4o2 MOROCRAPHIA ONAGREARLM. 



tiini. CoROLLA cruciata : petala aequalia , v. inaequalia, subovata , 

 obtiisa, brève unguiculata, patentia. Stamina porrecta , v. declina- 

 to-adscendenlia, i-seriata, corollà vix breviora , nectarii margiiii 

 itjserta. Filamenta filiforraia, v. spathulato-filiformia , complanata, 

 basi dilatata : 4 petalis anteposita alternis breviora v. longiora. 

 Antheiae ellipticse, medio dorso affixse, innatfe, basi et apice sub- 

 re tusse , post anthesin haud contortaî. Ovarium lineari-tetragonum, 

 longé stipitatum , 4-locuîare , sub anthesi porrectum ; ovula iii 

 singulis loculis pluriraa, 2-seriata, subimbricata, adscendentia. 

 Stylus deflexo-declinatus , filiforrai-clavatus, stamina subsuperaiis, 

 basi hirsutus v. pubescens. Stigmata 4î brevia , linearia, obtusa, 

 sub anthesi conniventia, dcmùm levoluta. Capsula subcartilagiiiea, 

 lineaii-tetragona , longé stipitata , in rostruni 8-crenatum brève 

 attenuala, 4-locularis, 4-valvis, polysperma, ab apice ad basin de- 

 hiscens. Semina adscendentia, superposita , Isevia , subfusifoi'mia , 

 teretia , hinc raphi filifornii notata , abortu in singulis loculis 

 i-seriata. Epispermiuni crustaceum , tenue. Chalaza apicilaris. 

 Embryo subcylindraceus -. radicula oblongo-conica, acutiuscula, 

 brevis; cotyledones foliacea?, basi emargiuata;. 



Herbœ perennes , foliosse, multicaules, nonnunquàm basi suf- 

 fruticosae. Gaules ramosi, v. siraplices. Folia subsessilia, denticulata, 

 V. integerrima : seriora ramulorum abortu sœpè in vetulorum axil- 

 lis fasciculata; floralia nonnunquàm inferuè ovarii stipiti adnata; 

 superiora ad bracteas parvas reducta. Flores axillares : inferiores 

 subremoti ; superiores in spicam bracteatam racemiformem ap- 

 proximati : Lracteis persistentibus. Calycis limbus in alabastro 

 obovato-clavatus v. obconicus, mucronatus. Petala rosea , v. pur- 

 purea , v. violacea , v, alba, v. rarissime lutea. Antherœ luteae. 

 Ovarium stipiti pedicelliformi insidens, praefloratione nutans, v. 

 pendulum , v. reflexum , flore expanso porrectum v. declinato- 

 arcuatura , demùm erectura. 



Hujus generis species noviraus sequentes : 



Epilobium angustifotium L. 

 Epilobium, rosmannifolium Haenk. 

 Epilobium angustissimum Ait. 

 Epilobium latifolium L. 

 ? Bpilobiun- luteum Pursh. 



