Anisomeria, Ercilla, 33 



carpellis liberis, compressis, in sicco nigrescenübus, stylis totidem, cylindricis, crassis, 

 curvatis , brunneis , intus stigmatosis. Fructus e carpellis 5 — 7 frucliferis , zh 9 mm 

 longis, apice semiglobosis, basi conicis, in sicco nigrescenübus formatus. 



Chile: Santiago (Philippi n. 873!). — Herb. Berlin. 



4. A. chilensis (Miers) H. Walt. — Phytolacca chilensis Miers! Trav. U. (1826) 

 532. — A. littoralis Moq.! in DG. Prodr. XIH. 2. (1849) 25; Gay, Fl. chil.V. 255. — 

 Ph. littoralis Poepp. et Endl.! Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1. (<835) 27 t. 45. — Ph. chilensis 

 Bridges! ex Moq. 1. c. 25. — Frutex omnibus partibus glaberrimus, ramulis robustis, 

 lineis de foliorum insertionibus decurrentibus minutissime angulatis, novellis brunneis 

 vel subochraceis, adultioribus cinereis. Foliorum petiolus ±: 12 mm longus, paullo 

 canaliculatus, dilatatus, basi incrassatus, lignosus, persistens; lamina oblongo-ovata vel 

 elliptica vel ovata, saepe complicata, basi acuta, apice paullo acuminata vel acuta vel 

 obtusa et nervo medio mucronulata, integerrima, coriacea, subtus nervo medio leviter 

 prominenti, margine zona pallida praedita, punctis pellucidis destituta, =b 50 mm longa 

 et dr 25 mm lata. Inflorescentiae terminales, erectae, tenuiter racemosae, cylindricae, 

 =b 10 mm longae et =h 1,7 mm latae; axis paullo angulatus, subochraceus, laevis. 

 Florum pedicelli paullo angulati, ± 5 mm longi, fructiferi paullo aucti, bracteis desli- 

 tuti, bracteolis minutis, tuberculiformibus, basi dilatatis, pallidis medio pedicello adnatis, 

 ± 1 mm longis praediti; tepala 5 — 10 carnosa, rotundata, concava, ± 3 mm longa 

 et zb 2 mm lata, libera, viridia, quam stamina minora, fructifera paullo aucta; sta- 

 mina 10 — 20 irregulariter 2-seriatim disposita, d= 3 mm longa; iilamenta linearia, 

 zb 3 mm longa et d= 8 mm lata; antherae dorsifixae, dr 1 mm longae, globosae, 

 apice paullo, basi profunde incisae; ovarium 5-, raro 4- vel 6-carpellatum carpellis 

 liberis, compressis, ovoideis, zb 1 mm longis; stylis totidem, cylindricis, curvatis, dorsi- 

 fixis, intus stigmatosis. Fructus saepissime e carpello unico, raro e 2 — 5 carpellis for- 

 matus, carpellis dz 1 mm longis, erectis, apice semiglobosis , basi conicis , viridibus. 



Chile: In felsigen Wäldern an der Meeresküste bei Valparaiso (Bertero!); in 

 Gebüschformation an Bachufern bei Quillota (Bertero n. 1233!); Provinz Aeoncagua 

 ohne Standortsangabe (Philippi!), bei Santiago (Philippi!); am Cerro de Renca bei 

 Santiago (Germain!); Nordcliile, auf Sandhügeln am Meer bei Concon (Poeppig 

 n. 314!). — Blüht vom Mi bis September. 



2. Ercilla a. Juss. 



Ercilla*) A. Juss. in Ann. sc. nat. XXV. (1832) H et Edinb. N. PhU. Journ. 

 XIV. (1833) 261; D. Don in Edinb. n. Phil. Journ. XIH. (1832) 273; Meisn. Gen. 

 (1841) 322 (235); Lindl. Veg. kingd. (1847) 509; Moq.-Tand. in DC. Prodr. XIII. 2. 

 (1849) 34; Lemr. in Orb. Dict. V. (1849) 384; Baill. Bist. pl. IV. (1873) 50; Benlh. 

 et Hook. f. Gen. III. (1880) 84. — Bridgesla Hook, et Arn. Bot. Miscell. III. (1833) 

 p. 168, t. 102; Meisn. Gen. (1837) 63 (46); Dietr. Syn. II. (1840) 1384, 1616. — 

 Ercilla Endl. Gen. (1840) 977 n. 5263; Ench. (1841) 508. — Suriaha Domb. et 

 Cav. ex D. Don in Edinb. N. Phil. Journ. XUI. (1832) 238 et ex Meisn. Gen. Comm. 

 (1841) 235. — Äpodostachys Turez. in Bull. Soc. natural. Moscou XXI. 1. (1848) 577 

 et in Flora II. (1848) 710; Walp. Ann. bot. II. (1852) 521. 



Flores hermaphroditi, dense racemosi. Perianthium submembranaceum, 5-par- 

 titum; tepala libera quam stamina breviora, oblonga, ovata vel obovata, apice acumi- 

 nata, ' concava, fructifera immutata suberecta; stamina 6—10, disco hypogyno in- 

 serta; filamenta cyhndrico-filiformia, carnosa; antherae dorsifixae, lineares, utrinque 

 profunde incisae, polline sulcato. Ovarium superum, e carpellis 3—8 liberis, ovoideis, 

 compressis, verticillatis constans; styli tot quot carpella, ventrales, cylindrico-filiformes, 

 erecti, apice paullo curvati, intus papillosi, persistentes; ovula in carpellis sohlaria, basi- 

 fixa, campylotropa, micropyle infera et externa. Fructus tepalis persistentibus msertus, 



*) Hh'cilla est nomen peruvianum. 

 A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV, (Einbryophyta sipbonogama) 83. 3 



