CAMPYLOPUS CERASTOIDES, Spach.
( I I Y P E R I C A C E J E .)
C A M PY L O P U S , Spach, Hist, dcs Plantesphan. (in Suites ft Buff on), vol. 5, p. 411 ; id., in Annates des Sciences Nat,
a* sé|\) vol. 5, p. 36o.
C alyx submembranaceus, persistens, 5 -partitas, basi incrassatus; sepala inaequalia,
integerrima, post anthesin erecta, marginibus imbricata, Discus hypogynus, carnosus,
urceolaris. P etala 5, marcescentia, obliqua, plana, exunguiculata, inappendiculata, paten-
tia, post anthesin contorta. Stamina libera, copiosa, pluriseriata. F ilamenta capillaria.
A n t h e r s cordatO-subrotundae, didymce, glandula opaca coronatae. G landuljE-v . squamul^e-
HYPOGYNiE nullae. O varium 3-loculare , 3-sulcum, 3-stylum , ovoideum; ovulis in quovis
loculo numerosis, subquadriseriatis, subhorizontalibus. Styli filiformes, subrecti. Stigmata
minuta, subglobosa. C apsula chartacea, vittulata, ovoidea, 3-apiculata, 3-sulca,.3-locularis,
septicidè 3-valvis, polysperma : placenta centrali, pyramidali, 3-gona, crassa, stipitata,
3-cuspidata, demiim a septis membranaceis soluta; valvis navicularibus, dorso convexis,
supernè divergentibus, cum placenta persistentibus. Semina recta v. subcurva, cylindra-
cea, teretia, aptera, minute scrobiculata, subnidulantia; integumentum triplex : extimum
membranaceum, opacum, ultra subjacentem crustaceum arete adhserentem baud produc-
tum ; intimum tenerrimum, membranaceum, pellucidum, inadhaerens. E mbryo rectus v.
homotropus : radicula columnari, tereti, elongata, obtusa; cotyledonibus brevissimis,
tenuibus, plano-convexis.
Planta csespitosa : radice primaria perenni, perpendiculari, demüm lignosa; caudicibus
gracilibus, repentibus, perennibus, suffruticosis, demiim radicantibus; caulïbüs annuis,
apice i-5-floris. F olia opposita , sessilia, tenuia, marcescentia, integerrima, pellucido-
punctulata (simulac bracteae, .sepala petalaque). P edunculi terminales (1-3), v. terminales
subterni atque ex axillis foliorum paris penultimi solitarii, uniflori, elongati, fdiformes ,
sub anthesi erecti, postea reflexi(undè generis nomen): centrales nudi; laterales et axil-
lares medio 2-bracteati. C alyx lutescens. Corolla et Stamina citrina. C apsula vittulis
resiniferis copiosis tenerrimis approximatis longitudinalibus striatula.
Species sequens hucusque unica.