7h HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
GENERA 
L RHAMNEZÆ. 
4. Rhamnus T. — Flores hermaphroditi v. polygamo-diœci; recep- 
taculo valde concavo, obconico v. urceolato, intus disco tenui v. rarius 
crassiusculo et apice integro vestito. Sepala 4, 5, 3-angularia, valvata, 
margini receptaculi inserta. Petala 4, 5 (v. nunc 0), parva, cucullata 
v. plana. Stamina totidem oppositipetala, cum perianthio inserta ; fila- 
mentis brevibus ; antheris introrsis, 2-rimosis. Germen imo receptaculo 
insertum (in flore masculo effætum rudimentarium) liberum, 3-4-locu- 
lare; stylo erecto, ad apicem plus minus profunde 3-4obato v. ramoso 
stigmatoso. Ovula in loculis 4, suberecta; micropyle introrsum infera, 
demum plus minus laterali. Fructus drupaceus, sphæricus v: oblongus, 
basi cicatrice annulari receptaculi brevissima cinctus; pyrenis 2-4, 
ossels v. cartilagineis, intus demum obscure dehiscentibus v. ad basin 
biantibus, sæpius indehiscentibus. Semina obovata compressa v. sulcata, 
basi in arillum brevem nunc dilatata, albumine carnoso (nunc 0); 
embryonis recli cotyledonibus planis v. margine recurvis, foliaceis 
v. carnosis; radicula infera brevi. — Arbores v. frutices; foliis alternis 
Y. subopposités (deciduis v. persistentibus) petiolatis, integris v. dentalis ; 
stipulis lateralibus parvis, deciduis ; floribus axillaribus in eymas sim- 
plices, fasciculatas v. AE A dispositis. (Orë. tof. reg. calid. 
et temp.) — Vid. p. 54. 
2. Rhamnidium Raiss. ! — Flores fere Æhamni; receptaculo sub- 
turbinato v. breviter obconico, disco intus vestito. Perianthium stami- 
4. In Mart. FI, bras., Rhamn., 94, &. 31.— B. H., Gen., 378, n. 41. 
