94 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. 
JUNCAGINEZÆ, L. C. Richard. 
L.-C. Richard, Analyse du fruit 1808 et Mém. Mus. 1, p. 365; 
Kunth Enum. 3, p. 141; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. p. 210 (inclus. Potamo- 
geton, Ruppia et Aponogeton); Lem. et Decaisne Traité p. 658.— — 
Alismacearum pars Endl. Gen. p. 197; Bartling Ordines p. 13 (folia 
ut phyllodia ineonsiderate descripta); Meissn. Gen. p. 364 (272); 
Ventenat Tableaux 2, p. 151; Cand. Fl. franc. 3, p. 181; Brown 
Prodr. p. 343; Schnitzl. Pune 1, p. 49. — Juncorum pars Juss. 
Gen. p. 47. — Juneacearum pars Reichenb. Consp. p. 63. — Tri- 
glochineæ Agardh Syst. p. 43; Dumort. Analyse fam. 264. — 
Naiadearum pars Benth. Fl. Austral. 7, p. 164. 
Flores hermaphroditi v. rarius dioici. Perigonium 6-partitun, 
rarius 4-partitum , consimile, herbaceum vel subcoloratum. Lati- 
nis libere vel ima basi connatæ, biseriales, interiores ssepius altius 
inserte. Preefloratio imbricata. Stamina 6 (interdum p. parte abor- 
tiva), rarius 4, ima basi laciniarum inserta et iisdem opposita. 
Antheræ biloculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, extrorsæ, basi vel 
prope basim insertz. Filamenta sæpius brevissima. Pollen oblongum. 
Ovaria 6 (3 interdum abortiva) vel 4, nunc omnino libera, nunc ax 
centrali adnata. Ovula solitaria, vel gemina, collateralia, basilaria, 
erecta, anatropa, micropyle extrorsa. Stigmata sessilia, raro stylo- 
brevi insidentia, plumosa vel papillosa. Carpella tot quot ovaria, nun 
libera nunc in fructum elongatum coalita et denique ab axi centrali 
a basi vel rarius ab apice soluta, sutura ventrali dehiscentia vel rarius 
indehiscentia, mono-disperma. Semina basilaria, erecta, funiculo brev! 
imposita, raphe filiformi instructa ; testa tenuis vel coriacea. Embry? 
exalbuminosus, rectus; radicula infera, brevis; plumula prope basim 
inserta. — Herbæ paludosæ, glabræ, annuæ vel perennes. Rhizom? 
repens, elongatum vel breve, plus minusve bulbiforme, stolones gra- 
ciles vel alabastra sessilia gerens. Caules erecti, simplices, scapiformes, 
nudi vel foliati, ex axilla foliorum exteriorum orti, superne floriferi. 
Folia omnia radicalia et fasciculata vel sparsa, irideo-graminea, nod 
nunquam semi-teretia, basi vaginantia, vagina antice fissa, superne 
in ligulam liberam producta aut ea destituta. Flores sæpius parvi. 
inconspicui, in spicam vel racemum terminalem dispositi. — In palu- 
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