REAUMURIA HIRTELLA, Nob.
R E A I JM U R IA , Linn., Gen.
C alyx coriaceus v. carnosus, persistens, subcampanulatus, profunde 5-Iobus, basi
simulac in tota tubi superficie externa bracteis involucrum sistentibus instructus; lobi conformes
v. dissimiles, subæquales, v. inæquales, concavi, æstivatione imbricati. Petala 5 ,
hypogyna, marcescentia ( persistentia v. demum decidua, in sicco coriacea v. cbartacea),
inæquilatera, 3-nervia, plus minusve contorta, antice intra marginem utrinque appendice
basilari (secundum species plus minusve elongato, plerumque petali dimidiam longitudinem
æquante) petaloideo semi-cuneiformi fimbriato v. dentato margine interno a basi ultra
medium affixo cæterum libero aucta. Stamina circiter 70, hypogyna, pluriserialia, ex annulo
carnoso ovarii basin cingente orta, petalis breviora. F ilamenta persistentia, pentadelpha ,
subulato-filiformia, secus basin plus minusve dilatata (sublanceolata) et speciebus plerisque
dentata, æstivatione a medio reflexa; androphori petalis antepositi, carnulosi, brevissimi,
subdeltoidei, basi confluentes. A ntheræ ellipticæ y . subrotundæ, profunde cordatæ,
retusæ, minutæ, dithecæ, medio dorso affixæ, versatiles, deciduæ, æstivatione extrorsæ ;
connexivo inconspicuo ; thecis rima longitudinali dehiscentibus. Ovarium subglobosum,
prismatico-pentagonum, çoriaceum, revero uniloculare, placentis autem 5 septiformibus
cavitatis axin subattingentibus quasi quinqueloculare. Placentæ 4'io-ovulatæ, pariétales,
sub antbesi compresso-triquetræ, carnosæ, valvularum axi nonnisi per mediam lineam
dorsalem affixæ, mox excepto apice omnino solutæ. Ovula subfusiformia, glaberrima ,
anatropa, inversa, verticalia, utrinque ad anguli interni placentarum basin inserta,
adpressa ; funiculi breves, recti. Styli 5, subulato-filiformes, elongati, carnosi, centrales,
placentis interpositi, cum ovario baud continui, marcescentes, mox decidui. Stigmata in-
conspicua. C apsula globosa v. ellipsoidea, prismatico-pentagona (angulis valvularum margine
respondentibus), cartilaginea, lævigata, enervia , avenia, i-locularis, 5-valvis, abortu
3- i 2-sperma; valvulæ persistentes, planiusculæ, placentam septiformem membranaceam
sublanceolatam irregulariter plicatam pendulam excepto apice solutam gerentes , demum
reflexæ. Semina teretia v. subteretia, verticalia, crassa, capsula subæquilonga, decidua,
clavata, stipitata, obtusa, v. rostellata, vertice nuda, cæterum undique villis creberrimis
fui vis inæquilongis sursum hirsuto-lanuginosa. Integumentum crustaceum, tenue, albumini
adnatum. Cbalaza terminalis, prominens, calva. A lbumen farinosum, circa cotyledonum
dorsum crassum, ad earumdem margines circaque radiculam attenuatum. Embryo albumine
æquilongus, axilis, rectus. Cotyledon es crassæ, obtusissimæ. Radicula inféra, crassa, conica,
obtusa, cotyledonibus subæquilonga v. brevior.
Suffrutices cæspitosi v. ramosissiini, caulibus ramisque novellis plerisque speciebus angu-
latis. R ami sparsi. F olia coriacea v.- carnosa, sparsa(in turionibus haud raro confertissima,
inbricata; nonnunquam ramulorum abortu fasciculata), sessilia (quibusdam autem speciebus
abrupte quasi in petiolum angustata), articulata, avenia, enervia v. i-nervia., glauca,
punctato-scrobiculata, integerrima. F lores sessiles, terminales (alii caule ramisque, alii