MARSILEACEiB l83 



OiiDo Gxcr. 



MARSILEACE7E 



(Bartl: ord: nal: p. i5. = Hjdropteridum 

 pars W. 1. c. ). 



Char: essentialis. 



» Receptacula uniformia clausa evalvia pluri - lo- 

 » cularia capsulas granulis repletas et alia corpuscula 

 )) membrana hyalina laxe involuta materia granulosa 

 » farcta , includentia. » 



Obs: Ordo constans 2. tantum generibus 5 plantse 

 aqualicse natantes, caule repente ramoso, foliis alter- 

 nis vernatione circinaitim involutis , nunc sessilibus 

 filiformi-setaceis , nunc longe petiolatis quaternis. 



I. Marsilea Lin: gen: ed: Schreb: n. 161 8. = Spr: syst: 

 . n. 3210. = Lam: ill: t. 863. = Sub Sal^inia Juss: 

 gen: p. 16. 



» Receptaculum pedunculatum ovale birsutum dis- 

 )) sepimento longitudinali. Capsulce (^ovaria R. Br: , 

 » germina Spr:) ovali-oblongse, sacculis binis utrin- 

 » que ad basim granula in latice mucoso continen- 

 » tibus. » 



Obs: Genus constans 8. stirpibus prsesertira ex Ind: 

 orient:, ^Jr: et JY. Holl:, i. tantum etiam europaea, 

 berba; repentes , foliis longe petiolatis quaternis, fo- 

 liolis cuneiformibus integerrimis vel dentatis glabris 



