534 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. * 
Stamina 4, 5. Gynæcei rudimentum conicum, glabrum v. lanatum. 
Calyx fœmineus breve v. brevissimum, cupuliforme, breviter sæpiusque 
obtuse 4, 5-dentatum. Germen obliquum elliptico-ovoideum subecom- 
pressum, glabrum v. superne ad margines strigillosum ; ovulo erecto ; 
funiculo brevi; exostomio sæpius dilatato fimbriato, summo loculo ad- 
hærente; stigmate subpeltato v. penicillato-capitato longe papilloso. 
Achænium, nunc extus carnosulum subdrupaceum ; endocarpio char- 
taceo. Semen erectum ; embryonis parce albuminosi cotyledonibus el- 
lipticis radicula tereti vix longioribus. — Arbusculæ v. frutices ; foliis 
2-stiche alternis subæquilateris, plus minus serratis, 3-nerviis, subtus 
cano-tomentosis ; stipulis in 4, axillarem, 2-fidam, connatis; floribus 
masculis glomerulatis, bracteatis ; fœmineis in receptaculo globuloso, 
demum carnoso, dense aggregatis, sessilibus v. breviter pedicellatis ; pe- 
dicellis teretibus v. superne incrassatis, bracteolatis ; capitulis axilla- 
ribus, 2-nis v. rarius Corymbosis, nune irregulariter cymosis. (Malaisie, 
Oceania *. 
IV. PARIETARIEZÆ. 
-_ 93. Parietaria T. — Flores monœci v. polygami. Calyx 4-merus ; 
foliolis in floribus hermaphroditis v. maseulis ovatis v. breviter acumi- 
natis (anticis 2), valvatis, demum patentibus, in fœmineis plus minus 
alte connatis in calycem tubulosum v. ventricosum, intus glabrum 
v. lanatum. Stamina 4, sepalis opposita, hypogyna; filamentis in ala- 
bastro incurvis, demum elastice recurvis, v. rectis; antheris introrsis 
v. in flore fæmineo rudimentariis v. 0. Germen (in flore masculo rudi- 
mentarium) rectum, ovoideum v. oblongum; ovulo adscendente v. sub- 
erecto; stylo elongato filformi, erecto v. brevi, apice longe lateraliter 
papilloso, lineari (Gesnouinia), v. aspergilliformi. Fructus siceus rectus 
ovoideo-subcompressus nitidus, perianthio marcescente (sæpe elongato- 
cylindraceo) imclusus ; embryonis albuminosi cotyledonibus ovato-ob- 
longis radiculæ subæquilongis. — Frutices, suffrutices v. herbæ, pilis 
hamatis sæpius obsitæ ; foliis alternis integris, 3-nerviis v. 3-plinervis ; 
cystolithis punctiformibus ; stipulis parvis v. 0 ; floribus dense v. laxius- 
cule cymosis; cymis axillaribus, 2-nis, nunc 1-floris (He/rine); inflores- 
1. Spec. 9. Wepp., in Ann. se. nat., sér. IF, 24 rar _— . _. Ft. ind., WE, 
195; Monogr., 465, 1.15 , fig. 1 Ca) 589 (Urtica 0, F1. d. bat, À > p- I, 
_—_ BL Bfdr:: 498 (Urtica) ; Mus. lugd.-bat.. 264. -—S% 4 pe "à 244 AMissiesshe). 
