i58 E. SPACH. — Hypericaccarum mono graphite fragmenta. 



suberecta. Styli 5, crassiusculi , erecti , recti, basi concreti^ 

 Stigmata clavato-capitata. Bacca stylis coronata, subcoriacea, 

 subvittata , 5-Iocularis (nonnunquam abortii 4-^-locularis) : 

 loculis singulis semine solitario erecto fœlis ; endocarpium 

 dissepimentaque membranacea, vesiculis resiniferis consper- 

 sa ! Semina ovata v. ovalia, subcompress^i, basi et apice ob- 

 tusa, hinc siiprà basin emarginata. Integumentum duplex: 

 exterius crustaceum , verruculosum ; interius submembrana- 

 ceum, inadhserens. Raphis inconspicua. Hilus lateralis,, siiprà- 

 basilaris. Embryq inciirvus, citrinus : cotyledones accumbeiites, 

 magnœ, subcarnosœ, ovales, facie planse, dorso convexiusculae, 

 nigro -punctatœ; radicula cotyledonibiis brevior, cîavata, sub- 

 trigona, adscendens. 



Frutices v. forsan et arbores. Rami articulati, saepe dicho- 

 tomi: adultiores subteretes-, noveili angulosi. Pubes nulla aiit 

 stellata et sœpè fugax. Folia coriacea, v. subcoriacea, v. mem- 

 branacea, opposita, brève petiolata, integerrima, v. subsinuo- 

 lata, V. crenata, penninervia, v. pennivenia, nigro-punctulata. 

 Inflorescentiae terminales (raro in ramiilis axillaribus abbreviatis), 

 V. alares terminaiesque , pedunculatae (rarissime sessiles v. sub- 

 sessiles), cymosae, v. raro aut cymoso-paniculatae aiit subco- 

 rymbosœ, nudse. Pedunculns commuais solitariiis, compressas, 

 strictus, multiflorus, saepissimè dichotomus v. trichotomus : 

 ramificationibus articulatis; pedicelli subterminales, elongati, 

 stricti, v. divaricati, basi articulati, apice subincrassati, sœpè 

 fasciculati, v. umbellati, v. subcorymbosi. Flores parvi. Calyx co- 

 rollapaulo brevior, sœpè (simul ac pedunculi) ferrugineo-tomen- 

 tosus. Petala lutea v. aurantiaca, 3-v. 5-nervia, post anthesin 

 laminibus supernè imbricatis calyptram deciduam simulantia. 

 Squamulae hypogynae aurantiacae v. atropurpurese. Vittulae atro- 

 purpureœ. Semina (pro ordine) magna, vesiculis verrucifor- 

 mibus quasi scabiosa! 



Genus inter Fismiam{cu\ pariter semina leprosa) et Uaron^ 

 gam médium, ab bac tàm endocarpio membranaceo nec testa- 

 ceo, qiiàm inflorescentiâ, ab iilâ ovulis solitariis v. geminis nec 

 horizontalibus numéro indefinito, ab ambeduis simrdacHyperi- 

 caceis omnibus (hucusque notis) embryonis fabricâ distinctum. 



