HYDROPHYLLACEL^ (AUCTO» ALPH. Dc.). 287 
OrdoCSCXVI.HYDROPHYLLACEA® (1). _ Rorraginear 
para ^ gen p 128. _ Ordo distmctlia sine 
prodr. Nm. mi. p. 492. HydrophyUeffi Bmm in Z 
r^. t. 242 etlot. mag. t. 2373. BartJord. p. 195. bZa 
linn.m. 11. p.m. Endl. gen. p.m. —Hydrt 
phyllacea; Lindi, nat. syst. ed. 2. 271. 
Calyx profunde S-fidus vel sapias 5-partitus, persistens nlua 
mmosaccrescens, sinubus nudis velappendiculatis, lobis triner, 
ras Corolla gamopetala, regularis, 5-lida vel apice 5-loba; lobis 
tu^lt “‘‘.™^“"?.«™t'>rtavei sapiusquincunciaii, trmerviis; 
tuno 15-nervio, b^i una nudo vel secus nervos 10 centro loborum 
n suppositos plicis squamulisve longitudinalibus aucto • fauce 
nuda StaminaS, corollae basi ima inserta, lobis alterna/plicis 
quaudo adspt inteijecta ; filamentis gracilibus, in prafloratione 
apice_inflexis; antheris versatilibus, bilocularibus, loculis paral¬ 
lelis basi subdistinctis. Pollen Ime tubos 3 emittens | Hass in 
»n,ofmt. hist.9.p. 551. f. 59 et 60), sphmroideum (in 
l^isia), tngono-sphsencum (Hassall in Nemophila), saepius vero 
e ipsoideum. Nectarium hypogynum plerumque minimum ; 
ubnuUum, annulare, in Ellisia glandulis 5 cum lobis calycinis 
alternantibus auctum. Ovarium liberum, ovoideo-conicum, basi 
exceptd pilis arrectis plerumque tuspidum, uniloculare, placentis 
expansis vel linearibus, a dorso nunc liberis nunc pariete plus 
pomus connatis. basi et apice pericarpio continuis, facie interiore 
y?^™^i’&me 2-oo-ovulatis; o^is amphitropis. Stylus filiformis, 
ludus, lobis apice papillosis. Capsula sphaerica vel oblonga 
valvis 2 medio placentiferis dehiscens. Semina reticulata, globos 
veloblonga, saepe angulosa, horizontalia, pendentia vel erecta 
xtremitite aut latere adfixa. Albumen cartilagineum copiosum, 
mbryo albumine brevior, nunc minimus, partem hdo distantem 
occupans, axilis; cotyledonibus ovatis, brevibus; radicula 4b 
j^b^co remota, in seminibus erectis vel latere adfixis supera. — 
erbae Anfiericanae, inter tropicos rarissimae et ibi montanae, pi- 
i . ®^plicibus plus minus hispidae; folia pleraque alterna, infima 
urdum opposita, saepius pinnatisecta vel pinnatilobata. Inflo- 
.^®^^,sco^ioidea, floribus folio oppositis, solitariis vel in 
^as apice circinatas frequenter ebracteatas simplices vel bifidas 
^ uater^ter conglomeratis, floratione centrifiiga. Flores parvi, 
1 ^ ““^‘^ocres, plerumque cmrulei, nunc albi, raro lutei. —Ha- 
^®^®*^o“^^cearum, sed placentatione ab 
ordinibus distantes. 
