370 DICOTYL.— MONOCHLAMYDEAE 



psulae tridymae, trispermae, dense granulosae, granulis stel- 

 latis; semina subglobosa, in aciem trig-onara apice attenuata, 

 testa tenuiter ruguloso - reticulata, caruncula rudinientaria. 

 Frutices at saepius herbae perennes vel annuae, saepe succo 

 purpureo scatentes, pilis albis, stellatis undique dense obsi- 

 tae; /olia alterna, petiolata, plicata, repanda, angulata deu- 

 ticulatave; siipulae utrinque ad petiolorum basim, minimae, 

 deciduae. 



NecJc. El. Bot. 2. pag. 337. — DC. Proclr. 15. sect. post. 

 pag. 746.—EHdl. Gen. Pl. pag. 1117. n. 5829.— Adr. Juss. 

 Teni. Euphorh. pag. 27. iah. 7.—Bert. Fl. It. 10. p. 458.— 

 Moris Fl. Sard. 3. pag. 474. 



I. C. tinctoria. — Flores masculi in spica terminali; feminei 

 in pedunculo axillari, simplici vel ramoso, primo erecti, po- 

 stea cernui, solitarii vel duo-tres in apice pedunculi aut pe- 

 dicellorum, globulosi; in masculis calyx quinquepartitus, se- 

 gmentis, lanceolatis, apiculatis, extus dense stellato-tomento- 

 sis; 2)efala quinque, lanceolata, albido - flavescentia, calycera 

 sublongiora; stamina glabra, antlieris oblongo-linearibus, fla- 

 vidis aut rubentibus; iu femineis segmenta calycina et pe- 

 tala anguste linearia; styli dorso liirtuli; capsula pendula, 

 fusca, squamulosa et tuberculata; caulis teres, erectus, stel- 

 late molliterque tomentosus, 3 - 10 - poUicaris, basi simplex, 

 superne subdivaricato-ramosus; folia petiolata, rhombeo - o- 

 vata, lobulata, supra nudiuscula, viridia subtusve albo-fari- 

 nosa et pilis stellatis adspersa; petioli semiteretes, iuferiores 

 folio subduplo longiores, superiores sensim breviores; stipn- 

 lae anguste lineares, parvae, deciduae; radix tereti-fusifor- 

 mis, longa, fibrosa et fibrillosa. 



Floret a Majo ad totam Aestatem. 0. 



Aetnae, in vulcanicis pedemontanae et nemorosae regionis: 

 Catania, Acquicella, Villascabrosa, A^nnisi, Ognina, Acica- 

 stello, Gravina, Bronte, Grotia delle Capre. 



Icon. Reich. Cent. 15. fig. 4805,— Clus. Hisi. 2. pag. 47 

 sub nomine: Heliotropium minus, iricoccum. 



Crozophora tinctoria. Spr. Syst. Veg. 3. pag. 8r,0.~-Reich. 

 Exc. 2. pag. 76.—Beri. Fl. It. 10. pag. 278. — Moris Fl. 

 Sard. 3. pag. 475.—Torn. Fl. Sic. pag. 458. — Strohl Fl. 



