l»IA\<IIO\. — si i; \.l\S MU)SKKACKKS. 187 



ascendantes, simplices , v. pedunculi ramis,conlmui , paniculati , 

 a/nce \-muUiflori unilateraliter aut vage racemiferi v. cymiferi. 

 Bracteae sœpius extra pedicellarcs , nempe internodiis inflorescen- 

 tiœ vage insertœ, nunc abortivœv. plane nullœ. Pedicelli haudar- 

 ticulati, nudi. 



DROSEKACEyE GEi\lil!VE. 



Antherœ extrorsœ, rimis 2 déhiscentes. Ovarium l-loculare, 

 pluriovulatum. Embryo (ubi rite observatus) subconicus. ex albu- 

 mine carnoso-farinaceo plus minus exsertus 



Gen. I. DROSEKA (L.) Link —A. S.-Hil.— EntUich. Drosera et. 

 Sondera Lehmanu pag. 8. 



Calyx 4-8 partitifs. P étala 4-8 marcescentia. Stamina 4-8 

 hypogyna v. leviter perigyna, antheris basi fixis immobilibus , 

 connectivo saepius conspicuo. Ovarium l-loculare, 2-5 merum , 

 ovulis pluribus'v. paucis secus margines (haud introflexos) car- 

 pellorum acervatim v. sœpius conferte pluriseriatim afiixis, infi- 

 mis pendulis, supremis sœpius ascendentibus, intermediis peri- 

 tropis. Styli 3-5, ima basi semper cohérentes , placentis alterni , 

 simplices v. saepius ad basim bipartiti, cruribus integris v. varie 

 lobulato-v. inciso-v. flabellato-v. penicillato - divisis , divisuris 

 undique v. tantum apice clavato v. capitato stigmaticis. Capsula 

 calyce marcescente stipata , 3-5-valvis, valvis medio seminiferis 

 (singulae e dimidia parte carpellorum duorum adjacentium con- 

 stantes) , placentis lineari-oblongis v. orbicularibus v. obsoletis, 

 substantia pericarpii nunc uniformiter chartacea, nunc infcrnc 

 membranacea, superne c'onspicue et abrupte crassiore. 



Ilcrbae perennes , cosmopolitanœ , in regionibus tropicalibits 

 rarœ, extra Capricornum imprimis in Australia frequentiores , 

 ibique formas miriflcas induentes, foliis semper (Dros. Arcturi 

 excepte) vernatione circinnatis, pilis glanduliferis, ornât is. De 

 habitu , inllorescentia , vegelalionc , tbrmis et characleribus sec- 

 lionum, conf.supra p. 91. 



