586 MONOGRAPHIA ONAGREARUM. 



( 4 petalis anteposita alternis plerumque breviora ). Antherœ 

 riihrœ , v. luteœ , ellipticce ^ v. oblongœ, i>. suhrotimdce , 

 œquilongœ ^ v. inœquilongœ , medio v. injrà médium {rarà 

 basi ) affixoe : conncctivo angiislo , ciun Jilamento conlinuo. 

 OvARiUM ^-loculare : loculis inulliovidatis , i>. rarissime pau- 

 ciovulatis. Stylus sœpissime rectus. Stigma clavatum , v. 4" 

 fidum,, V. f^-partitum {rarissime Jimhriatum) : lobis erectis , 

 V. cruciaûm patenlibus^ plerumque bre^'ibus , obtusis. Peri- 

 CARPiuM capsulare ( vah'is dehisceiitid peractd persistenti- 

 bus , placenta sœpissime decidud ) , chartaceum , v. cardlagi- 

 neum, phTumquè prismaticum^ angulis v. facierum Jicrvo 

 medio dehiscens ( dissepimentis nempe a/tgidis aul intcrposi- 

 tis, aut anlepositis ), [y-loculare ( rarissime i-loculare ), locu- 

 lis polyspermis kk raro oligospcrmis ,• placenta sœpissime 

 membranacea , tetraquetra , v. tetraplcra : angulis septa ef- 

 formantibus. Semina granulosa, v. papilloso-punctata , v. 

 rarà lœvia , teretia , v. mutud compressione varie angidosa , 

 ad chalazam aut appendice membranaceo aucta , aut mar- 

 gine Jimbriato coronata , aut longe comata. Embryo rectus : 

 radiculd brevi ; cotyledonibus planis. 



Herbœ, aut rarb suj/rufices. Folia integerrima aut denticulata: 

 radicalia rosulata, plerumque in peiiolum angustata; caulina 

 sparsa , v. opposila , sessilia , v. subsessilia ; Jloralia inferion- 

 bus conformia , v. ad bracteas reducta. Flores rcgulares , v. 

 rarà irregulares, erecti, v. porrecti, v. declinati, diurni, ino- 

 dori, adnato-sessiles , v. stipitati^ axillares et remoti, v. rariîis 

 in spicam terminalcm conferti singulique bracted persis- 

 tente suffidti , prœjloratione erecti, v. cernui , p. deflexi , v. re- 

 flexi. Petala alba, v. sœpiiis aut rosea aut purpurea , v. ra- 

 rissime lutea : colore per anthesin immutato. 



Epilobine^ in universo terrarum orbe nascuntur, in temptratis 

 tamen multà quàm in calidis vulgatiores. 



