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188 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES.
sagittatis introrsis, 2-rimosis. Germen depressum, ima basi receptacuio
adnatum; stylo crasso compresse», apice in ramos 2 subulatos
stigmatosos diviso. Ovulum 1, funiculo basilari brevi insertum campylotropum,
nunc reclinatum. Fructus crassus, perianthio inclusus et
basi receptacuio adnatus. Semen horizontale depressum; embryone
subcochleato; radicula laterali adscendente. — Fruticuli ramosi
crassi ; foliis alternis sessilibus teretibus v. depresso-hemisphaericis
carnosis crassis, obtusis v. mucronatis, in ramulis suboppositis ;
floribus axillaribus solitariis; bracteolis 2 lateralibus, foliis similibus.
{Ins. canar., Africa bor., Arabia 1 .)
56. Cormiiara DEL. 2 — Flores polygami ; sepalis 5, demum
induratis, imbricatis; exterioribus 2 latioribus spinescentibus. Stamina
5, disco tubuloso 5-lobo inserta; filamentis subulalis; antheris
oblongis; loculis sub inscrlione liberis, introrsum rimosis. Discilobi 3
apice dilatato subquadrati. Germen compressum, liberum v. ima
basi receptacuio adnatum ; ovulo campylotropo subsessili; styli ramis
stigmatosis patenti-recurvis v. revolutis. Fructus crassiusculus
perianthio indurato inclusus. Semen horizontale v. obliquum ; embryonis
spiralis radicula laterali v. subinfera. — Fruticuli rigidi;
foliis alternis sessilibus, semiteretibus v. 3-angularibus spinescentibus;
floribus 4 axillaribus solitariis v. glomerulalis, 2-bracteolatis.
(Africa bor.-occ, Arabia, Assyria'-'.)
57. iioi-.uiinovi.i FISCH. et MEY. C — Flores hermaphroditi v.
polygami; sepalis 4,5, obtusis v. acutis, imbricatis, circa fructum
saquas dorso gibbosis et basi induratis. Stamina 5, basi in cupulain
connata; antheris oblongis, muticis, v. apiculatis introrsis. Staminodia(?)
totidem interposita, margini cupuhe inserta. Germen liberum
ampullaceum; stylo brevi capitellato; ovulo basilari campylotropo
subsessili. Fructus perianthio inclusus membranaceus, apice depressus.
Semen horizontale orbiculare; embryone spirali exalbuminoso;
radicula obliqua centrifuga. — Herbu- annua:., glabrœ v. puberulae;
foliis alternis v. oppositis, spinescentibus v. obtusatis ; floralibus
1. Spc 2. IS.nss El. or.. IV, !lili.
2. Fl. Ey., (12, t. 22, fig. 3. - LNOL., Gen ,
n. l'.liK. — M«»Q., in DC. Prodr., XIII, p. Il,
218, 162. — B. H., Gen., III, 6!l, n. 55.
3. An ">l.iiniu»tlia ?
i. Siepe iinperfeclis.
5. Spec. 4, 5. DC, Prodr., II, 296, n. 115
(AslruyulusK - lier., Aniihus. Revis., 87. —
Boiss , Fl. or., IV, 9.S3.
6. Enum. pi. Srluenk., 10. — I'.NUL., Gen.,
n. l'.lli '. - MOQ., m DC. prodr., XIII, p. U,
170. — U. IL, Gen., III, 7(1, n. 58.