PHYIOLACCACILE ( auc**m<x»jin ). 19 
*f* Species'non satis nota. 
Tribus IV. LIMEM Endl gen. p. 976. 
Fructus dicarpus, raro polycarpus. CarpeUa cocdformia, ragosa, 
alata vel aptera. Serainis testa membranacea. Embryo ammlaris. 
VIII. SEWONVILLEA Gay in Joum. Vend. 1829 et Bullet. Ferns. 18, p. 412. 
Fmsl not. etirp. dec. Mm. find. 5 , p. 42. Endl. am. p. 977. ». 5259 _ Di¬ 
troche £. Mey. 
Flores hermaphroditi, tribracteacti. Calyx 5-partitas; laciniisherbaceis, 
margine membranaceis, rntus subcolora'iis, subsequafibus, frucliferis, 
nunc erectis riunc reflexis. Corolla S-petala vel nulla, imo calyce inserta; 
petelis alternis, subrotundis, unguiculalis. Stamina 7 raro 5, 6, hypogyna, 
basi coalita, 5 exteriora ? cum laciniis alterna, 2-5 interiora? iisdem 
opposita. Fiiamenta e basi dilatatA margineque ciliato-fimbrialS subulata. 
Anther® rotundo-ovatae,versatiles. Ovarium compressum, carpetlis duobus 
lenticularibtis facie coinmissnrali planis composittrm, brioculare. Ovirla 
in loenlis solitaria, funiculo basilari carpelli parieti dorsali semiadnato in¬ 
serta, campyiotropa. Styli % temrircaleSj distinct!, inferne subeoaliti, carpel- 
lorum commissure contrarii, filiformes, apice vix divergentes. Stigmata 
nulla aut superficies interna papiliosaque stylorum apicis. Fructus orbicu¬ 
laris, dicoccos, basi calyce stipatus; carpellis(coccts) secedentibus, com¬ 
press! s, dorso convexo rugoso tuberculatis et medio meuspidem brevem 
horizon talem productis, facie commissurali planis vel concaviusculis, mart 
gine in alam nervosam expansis. Semen verticale, reniforme, piano-con^ 
wium; testa membranacea. Albumen centrale, farinaeeum. Embryo 
annularis, peripheries; radiculi descendente; cotyledonibus semitereti- 
bus, incunobentibus. — Herb® annuae, Senegalenses vel Capenses. Cab¬ 
les subsuaplices aut ramosae, erect® vel diffus®. Folia,alterna, subpetio- 
lata , linearia, subintegerriova, carnosula, Flores brevissime pedicellati, 
virescentes, in cymas laxas solitarias terminates vel ©ppositifolias pedun - 
cuJalasque dispositi. Bracte® glabr®, persistentes, inferior basi, laierales 
infra apicem pedicelli. 
I. ptkkocahpa (Gay! 1 . c.) , eanKbos erectis parce rtmosis gfabris, folus li- 
nenribixs inferne attenuatis scads, c*rpelli3 cahrce tfiplo Tel quadruplo longio 
ribits, alis inferne interroptis margine subintegris inter nenrnlos snbopoeis. 
© In Senegniia prepe Richardtot (Perofctet! n. 152,291, Leprienr f Header 
lot! n. 467). S. ehenopodioides Gay! olim in beibariis. g. punetafa Stead. 
p- 556. Radix tennis, fibrosa. Caules sesquipedales, graciles, rigidiascali ; 
rami tenues, suWirgati, suberecti. Felia lf-8i poll, tenga (iocl. petiob 
1-2di n.-, 1-2 lin. lata, sabremote, subarululate (siccatione undulato-erispabr), 
Peituncuii 9-15 Li a. longi, graciles. Gyrate 6-10 lin. altte, 4-S-tiorae,^axae, ssdb- 
niae ovatae vel oblongse, acute, glabr®, snbevenise, medio viridal®. Stam. 6-7. 
Carpella diam. 3-5 lin., dorso puberula, faci e commissorali glabra, suhfusco- 
