496 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
GENERA 
L ELEAGNEÆ. 
1. Elæagnus T. — Flores regulares hermaphroditi v. rarius poly- 
gami; receptaculo eylindraceo -campanulato v. tubuloso ; perianthio 
h- v. rarius 5-8-mero, valvato. Stamina 4 v. 5-8, cum perianthi 
foliolis alternantia et sub eis inserta; filamento brevi libero v. subnullo ; 
antheris dorsifixis, 2-locularibus, introrsum 2-rimosis. Discus glandu- 
losus, forma varius, fauci receptaculi insertus. Germen liberum fundo | 
receptaculi insertum et inclusum ; stylo simplici ultra ostium angustam 
receptaculi pervio, longitudine sulcato, ad apicem rectum, curvum 
v. circinatum lateraliter stigmatoso; ovulo in ovarii loculo 1, adscen— 
dente anatropo ; micropyle infera. Fructus receptaculo persistente 
et acereto drupaceo induviatus; pericarpio sieco tenui indehiscente ; 
semine erecto; embryonis carnosi parce v. haud albuminosi radicula 
brevi infera. — Arbores v. frutices, fere ex omni parte lepidoti v. stellato- 
pilosi; ramulis sæpe spinescentibus; fohis alternis petiolatis integris 
exstipulaceis ; floribus axillaribus pedicellatis solitariis v. cymosis paucis, 
rarius in racemos breves axillares foliatos dispositis. (America bor., 
Europa austr., Asia med. et austr.) — Vid. p. h87. 
. Shepherdia Nurr. — Flores diœci ; receptaculo in flore masculo 
vix concavo, in fœmineo tubuloso-cupuliformi. Perianthium /-merum, 
valvatum. Stamina (in flore fæmineo 0) 8, quorum 4, perianthii foliolis 
© opposita, 4 autem alterna; filamentis brevissimis; antheris introrsum 
2-rimosis. Glandulæ 8, in flore maseulo cum staminibus alternantes, in 
fœmineo fauci insertæ. Germen (in flore maseulo 0) fundo receptaculi 
_insertum liberum; germine ovuloque Elæagni; stylo elongaio acuto, 
lateraliter ad apicem stigmatoso. Fructus siccus, 1-spermus, receptaculo 
