Volume 1

Genera plantarum : ad exemplaria imprimis in Herbaris Kewensibus senata definita / G. Bentham et J.D. Hooker.

Date:
1867-1883
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    252_ oblongse. Ovarium 1-loculare, oo-ovulatum ; sty]i4-7. Capsula calyce carnosulo inclusa, valvis 4-7 cartilagineis dehiscens. Semina oo, reniformia, a latere compressa ; embryo periphericus.—Frutex glaber. Folia opposita, ampla, 3-nervia. Stipulse 0. Flores in axillis superioribus laxe cymosi. Species 1, Sandvicensis. Specimina fructifera tantum vidimus, floris character ex H. Mannio, ]. c., excerptus est. 34. Polycarpsea, in charactere., post stylus elongatus, adde: v. rarius abbreviatus, et adde: Benth. Fl. Austral. i. 163. KOBBAIHEA, Boiss. Fl. Or. i. 735, est Polyaarpeea prostrata, Dcne., a Polycarpma generice sepa- rata ob petala ovata v. suboordata breviter lateque unguiculata. Petalorum forma in speciebus diversis PolycarpcecB valde diversa est, nec nostro sensu ad genera coudenda suiEcit. Ordo XXIII. PORTULACE^. 156. In charactere ordinali Stylus dicatur 3-8- rarius 2-fidus. In CONSPECTU GlSNEEUil, post 12. MONTIAM, adde : 12a. Hectoeella. Sepala persistentia, ovata. Corolla basi gamopetala. Stamina 5, petalis altemata. Styli lobi 1-3.—Nov. Zel. 1. Fortulaca, adde : Benth. Fl. Austral. i. 168. Stamina in speciebus 2 Australianis ssepius 6, in specie Africana 4. 157. 6. Anacampseros, adde synonymon : (Kiilingia, Ehrh. Beitr. iii. 132). 158. 8. Calandrinia. Benth. Fl. Justral. i. 171. Capsula nonnunquam anguste oblonga. 9. Claytonia, adde : Hahitationi adde: Species 1 certe in Australia et Nova Zelandia crescit. Benth. Fl. Austral. i. 177. Sook.f. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 26. 159. Post 12. Montiam, insere : 12«. Hectorella, Hoolc. f. Handh. N. Zeal. Fl. 27.—Sepala 2, brevia, truncata, cum pedicello brevissimo continua. Petala 5, basi brevissime connata, erecta, sub apice in- crassata. Stamina 5, corollss tubo inserta, petalis alternata; antherae lineari-oblongee. Ovarium liberum, 4-5-ovulatum, in stylum attenuatum ; stigmata (v. styli lobi stigmatosi) 1-3. Fructus . . .—Herba humilis, densissime pulvinato-csespitosa. Folia parva, confer- tissime imbricata, coriacea, patentia. Flores intra folia superiora subsessiles, albi. Species 1, Novse Zelandise incola. 160. 1. Tamarix. Habitationi adde : Africa tropica. Ordo XXIV. TAMARISCINE-flE. ■^*^!' 5. Fouquiera, adde synonymon: (Philetseria, Liebm. in K. Dansk. Vidensk. SelsJc. Skrlft. Ser. 5. ii. 283, cum ic). Ordo XXV. ELATINE^. 163. 2. Bergia, adde : Benth. Fl. Austral. i. 179. Sarv. Thes. Cap. t. 133. Ordo XXVI. HYPERICINE.ffi. 164. Geneeibits dttbiis adde -. DuGEZlA, Montrous. in Ifem. Acad. Lyon, x. 187.—Arbor insulse Art (Novse Caledonifie), nobis ignota et imperfecte deseripta, ab auctore ad Hypericineas Fismieas refertur. Characteres dati tamen minime conveniunt. Foha alterna. Flores axihares, sohtarii. Sepala 3. Petala 6. Stamina 25- 30, hbera. Stigmata 5-9. Bacca drupacea, 2-locularis, locuhs oo-spermis. 3 H 2