SUR LES THÉOPHRASTÈES. 141 



Lindley aura conduit sir William Hooker à; réunir sa plante au 

 Theophrasta Jussiœi, dont elle diffère notablement, ainsi qu'on 

 en pourra juger en comparant leurs diagnoses. 



THEOPHRASTA Lindl. (non Linn. nec Juss.) 



Flores hermaphroditi. Ùalyx 5-partitus, segmentis ovatis, 

 obtusis, erectis, imbricatis, marginibus ciliatisv. eroso-denticu- 

 latis, membranaceis. Corolla cylindracea v. urceolato-campa- 

 riulata, apice 5-loba, lobis rotundatis imbricatis, patentibus; 

 Corona corollina crassiuscula, ad corolla; basin adnata, annu- 

 laris intégra vel lobata, lobis obtusis truncato-erectis v. forni- 

 catis inflexis papillosis. Stamina 5, imabasi corollœ affixa, parva, 

 filamentis subulato-compressis in annulum glaberrimum quasi 

 monadelphum coalitis; antherœ hastato-oblongee, extrorsum 

 déhiscentes, connectivo ultra loculos in appendicem acutam v. 

 subulatam v. ligulatam producto. Ovarium ovoideum, in sty- 

 lum brevem attenuatum, stigmate capitato. Ovula numero- 

 sissima, placenta? apice acuminata? in seriebus obliquis inserta, 

 micropyle infero. Fractus (ex Bentham et Hooker) « globosus, 

 malilbrmis, carnosus, endocarpio crustaceo, polyspermus. 

 Se mina cuneato-ovoidea, circa placentam stipitatam conferta, 

 in reliquiis mucilaginosis placentaî immersa, micropyle late- 

 rali, testa tenuissima, albumine corneo. Embryo excentricus, 

 cotyledonibus ovatis, radicula cylindracea. » 



Frutices glabri, caule robusto subsimplici inermi v. squamis 

 spinulosis sparso. Folia sessilia, terminalia, conferta, patentia, 

 sessilia v. brevissimepetiolata, lineari-oblonga, spinoso-dentata, 

 reticulatim nervosa, in sicco et sub lente tenuissime rugulosa. 

 Flores in racemos multifloros dispositi, pedicellati, pedicellis 

 gracilibus, ad médium v. basi bracteolatis. 



1. Theophrasta Jusslei Lindl. 



T. trunco inermi; foliis sessilibus, lineari-spathulatis,0'",45 

 longis, m ,07 latis, obtusis, grosse spinoso-dentatis, deritibus 

 apice nigris, nervo medio valido, secundariis ad marginem 



