838 



V. distinctiim cupuiarem coalescentibus. Discus subhypogynus v. peri- 

 gynus obsoletus v. distinctus ininutus cnpularis , carnosulus v. mem- 

 branacens, summo margine , rarius extus v. utraque ratione simul 

 staminiferus integer v. crenatus , ^ — 4 — landrus. t^ilamenta linearia 

 plana, basi discreta , exserta. Antherae sagittato-Iineares, connectivo 

 adnata parte loculis angnstiore ibique exappendiculato, apice in appen- 

 diculam minimam v. distinctam saepe magnam , planam v. vesicularem, 

 in alabastro plerumque longitudinaliter pHcatam producto. Stylus 

 teretiuscuius distinctus bicruris, cruribus filiformibns plerumque elon- 

 gatis. Ovulum ex apice funiculi pendulum , micropyle supera , quan- 

 doque ionge protracta. Fructus tenue niembranaceus. Semen verticaie, 

 ienticulare. Embryo cochleatus, radicuia spirae gyrum obsoivente, ad- 

 scendente semisupera v. exacte supera *). 



* Perigonii laciniae v. falinla in frudu hasi haud indurala, plerumque 

 ibidem tenue membranacea demumque saepe transverse rumpenlia. 



1. H. monandra (C. A. Meyer in Ledeb. FL alt. /, p. 3S4) 

 annua , adpresse dense pubescens; caule erecto v. decumbente, nunc 

 abbreviato- simulque coarctato ramoso, nunc patule virgato - ramo- 

 sissimo, ramis infimis oppositis , reli(juis cunctis alternis dense flori- 

 gero-ramulosJs foliolosis , haud flexuosis, nec fragilibus; foliis vix car- 

 nosulis, ramulorum confertissimis , subulato-filiformibus v. setaceis, 

 nristato-mucronatis, pleris(|ue recurve-patulis, 3 — 6 iin. iongis ac Y^ — Vj 

 iin. iatis, floralibus homomorphis basi ovato-dilatatis; bracteis subbrevio- 

 ribus ac aequiiongis foliaceis, basi naviculari-ovatis v. oblongis , apice 

 subulato recurvis, inferius demum pergameneis; floribus axillaribus 

 soiitariis sessilibus , quandoque obsoletissime pediceilatis, sub anthesi 

 y, — Yj lin. iongis, glabris v. puberulis 1— 2andris; perigonii tri-, rarius 

 sparsimque 2- v. 4-phylIi foliolis ovatis acutis, quarto accedente angu- 

 stissime iineari-ianceolato , demum medio dilaratis chartaceis , basi di- 

 stincte tenuissime membranaceo-unguiculatis; disco summo margine 

 staminifero obsoletissimo; filamento basi subdilatato; anthera ovali 

 semibifida, apice punctiforme appendiculata; stylo gracili ultra semi- 

 bifido, cruribus stigmatosis setaceis; seminis radicula adscendente vix 

 semisupera. 



Halimocnemis monandra. Moqu.-Tand. Chenop. p. 151; in Dec. Prodr. XIII, 2, 



p. 199. — Claus Itid. des. in Gobel It. II, p. 301. 

 Polycncmum mouandrum. Fai.l. It. I, p. 401, app. p. 483, No. 91, t. D, f. I; 



///, p. 557. — Ej. III. pl. miiins cogn. p. 59, t. 49. - M. a Bieb. in IHem. 



de la Soc. des Natur. de Hlosc. I, p. 154, ed. S, p. 116; IV, p. 25. - R. 



et ScH. St/st. Veg. I, p. 524. 

 Salsola foliis riffidis pung^cntibus I. foliis brevioribus. Gmel. Fl. sib. III, p. 88, 



No. 69, t. XVII, f. 2. 

 Hab. in Rossia australi [Astraclian! (SrEvEy pl. e.vs.), dcscrto casplo! (Pall.1 



M. a BiEB. , Claus)] inque Sibiria uralensi! (Pali.; M. a Bieb.) et al- 



t a i c a in deserto soongoro-kirghisico ! (Fl. alt.), versus fl. Tschu ! (Schrekk). ©. 



*) Genus habitii specicrum omniiini satis naturale , Iiinc Nanopliyto e perigonio aptero, illinc 

 HaloRetonis sect. IV. ex hal>itu ac tlorum indole (neglectis peiigonii alis), dcnium Halocliari 

 praetcr connectlvi ac slyli indolem afline. — Halocliaris genus MoaiUNii, expulsis speciebus 

 prioribus, ad H. vesiculosam (ex imperio rossico exulem . atriianistlianicam) nuuc restrictum, 

 antherarum connectivi fabrica singnlari ac stigmate rapitatn-hilobo insigue servandum. Connectivum 

 enittx tota loculoruni facie superiore adn:itum inferuc in appendiculam semilunarem liberani , supetne 

 in vesiculam tcrminalem longiuscule pcdicellatam corollinam dilatatur. 



