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— Herbae v. frutices, glabri v. raro pubcruli ; foliis alternis integris,
teretibus v. planiusculis, carnosis; floribus axillaribus, sessilibus v.
subsessilibus, solitariis v. glomerulatis ', 2-bracteolatis 2 . (Orbis utriusg.
litt. et désert, sais. 3 )
73. Alcxandra BGE 4 . — Flores (fere Suœdœ) polygami; calycis
obcordati v. suborbicularis membranacei sepalis 5, dissimilibus ;
lateralibus majoribus cymbiformibus, superne dorso plus minus
alatis; caeteris minoribus, dorso nudis; praefloratione imbricata. Stamina
5, hypogyna; antheris oblongis introrsis, 2-rimosis. Germen
ovoideum (v. in flore masculo rudimentarium) disco destitutum;
styli ramis 2, 3, gracilibus, undique stigmatosis; ovulo caeterisque
Suœdœ. Fructus membranaceus calyce inclusus; seminis erecti basique
rostellati embryone verticali spirali; radicula infera. — Herba erecta
glabra ; foliis alternis, v. inferioribus oppositis sessilibus subamplexicaulibus
ovato-lanceolatis coriaceis rigidis enerviis ; floribus in spicas
terminales summo caule v. ramulis lateralibus brevibus dispositis,
in axilla bractearum foliis similium sessilibus, solitariis v. glomerulatis,
nunc confertis, 2-bracteolatis. (Songaria 5 .)
74? Bicneriia BGE 6 . — « Flores polygami; receptacuio concaviusculo.
Sepala 5, perigyna ; antheris... ? Fructus orbiculaiïs
depressus, calyce disciformi spongioso circumdatus eique adhaerens.
Semen horizontale ; embryonis spiralis radicula ccntrifuga.»— Herba
annua (?), basi lignosa ramosa 7 ; foliis alternis sessilibus linearibus,
caducis; floribus masculis in racemum terminalem divaricalo-ramosum
dispositis; fœmineis paucis saepe glomerulum superantibus.
(Persia 8 .) »
1. Clomcrulis nunc folio adnatis.
2. Hujus generis sectiones sunt :
Sclianginia C.-A. MEY., in Ledeb. Fl. 'ait.,
1,394,a cl. BuNGEad scct. alicnam relata; calyce
5-lobo; sepalis nunc dorso luberculatis ; semine
erecto.
Ilelicillama., in DC Prodr., XIII, p. II, 169,
nunc post Salsolam collocata (B. IL, Gen.,
111,71, 11. 61), floribus omnino Scltoberiœ in
spicas terminales laleralesipie grariles dispositis,
in axilla bractearum minorum snlilariis \.
2, 3-nis; bracteolis minutis 2; eniln'\ouis liol'izonialis
spiralis (viriilis) radicula laterali.
3. Spec. ad 40. PALL., ///. /)/., t. 39-42, il,
•17. — LEDEB., le FL ross., t. 195. — WIGHT,
Icon., t. 1792, 1793 (Chenopodium), 1796. —
S.-WATS., in Proc. Amer. Acuil, IX, 87; Bot.
Calif., II, 58. — Boiss., Fl. or., IV, 1137; 944
(Schanyinia). — HOOK. F., F. brit. Ind., V, 13.
— BGE, in Mém. Ac. Pét., X, Mél. biol, 288.
4. In Linnira: XVII, 120. — ENDL., Gen.,
n. 1942 V — MOQ., in DC Prodr., XIII, p. II,
168. — B. IL, Gen., III, 67, n. 51. — Pterocalyx
SCHRENK, in Bull. Acad. Pétersb. '1843),
1,361.
5. Spre. 1. A. Leltmanni BGE.
6. In Duiss. Fl. or., IV, 015. -
III, 68, u. 53.
7. Fade Sutcdœ v. Schanginiœ.
B. H., Gen.,
8. Spec I. B. cycloptera BGE.