), Awhasia! (Nokdmainn pl. exs.}, Imeretia ct Miugrelia , alt. 

 500 — 833 hcxap. (C. Koch). 4. t). 



Herba fructifera demum saturate purpurea. 



Ordft CI. Salsolaceae. (Li^in. Class, pl. partim.) — MoauiN- 

 Tandon in Dec. Prodr. XIII, 2, p. 41 *). 



Flores nunc perfecti, nunc imperfecti, diclines mono-dioici v. po- 

 lygaini. Fiorum perfeotorum ac imperfectorum staminigerorum calyx 

 5-, raro 4-, 3- v. 2-lidus sive partitus, rarissime rudimentarius squa- 

 maeformis monosepalus, herbaceus, viridescens, nunquam omnino scario- 

 sus, post anthesin exsuccus v. earnosus, «juandoque inferne cartilagineo- 

 incrassatus, laciniis nunc inappendiculatis, nune alaeforme v. spinoso- 

 appendiculatis , aestivatione imbricatis; florum pistilligerorum calyx 

 saepe nullus, tunc bracteis binis involucralibus nunc liberis, nune 

 partim v. oinnino in thecam fructiferam coalescentibus suppletus. 

 Corolla nulla. Stamina hypogyna v. perigyna, 5, raro pauciora, omnia 

 plerumque fertilia , calycis laciniis opposita. Filamenta filiformia v. 

 subulata , libera v. in cupulam brevissimam basi coalita. Staminodia, 

 in paucis generibus , minutissima , cum staminibus alterna. Antherae 

 biloculares, erectae, introrsae, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, medio dorso, 

 rarius basi v. apice affixae, loculis oppositis connatis , quandoque basi 

 rarissiine basi apiceque discretis. Connectivum angustum, haud raro 

 in appendiculum terrainalem erectum jilus minusve dilatatum saepe 

 petaloideum planum , cucullatum v. vesiculosum explicatum. Discus 

 nectariferus hypogynus intra stamina, nunc subannularis crassus, nunc 

 cyathiformis carnosulus v. membranaceus , saepe nullus. Ovarium so- 

 litarium ovatum v. globosum , saepius liberum , raro calycis tubo basi 

 adnatum, uniloculare. Ovuliim solitarium , basifixum , sessile v. funi- 

 culo brevi centrali horizontali v. adscendente instructum, tunc pendu- 

 lum , amphitropum. Styli 2 , rarius Ji — 4 , nunc discreti , nunc plus 

 minusve basi coaliti, apice v. intus stigmatosi. Fructus monospermus, 

 indehiscens , intra calycem nunc immutatum v. induratum, nunc varie 

 appendiculatum liber v. ejus tubo adhaerens. Pericarpium membra- 

 naceum, utriculare, interdum subcrustaceum , i'arissime carnosum bac- 

 caeforme. Semen horizontale v. verticale, lenticulare v. globoso-reni- 

 formc. Integumentum crustaceum v. coriaceum v. membranaceum, 

 Albumen copiosum, parcum v. nullum, farinaceum, rarissime subcarno- 

 sum. Embryo nunc plus minusve perfecte annularis periphericus, al- 

 bumine rarissime deficiente , nnnc plano-spiralis albumine excentrico 

 bipartito, nunc conico-spiralis albumine nullo. Cotyledones plano-con- 

 vexae, angustae. Radicula hilo proxima. 



*) Auct. am. Dr. E. FENiL. — Conf. p. 493. 



