J7<^ C L A s s I s XIV, O R D o XIII. 



ftyli 2 brèves ; ftigmata 2 magna , fupernè lacera. Drupa 

 infera fubovata magna, foeta nuce ofTeâ iaEpiùs 2-valvi , extùs 

 rugosà aut !:evi , intiis femi-4-locuIari i-fpermà, fèmine plu- 

 'rimùm finiiofb infrà 4-lobo, diffepinientis membranaceis lobos 

 dillinguentibus. uirborcs ; folia alterna^ in J. baccatâ ternata ^ In 

 cateris irnpjri-pinnata alterne 'i'J-juga ; flores fccminei in ramulis 

 terminales ; amenta mafcula remota axillaria ; druva fcrc exfucca , 

 nip-o colore inficiens ; femen efculentum ex (juo oleiim exprimitur ; 

 Auic perifpermum nullum & rajicula reéla afcendens. Gcnus nulli 

 erdini verè affi"e , hahim jnhfimile Tercbintaceis fed dïfcrepans ger- 

 mine ïnfero &• jîorum fcminifque flrufîurâ. 



Ob<!. Nondùm XQ.Ù.C defininis ordo , iii plurcs poflhàc dividendu* 

 ratione fiuûûs & feminum &:c. 1°. CalTuvia diflinguuntiir foliis (îm- 

 plicibus , fiu»flu monofpermo , radiculâ feminis infcriore feu laterali 

 incurva afccndenre, indc fubiimilia Lcguminofis monofpcrmis pracce- 

 dcntibus , fed difcrepantia ftipularum defedu & dcpreïïîori ftaminum 

 infcitionc. z°. Terebir.taceas vcias defîgnant folia faspiùs pinnaca aut 

 tcrnata , drupa nucibus quibufdam fœta monofpermis , radicula feminis 

 plerumque fupcrior incurva defccndcns. Anceps in iis infertio ftami- 

 num quae , ut in nonnuUis dccims terris cladîs ordinibus jam antcà 

 p, 250 reccnlitis, diico infident glandulofo inrcr piftillum & calicem 

 medio & ex utriafque aut altcrutrius bafi oriundo. Calicina tamcn 

 liiijus indoles in quibuldam generibus manifeftior , analogia duce fimi- 

 lis indicatur in coordinatis , pcfiftcnrc nihilominils ordinum fuprà- 

 diclorum affînitate qux futuram omnium recognitionem , Sc forsàn 

 iiov^E clalus infertione ambiguâdefinitx conflit jtionem exigic. 3<>. Zan- 

 toxyla foliis pinnatis aut ternatis farpiùs pundaro-pcllucidis , frudu 

 limltiloculari aut multicapfulari loculis aut capfulis monofpermis, pe- 

 lifpermo denique carnofo corculum rc<5luni ambiente prspiimis no- 

 tabilia , indc collimant Rhamnos feminis ftruclurâ fimiles & fovtè 

 Cockiani Aurantiis p. %6i confociatam. 4P. Divilîonibus mcmoraîis 

 minus accommodantur gênera qua^dam ordmi intcrjcda , ignotoruni 

 ordinum forte primordia. 



O R D O X I I I. 

 RHAMNI. LES NERPRUNS. 



Calix inferus monophyllus, limbo definitè divifo. 

 Petala quinque , rariùs quatuor aut fex ( rariflimè 

 nulla), fummo calici aut difco calicino inCerta , 

 tiufdcm laciniis alteroa 6c numéro a:c|ualia , interduin 

 luiguiculata fquamiformia , interduni bafi latiore 

 junda. Stamina totidem , ibidem infecta , petalis nuac 



