272 SMILACINEAE brown. (Ripogonum.) 



acuminata, rubra, bilocularis; seminibus solitariis, hemisphaericis, 

 hinc planis, inde convexis, alhis. (Ex Lesson et Ricli.) 



2. R. ALBUM Brown. Prod. 293. Poir. EncycL suppl. k. 687. 

 Spreng. Syst. 2. 99. Caule aculeato ; ramulis inermihus; foliis 

 alternis vel oppositis ternisvc ; racemis indivisis ; perianthio an- 

 theris parum longiore. Browti. — Nova Hollandia, prope Portum 

 Jackson. "^j 



3. R. DUBIUM Endl. Prod. 30. Ramulis inermibus ; foliis 

 oppositis, cordato -ovatis , obtusiusculis. Endl. *— Insula Nor- 

 folk. 



IV. RUSCEAE kunth in Act Acad. Berol. 1842. p. 46. 



Flores dioeci vel polygami , rarissime hermapbroditi. 

 Perigonii foliola libera vel magis minusve connatu, persisten- 

 tia. Stamina 3 vel 6, fundo, medio vel fauci perigonii inserta. 

 Filamenta connata. Antherae biloculares, subrotundo-renifor- 

 mes, introrsae, basi affixae, lateribus cohaerentes, tardius 

 borizontali-patentes vel reflexae; in floribus femineis effetae. 

 Ovaria solitaria vel tria conjuncta, libera. Ovula gemina, 

 collateralia, hemitropa? vel anatropa?. *) Stigma simplex vel 

 ex tribus conflatum, peltato-dilatatum, rarissime trilobum, co- 

 lumnae stylinae insidens. Bacca globosa, 1-3-sperma. Se- 

 mina irregulariter subglobosa, laevia, opaca, pallide lutescen- 

 cia, hinc chalaza ampla orbiculari, inde, ad extremitatem 

 oppositam, micropyla tuberculiformi notata. Testa tenuissi- 

 ma, albumini cartilagineo-carnoso (corneo Endl.) arcte ad- 

 nata. Etnbryo rectus, in albuminis extremitate chalazae (hilo 

 Gaertn.) opposita inclusus illoque duplo triplove brevior. 

 Herbae,$uffrutice$ vel frutices sempervireutes. Folia squa- 

 maeformia, sparsa^ subopposita vel subverticillata, ramulos 

 (pedunculos ?) stipantes foliaceo -dilatatos (c/adodia), pro 

 parte jioriferos ; cladodia coriacea vel membranacea, cur- 

 vinervia, nervis reticulato -anastomosantibus. Flores in 

 cladodiis subsolitarii vel per 2-5 fasciculato-congesti, cum 

 ■pedicello articulati, rarissime in apice ramulorum racemosi. 

 RUS- 



*) Cel. Endlicher (Gen. 155.) ovula ampbitropa, embryonem tamen 

 antitropum et in extremitate albuminis umbilico opposita situm de- 

 scripsit. 



