106 DICOTYL.— TALAMIFLORAE 



Genus 2, Succowia 



Cali/x primo cylindriforrais et cyatiformis, erectiis, qna- 

 tridentatus, inde scissus in sepala quatuor, basi aequalia et 

 pilosa; pefala quatuor, aequalia, oblongo-ovata, integra, se- 

 palis longiora, primo flava, pnstea albida et venulis colora- 

 tis picta; stamina libera, edentula; ovarium ovatum, pilosum, 

 a tliecaphoro brevissimo suffultum; styhis compressus, ovato- 

 acuminatus; stigma simplex, obtusum; silicnla globosa, bicar- 

 pellaris, valvis concavis dense ecbinatis, dissepimento mem- 

 branaceo adherentibus, deinde deciduis ; semen in quovis lo- 

 culo unum, ovato-convexum, fulvum; caulis divaricato-ramo- 

 sus, dense villosus;/o/ia pinnata; spicae laxae; fructi penduli. 

 Plantae annuae, sublignosae, breves. 



Endl Gen. PLpag. 884. n. 4960.— Torn. FI. Sic. p. 129. 

 B. Br. in Ait. H. Kew. 4. ed. 2. pag. 79.— DC. Syst. Nat. 

 2. 2>(ig. 642. et Prodr. 1. pag. 224.—Bert. Fl. Ital 6. pa- 

 gina 618.— Guss. Syn. FI. Sic. 2. pag. 159. 



1, S. balearica. — Flores parvi in spica corymbosa, termina- 

 les caulibus et ramis; scapus striatus, dense villosus, villis 

 albis; pedicelli stricti, brevissimi, valde laxati, in fructu ar- 

 cuati versus basim; cab/x cyatiformis, lineato-sulcatus, qua- 

 tridentatus, deinde scissus in quatuor; sepala oblonga, obtu- 

 sa, glabra , viridia , margine vix membranaceo , decidua et 

 dense pilosa; petala quatuor sepalis parum longiora, ungui- 

 culata; stamina tetradynama cum filamentis subulatis et an- 

 theris subcordatis , ovatis ; stylus elongatus uti in genere, 

 persistens; siigma simplex, parvum, obtusum; silicula ovalis, 

 tumens, erecta, valvis concavis dense echinatis, aculeis subu- 

 latis, inaequalibus et iuferioribus retroflexis, stylo ovale, per 

 gyrum sulcato, apice obtuso; semina rufo - ferruginea, pun- 

 ctis nigris adspersa, ovato-truncata, uno latere convexa; caulis 

 tenuis , erectus vel adscendens, raro simplex, alterne ramo- 

 sus, ramis paucis, divaricatis aut conferto-globosis, inferne 

 setulis rigidis adspersus, superne villosus aut glaber, a spi- 

 thama ad pedem longus; folia omnia tenuissima, petiolata, 

 simpliciter pinnata, cum foliolis oblongis vel lanceolatis, la- 



