690 



Suhordo I. Cy cloloheae. 



(Moq.-Tandon iii Dkc. Prodr. XIII, 2, p. 48.) 



Embryo annularis v. hippocrepicus. Albumen copiosum, raro par- 

 cum , continuum, centrale. — Folia saepius diiatata plana ac tenuia, 

 rarius subulata rigida v. squamaeformia succulenta. 



Tribus I. Clienopodieae. 



Moq.-TANDON l. C. 



Flores perfecti, interdum abortu imperfecti mere pistilligeri, ebrac- 

 teati, omnes homomorphi. Fructns nunc utricularis, pericarpio mera- 

 branaceo tenuissirao libero v. semini ngglutinato, nunc rarissime Ache- 

 nium, pericarpio semini adhaerente cartilagineo, nunc Acinus, pericarpio 

 baccaeformi-succulento. Semen verticale v. horizontale, integuiuento 

 saepius crustaceo. Albumen copiosum. Embryo annularis v. subannu- 

 laris, gracilis, Jacteus. — Caulis continuus. Folia membranacea, plana. 



Suhtrihus I. Beteae. Moq.-Tand. L c. p. 49. 



(Kochiaeae partim. Enducher gen. p. 295.) 

 Semen horizontale. 



804. Beta. Tournef. 



Mo<?.-TaND. in Dec. Prodr. XIII, 2, p. 54. — Ej. Chenop. p. 12. — Endmcher 

 gen. p. 295. — Meisn. gen. p. 230. — Commenl. p. 233. 



Flores hermaphroditi, tribracteolati, axillai^es et terminales, ses- 

 siles, solitarii v. glomerati, post anthesin tunc plerumque arcte coaliti, 

 spicati v. spicatim paniculati. Calyx urceolatus , quinquefidus, basi 

 germini semiadhaerens , tubo demum indurato. Stamina h, perigyna. 

 Discus annularis, depressus, carnosus. Germen semiinferum v. disco 

 carnoso immersum. Stigmata 2 — 3, rarissime 4 v. 5. Utriculus sub- 

 globosus, perigonii tubo osseo, depresso inclusus , basi adhaerens. 

 Semen horizontale, integumento exteriore subcoriaceo tenui. 



1. B. lomatogona (Fisch. et Meyer in Hohenack. Enum. Taliisch 

 p. 124) perennis glabra, radice longa cylindrica ligriosa, caule simplici 

 erecto angulato, foliis radicalibus ovatis acutis basi cuneatis, lamina 

 petiolo 1 Vt — 2y,plo breviore, cnulinis ovato-oblongis; summis lanceo- 

 latis, panicula simplioi sub anthesi lanceolata , fructifera oblonga elon- 

 gata praeter bracteolas Jineares flores subaequantes ultra medium 

 aphylla, floribns solitariis primum dense , demum interrupte spicatis, 

 calycis laciniis suj)erne late membranaceo-marginatis erosis, exteriori- 

 bus oblongis, interioribus ovalibus v. obovatis, in fructu erecto-patnlis, 

 tubo fructifero acute sexangulato, angulis submembranaceis , faciebus 

 interjectis planis. 



B. lomatogona. Dec. Prodr. XIII, 2, p. 50. 



Hab. in provinciis caucasicis [in campis pr. Taluni provinc. Taliiscli , alt. 

 666 hexap.! (Hohenack.)]. 4. 



