XVIM. 
REAUMURIA LINIFOLIA. 
Flax-leaved Reaumuria. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Ficoidee. ' Juss. Gen. p. 315. 
Ia omnibus generibus hujusce ordinis que adhuc investigavi, insertio partium est prorsus hypo- 
gyna vel epigyna, scilicet Toro seu Receptaculo cum quo Calyx extus confluit, nec unquam 
perigyna, ut vult celeberrimus auctor. 
Sect. J. Pericarpium superum. 
Calyx profunde 5-fidus, subzequalis, persistens, foliis obvallatus. Petala 5, in cunabulis oblique 
imbricata, uno latere ciliata, basi intus Alas 2 ciliatas exserentia. Filamenta plurima, basi in 
phalanges 5-6-7 quasi ob numerum confluentia, nec cito decidentia. Styli 5, basi approximatr, 
subulati. Capsula 1-locularis, septis 5-parietalibus, polysperma. i 
Fruticuli facie Salsolarum vel Aizoonum. Folia glauca, sparsa, in ramellulis sa@pe conferta, cras- 
siuscula, punctata, salsuginosa. Flores albi roseive, solitarii, ramulorum plurium terminales, sape 
guast paniculati, 
R. foliis ovato-lanceolatis lineari-lanceolatisque, acutis, planiusculis: petalis calyce multo longi- 
oribus, 
R. hypericoides. Poiret in Encycl. Bot. tom 6.p. 85. R. foliis ellipticis, &c. Lam, Illustr. t. 489. 
Ff. 2, e, La Billard. mutuata. Hypericum alternifolium. La Billard. Pl. Syr. Dec. 2. p. 17. f- 10. 
Sponte nascentem juxta Syrie desertum aridis, legit I, J. La Billardiére. 
Floret apud nos a Julio, in Octobrim. 
= ey are “ disposees sur un seul rang 
autour de Vovaire.” La Billardiére describes them simply ‘ bast coalita in 5 et ultra phalanges, 
as they really are, forming a little hollow or saucer under the fruit, which is only attached to the 
ts suai by the centre of its base, not its whole disc; so that the filaments are say ahs 4 
ypogynous, The botanical part of the Encyclopedi or a tia 
Dr. Smith has thought fit to abuse it, that one of the greatest compliments I can pay the authors, 
ey eo : 
is to point out such important mistakes as the al 
REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. 
1. The Calyx. 
ea 3. Back and front view of an Anther magnified. a 
Pe 4, The Germen and Styles, a 
5. A Stigma magnified. — 
