CoRNACEAE 



von 



Walther Wangerin. 



(Gedruckt im August bis November 1909.) 



{Cornaceae Link, Handb. II. (1831) 2", Spach, Hist. veg. phan. VIII. (1839) 117; Lindl. 

 Veg. kingd. (1847) 732; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. I. (1867) 947; Baill. Hist. pl. VII. (1879) 

 60 ; Harms in Engl. u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 8. (1898) 250, sed auctorum generibus 

 Garrya, Alangium, Nyssa, Camptotheca, Davidia exclusis. — Corneae H. B. K. Nov. 

 gen. III. (1818) 430, (sect. Caprifoliacearum)] DC. Prodr. IV. (1830) 271; Endl. Gen. 

 (1839) 298 et Ench. (1841) 396.) 



Wichtigste Litteratur: Systematik: Humboldt, Bonpland, Kunth, Nov. gen. 

 III. (1818) 430. — Link, Handb. II. (1831) 2. — Lindley, Nat. syst. ed. 2. (1836) 

 49 et Veg. kingd. (1847) 782. — De Gandolle, Prodr. IV. (1830) 271. — End- 

 licher, Gen. (1839) 798 et Ench. (1841) 396. — Spach, Hist. veg. phan. VIII. (1839) 

 86. — Bentham et Hooker f., Gen. I. (1867) 947. — Baillon, Hist. pl. VII. (1879) 

 66. — Harms in Engl. u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 8. (1898) 250. — Wangerin in 

 Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXXVIII. (1906) Beibl. n. 8 6. 



Anatomie: Sertorius, Anat. d. Com., Diss. München 1893, et Bull. Herb. Boiss. 

 I. (1893) 469. — Solereder, System. Anatom. Dicotyl. (1899) 487. — Wangerin, 

 1. c. 50. 



Morphologie und Entwicklungsgeschichte: Payer, Traite d'organogenie 

 comp. (1857) 418, t. 86 et 105. — Eichler, Blütendiagramme II. (1878) 415. — 

 Wangerin 1. c. 



Character. Fl o res hermaphrodiü vel aborlu unisexuales dioici, actinomorphi. 

 Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, 4 — 5-lobatus vel subtruncatus vel rarius obsoletus. 

 Petala cum calycis segmentis alternantia 4 — 5 vel raro 0, valvata vel dextram versus 

 convolutiva. Stamina petalis isomera et cum iis alterna, filamentis brevibus vel haud 

 raro elongatis plerumque subulatis, antheris introrsis bene vel longe ellipticis connectivo 

 latiusculo conjunctis basifixis vel saepius subliberis dorsifixis versatilibus, lateraliter vel 

 paulo introrse rimis longis dehiscentibus, polline globoso vel elliptico 3-sulcato. Discus 

 epigynus vel in flore <J centralis pulvinaris angulatus crenatus vel lobatus plerumque 

 glaberrimus, rarius annularis vel subnullus. Ovarium hypogynum 1 — 4-loculare, stylo 

 simplici apice dz alte, interdum fere usque ad basin diviso vel stylis liberis pluribus ; 

 ovula in loculis solitaria, ab apice loculi pendula, anatropa, integumento uno, raphe 

 dorsali vel ventrali. Fructus drupaceus vel rarius baccatus, putamine 1 — 4-loculari, 

 rarius pyrenas 2 — 4 osseas vel crustaceas includens. Semina oblonga teretia vel semi- 

 teretia pendula, testa membranacea; embryo axilis parvus vel elongatus, radicula tereti 

 vel subcomplanata, cotyledonibus subfoliaceis in albumine copioso carnoso. 



Arbores vel frutices vel rarius herbae perennes. Folia opposita vel alterna, 

 vulgo petiolata, integerrima vel denticulata vel serrulata, rarius angulato-lobata. Stipulae 

 plerumque nullae, in Helwingia sola ramoso-ciliatae. Flore s parvi, in paniculas 

 uichotorne ramosas vel in racemos resp. in paniculas e racemis compositas dispositi, 



A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryopbyta siphonogama) 229. \ 



