274 SMILACINEAE brown. (Ruscus.) 



— Europa media et ausfralis (Lusitauia, Hispauia, Insulac Ba- 

 lcaricae, Anglia, Gallia, Gerrnania australis, Ilelvetia, Italia, Dal- 

 iuatia, Servia, Graccia, Macedonia, Tliracia, Tauria, Caucasia, 

 Georgia), Africa borealis (Atlas) ct Asia ininor (Bithynia); ft. 

 Anglia. fy — Duinus erectus, raniosissimus, 2-3-pedalis ; raini 

 striato-sulcati, sparsi, inferdum subterni. Folia squamaeformia, 

 approximate sparsa, ovato-subulala, marcitla. Clatlotlia foliifor- 

 mia, axillaria, solitaria, brevissimc stipitafa, ovata, aciiiiiiii.il. i. 

 subulato-spinigera, curvinervia, nervis subreliculato-anastomosan- 

 tibus, coriacca, intogerrima, iia torta ut margo ramulum spectat, 

 7-8 lin. longa. Flores tlioeci , gemini, c facie supcriore clatlotlii 

 supra ejus basim enati, petliccllati, altero aborticnte, miuutissi- 

 mo ; petlicclli bracteis pluribus lafis tcnuissime membranaceis, 

 extima deltoidea acutafo - subulafa, intimis (2-3) apice trifidis 

 involucrati. Flores masculi: Pcrigonium hexaphyllum, patentis- 

 simum, glabrum ; foliolis 3 exterioribus oblongis, apice acutis 

 et inflcxis, viritlibus, interne subpurpurascentibus ; 3 interiori- 

 bus brevioribus, lanceolatis, acutis, planis, intcrnc purpurasccn- 

 tibus. Alabastra subelliplica, triangularia. Praefloratio : foliola 

 extcriora valvatim approximata, interiora parum rcmota. Sfa- 

 mina 3, hvpogyna, foliolis cxterioribtis opposita , interioribus 

 breviora. Filamenta in tubuin vel urccolum mcmbranaccum 

 atropurpurenm trigonum glabrum connata. Antherae summo 

 tubo immetliate affixae, cum foliolis intcrioribus altcrnantes, la- 

 tcribus contiguis connatae, obvcrse subrotuntlo-rcniformes, basi 

 emarginatae, apice profuudc bifidae, purpurasccntes, glabrae, 

 aequalcs, obversae et externe sccumlum longitudinem tlehiscen- 

 tes. Pollinis vcsiculae libcrae, oblongac, utrinquc acutiusculae, 

 hyalinae. Pistillum minutum, effetum, in centro floris libcrum, 

 albidum, glabrum, lubo stamineo triplo brevius, lageniformc: 

 stigmate trilobo. Flores fcminei: Pcrigonium maris, pcrsistcns, 

 marcidum. Tubus stamincus ovatus, carnosus, purpurco-viola- 

 ceus, punctulatus, ovarium arcte involvens : limbo constricto, 

 albitlo - incmbranaceo , uudulato - lobulato, Antherac abortivac. 

 Pistillum simplex, liberum. Ovarium sessile, oblique ovatuin, 

 laeve, glabrum, viridc, uniloculare *), apice in stylum brcvcm 

 attcnuatum. Sligma crassum, pcltato-tlilatatum, iindulatum, pur- 

 purasccns. Ovarium fecundatum deprcssiusculo-globosum, tubo 

 staminco 2-3-fido perigonioque marcido fultum, stylo brcvi 

 crasso umbilicatum , laevc, atl unum latus sulco longitudiuali 

 laevi notatum, glabrum, viride, nitidum. Ovula duo, ad paric- 

 tem loculi sulco rcspondcntein immcdiatc affixa et secundum 

 totam longitudinem adnata, collateralia, cllipfico-subglobosa, lae- 

 via, uno duplo majore, loculum replentia, albida. (1825 secun- 

 dum specimina reccntia descript.) Bacca globosa, rubra, mono- 



') Necs ab Esenbeck 3-Iocularc descripsit!? 



