36o ED. SPA.OH, — Conspectas Cistacearum. 



Sectio II. CISTINE^ Nob. 



Stamina omnia fertilia. Ovula arrecta v. raro inversa, basi affixa, 

 orthotropa : priminâ in rostrum haud productâ, exostomate 

 a placenta libero. Semina raphe orbata; embryo antitropus. 



Subdivisio i . Hiliaiïthemoibe^ Nob. 



Iriflorescentiœ racemosœ ; pedicelli post anthesin sœpissimè de- 

 flexi. Folia plerumquè stipulata. Stylus sœpissimè adsceri" 

 dens , gracilis , apice inflexus, Endocarpium membranaceum , 

 suhpellucidum , mœsocarpio nonnisi valparum axi margini- 

 busque adhœrens. Embryo longitudinaliter biplicaius (^di- 

 plecolobeus)^ v. circumflexus yV. sœpiùs orthoploceus ^ coty- 

 ledones oblongœ ^ v, ellipticœ , v. subvotundœ , perispermii 

 diametro plerumquè subœquilatœ. 



Helianthemum (Tourn.) Nob. 



Sepala 5 : a exterioribus minulis. Ovarium i-loculare v. in- 

 complète 3-loculare; placentse 3, filiformes (saepè supernè eva- 

 nescentes), 2-12-v. rarô pluri-ovulatse; funiculi adscendentes v. 

 resupinati, demùminflati. Stylus erectus v. adscendens. Capsula 

 chartacea, subunilocularis, 3-valvis, oligo-v. pleio-sperma. Em- 

 bryo orthoploceus. — Pedicelli post anthesin deflexi, v. rarô aut 

 erecti, aut adscendentes. Folia stipulata, aut omnia aut saltèm 

 pleraque opposita. Petala crocea, v. citrina, v. alba, v. rosea. 



Seclio /. Afhanantuemum Nob. 



Stylus reclus, erectus. Stamina 7-1 5j i-seriata, disci margini inserta; antherae 

 obreniformes v. subrotundae ; fîlamenta capillaria, tenerrima. Hcrbae annuae. 

 Raceiui terminales v. oppositifolii, secundi v. subdistichi. Petala minuta , saepè 

 nonnulla abortieatia. 



a,) Pedicelli fructifia ri cirrecU, brèves. Placenlœ multiofulatœ} 

 funiculi niduLantes. 



H. LEDiFOMUM Nob. — Clstus niloUctM et C. led'folim Linn. — Helian- 



