CISTINEAE 125 



Genus 1. Clstus. 



Calyx quinquesepalus, sepalis biseriatis , bibracteatus; co- 

 rolla quinquepetala, raro tripetala, patens, petalis subrotun- 

 dis, obovatis, ungue breve, vario-coloratis, liypog-ynis; stami- 

 iia plura, omuia fertilia, filamentis filiformibus et antheris 

 bilocularibus, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus; ovarium sessile, 

 tri-quinqueloculare, raro 15-loculare, placentis lamellaribus; 

 ovxda pauca aut plura, e funiculo pendula; capmla cartila- 

 ginea aut coriacea, 5-10-locularis ; semina plura vel pauca , 

 funiculo arillato, chalazae oppositae inserta; folia opposita 

 extipulata, integerrima vel denticulata; x)edunculi axillares 

 vel terminales, uni-multiflori, Frutices vel suffrutices. 



Endl. Gen. Pl. pag. 904. n. o028.—Dunal. in DC. Prodr. 

 1. pag. 263. — Moris Fl. Sard. 1. pag. 194. — Torn. Fl. 

 Sic. pag. 189. — Guss. Sgn. Fl. Sic. 2. pag. 10. — Bert. 

 Fl. It. 5. pag. 338.—Arcang. Comp. della Fl. Ital.pag. 69. 



I. C. salvifolius. — Flores grandes, nubiles et nutantes, ter- 

 minales vel axillares; pedunculi solitarii, laterales, approxi- 

 mati et saepe numerosi, elongati, uni-biflori, canescenti-hirti, 

 stellati, 4-5 cent, longi, aliquando ad medium ramosi, ibique 

 duabus bracteis deciduis, obtuse lanceolatis instructi, at nodo- 

 si etdichotomi; hracteae foliaceae, parvae, oblongae, oppositae, 

 aliquando conjugatae una-tres et approximatae, superne di- 

 stantes a flore et ad articulos pedicelli connatae ; calt/x vi- 

 rens, hirtus, pilis stellatis obsitus ; sepala externa latiora , 

 cordato-ovata, acuta, interna acuminata, utrisque longitudine 

 subaequalia, ovario conniventia, dum capsula matura siccatur 

 flavescunt et decidunt; coroUa calyce longior, alba, basi lu- 

 teo-aurea, in sicco tota lutescens , at sepala sunt obovato- 

 cuneata, crenata, interdum subemarginata; stamina lutea; sti- 

 gma sessile, globosum, fungosum; capsula calyce brevior, sub- 

 rotundo-pentagona, obtusa, villosa, quinquevalvis, quinquelo- 

 cularis; semina grandiuscula, globoso-subtrigona, scabra, rufa, 

 arillo scabriusculo obducta; cauJis teres, erectus, subinde de- 

 cumbens, brachiatus, rubens, inferne senio glabratus, superne 

 hirtus, pilis brevibus, fasciculato-stellatis; folia opposita, pe- 



