— GG — 



culato-cymosi; quibusdam involucrati v. peclicello c. antho- 

 podio articulato (z= Asparago ). Pengonium calycinum v. 

 coroUinum, 3-^-5-6-merum, novellum iinbricatum, quil^usdam 

 dimorphum, persistens, rarius deciduum. Stamina 2 — 15, e 



toro perigyno h notabili, lobis perigonii opposita , raro 



alterna, sohtaria v. cuique lobo bina - terna, anlheris norma- 

 hbus, dorsi - rarius basifixis. Ovarium hberum v. vix ad- 

 haerens, 2-5-4-phyllum, uniloculare, ovulo unico, basilari, 

 sessih, atrojjo, raro e funiculo basilari inverso, demum erecto; 



styh 2-3-4, h connati v. subnulh, stigmatibus simpl, in- 



crassalis v. peniciUatis. Nucula compressa v. o-A-angularis, 

 quibusdam alata , et petahdiis v. sepahdiis increscentilous, 

 V. perigonio toto , emarcido v. baccato induviata. Seminis 

 testa membranacea, embryo albumini farinoso subaequilongus, 

 rectus V. arcualus, excentricus v. axihs, cotyledonibus hnea- 

 ribus V. late-fohaceis et flexuosis, radicula supera. — Spec.350. 

 C. A. Meyer, in Mcm. Jcad. Sc. Petersburg. 



a. R u m i c e se: hbae, suffrut perigonio G-a-S-mero, 4-6-8-9- 

 andro, 2-j-gyno, petahdiis in fructu erectis, increscentibus; 

 nucleo indiviso, embr. axih v. laterah: — Ojcjria^ Emex., 

 Rumex, Rheum, Jtrajjhaxis, Tragopyrum, Gonopyrum, Pofy- 

 gonella. 



b. Eriogoneae: hbee, suffrut. exochreati <-, fol. oppo- 

 sit. ternis v. imis, florib. involucratis, perigonio 6-mero, sub- 

 aequah, in fructu erecto, 6-9-andro, 3-gyno, embr. axih: — 

 Eriogonum, Chorizanthe, Mucronea, Pterostegin. 



c. Polygonese: hbse, frut. arbores, perigonio 5-4-5-6- 

 mero, 5-15-andro, 2-5-4-gyno, stigmatib. capitatis <;!. 



a. Eupolygonece: hbse, suffrut. perigonio 5-4-5-mero, 

 in fructu erecto, 5-8-andro, 2-5-gyno, nucleo indiviso<^: — 

 Konigia., Polygonum, Fagopyrum^ Ceratogomim. 



