510 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
XIL NITRARIEÆ. 
124. Nitraria L. — Flores hermaphroditi ; receptaculo convexo. 
Sepala 5, plus minus alte connata carnosula, imbricata, persistentia. 
Petala totidem alterna longiora, apicibus cucullatis induplicatim  val- 
vata. Stamina 5-15, sub disco parum conspicuo inserla ; filamentis 
liberis nudis, antheris introrsis, 2-rimosis. Germen liberum sessile 
sericeum oblongo-pyramidatum, 2-6-loculare, sensim in stylum brevem 
apice stigmaloso decurrenti-2-6-lobum attenuatum ; ovulis in loculis 
solitariis e funiculo elongato descendentibus; micropyle extrorsum 
supera. Drupa subbaccata ovato-acuminata ; mesocarpio sæpius tenui; 
putamine osseo, extus sulcato v. scrobiculato, apice valvis 6, alternis 
brevioribus, dehiscente, 1-spermo. Seminis descendentis testa mem- 
branacea ; epidermide sicca; embryonis exalbuminosi cotyledpnibus 
plano-convexis ; radicula brevi supera. — Frutices rigidi, spinosi 
v. inermes, sæpius canescentes ; folits alternis v. fasciculatis, simplicibus 
obovato-cuneatis integris v. apice 3-5-fidis; stipulis parvis lateralibus ; 
floribus in cymas plus minus ramosas scorpioideas dispositis, breviter 
pedicellatis. (Asiæ occ., Africe bor. et Australie reg. salse.) — 
Vid. p. 
XII? CORIARIEÆ. 
125. Coriaria Nissor. — Flores regulares, hermaphroditi v. poly- 
gami; receplaculo depresse conico. Sepala 5, imbricata, persistentia. 
Petala 5, alterna, sepalis sæpius breviora, intus carinata, carnosa et 
post anthesin accrescentia. Stamina 10, 2-seriata ; filamentis sæpius 
liberis, v. nunc 5 (exterioribus) carina petalorum adnatis, hypogynis 
.v. subhypogynis ; antheris (in flore fæmineo effætis) introrsis, 2-rimosis. 
Carpella 5, alternipetala, v. rarius 6-10, libera, summo receptaculo 
inserta ; germinibus liberis (in flore maseulo effætis); stylis totidem 
liberis longis flexuosis, ubique stigmatosis ; ovulis in germinibus solitariis 
descendentibus ; micropyle introrsum supera. Fructus cocci 5-10, petalis 
carnosis inclusi, demum à receptaculo soluti compressi, vix drupacei, 
demum sicci; seminis descendentis testa membranacea ; albumine 
(?) tenui membranaceo, nunc duro ; embryonis ovati compr essi carnosi 
cotyledonibus plano-convexis ; radicula brevi supera. — Frutices iner- 
