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ORDO III. 
CRyCIFERiE, LES CRUC1FERES. 
( SCHOOTENGEWAECHSE. SlLIQUOSJE- ) 
Calix tetraphyllus , plerumque deciduus. Petala 
quatuor in crucem difpofita (unde nomen ordinis), 
foliolis calicinis alterna , faepius unguiculata, difco 
bypogyno inferta. Stamina fex ibidem inferta, tetra- 
dynama , nempe quatuor majora geminatim & duo 
minora folitarie adverfantia , calicinis foliolis oppo- 
fita. Germen fimplex , impofitum difco ftaminifero 
nonnunquam inter flamina majora & intra minora 
tumente ac ideo tunc quadriglandulofo ; ftylus unicus 
aut nullus ; ftigma faepius fimplex. Frudlus fdiquofus 
longus , aut filiculofus brevis , plerumque bilocularis 
& polyfpermus , bivalvis valvis liberis in longum 
dehifcentibus , appofitis diffepimento membranaceo 
marginato ; & ultra nonnunquam roflri inflar pro- 
minulo , ad margines oppofitos hinc & inde femi- 
nifero. Corculum abfque perifpermo. Herbae aut ra- 
rius frutices fuffruticefve. Folia alterna ( unico exemplo 
oppofita ). Flores plerumque non axillares , vagi aut; 
fpicati terminales aut rarius panicuiati. 
I. Fru&us filiquofus. Stylus nullus. 
RAPHANUS, T. L. * Raphanistrum , T * Raifort , Radite 
Rettig. Calix connivens. Difcus germinis 4-glandulofus^ 
Siliqua ( i-lo, cularis in Raphanijlro T ) teres articulata arti- 
culis ventricolis torofa. Radix tubcrofa, fufformis aut fpfue^ 
roidea . Paala R. Raphanillri venofa. 
