42 DICOTYL. seu EXOGEN^E. 
sim, peripheriam vel apicem ovarii speetante. Styli 2, raro 3, 
terminates, nunc longiusculi, nunc breves, subulato-fiiiformes, 
infeme plus minus coaliti, apice divergentes. Stigmata super¬ 
ficies extrema stylorum. In pluribus generibus stylus unicus et 
stigmata 2, 3, raro 4, lanceolate vel subulate, compressa aut 
semi-cylindriea. Fructas mono&permus, calyce varie appendicu- 
lato aut immutato involutes, mdehiscens. Pericarpium membra- 
naceum, utriculatum, interdum caryopsk, rarissime bacca. 
Semen horizontak aut verticale, erectum vel inversum, Jenticu- 
lare aut reniforme. Integumentum nunc duplex, testa Crustacea 
vel coriacea, endoplevra membranacea; nunc simplex, tenue, 
membranaceum. Albumen eopiosum, parcum vel nullum, fari- 
naceum, rarissime subcarnosum. Embryo homotrppus, nunc cur- 
vatus aut annularis, peripheries, albumini copioso aut parco 
circumpositus et eum plus minus perfecte cingens (rarissime 
albumine nullo) et tunc Saholacea Cyclolpbece ; mine plano-spi- 
ralis, albumine excentrico bipartite, aut eonico-spiralk, albu- 
mine nullo, et tune Salsblacece spirolobea. Hadicula in regione 
umbilici. Plumula inconspieua. Cotyledones piano-con vexee, 
angustee.—Herb® vel suffrutices, raro arbuseul®, gkbra, pu- 
bescentia aut lanata. Caules teretes vel anguiati, erecti aut 
ascendentes, contend et foliati aut articulati. et ssepe aphylli. 
Folia alterna, raro opposita, simplieia sessilia vel petiolata, 
nunc membranacea dilatata integerrima dentata sinuate aut 
incisa parce venosa ( nervis subtus obsolete prominalis), nunc 
camosa succulenta semiteretia aut eylindrica subevenia. Stipulae 
null*. Flores ndnutissimi, regulares, hfermaphroditi, interdum 
abortu polygami veldielini, sessiles aut pedicellate, soiiterii 
aut.glomerukti, nunc axillares, nunc panictdati, spicati vel sub- 
cymosi. Bracte® aut bracteolee 2, raro contigu®, interdum 
nullae, 6aepe carinate, concav®, seepius foliacem, cum fructu 
raro deciduae. — Salsolace^plerseque nutrientes et emoilientes, 
interdum anthelmintx® et emetic®, et ob radices, folia vel.se- 
nuna in oleraceis cult®. Species unica maxime kudatasucco 
turget saccharifero; altera fannam prsebet triticeae rnmulam; 
mult* earnos® satem sudant; nonnuli® foetid® gaz ammoniacmn 
perepirant, ah® aromatic® oleum essentialem stillant. Ordo 
quidem habitu beterogeneus, in posterum forsan in duas familias 
«paiandus; ab Amarantaceis charactenbus lubricis vix distinc- 
r ^ le temen Valie diyersus ; reeedi * a Paronychieis defectu 
> a Pbytolaccaceis staminibus appositis aut d^finitis, 
a Idaseilams calyce siraplici, ab Urticaceis floribus plerttmqae 
