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basilarem puncto fuscescente notatum. Exposrz&wruw nullum. Ewpnyo 
oblongo-teretiusculus, ad extremitatem a tüberculo aversam bilobus. 
Plante carnose, sapore acetose, plures locis humidis vigentes, cau- 
lescentes , quaedam acaules. Caulis herbaceus , suffruticosus vel fruticosus , 
sepissime ramosus, erectus, repens, radicans vel scandens ramique ad 
nodos tumidi et articulati (?). Folia alterna, incdequilatera, nervosa, carnosa , 
integra, rarius lobata vel subpinnatifido-laciniata. Stipule petiolares, 
gemina. Pedunculi axillares et terminales (?), plerumque dichotomi et 
multiflori, rarius uni-, bi- vel pauciflori, bracteati; in acaulibus scapi- 
formes; rarissime umbelle multiflorz. Flores pedicellati, virescentes , 
albi, nivei, rosei vel purpurei, masculi et feminei in eodem , rarius in 
distinctis pedunculis. In B. gracili et populifolia flores minuti incompleti 
(masculi) granuliformes, congesti ad basim et apicem. pedunculorum 
(uniflororum). à 
Sszcrio L. Stamina libera (semper?). Anthere oblongw; connexivum 
perspicuum; loculi adnati, secundum longitudinem dehiscentes. Styli 
tres, brevissimi. Stigmata tria, bicornia. Capsula anisoptera, inferne 
ad alarum originem rampens.—Plantcze herbacece, suffruticose vel fruti- 
cose, interdum acaules; caulis ramosus, erectus, repens, radicans vel 
scandens. Pedunculi axillares et terminales (?), dichotomi, multiflori , 
rarius pauciflori, in speciebus acaulibus scapiformes. Calyces roséi, 
nivei, albidi vel virescentes. (Brcoxug vrna.). Hujus sectionis sunt: 
B. humilis Dryand., B. minor Jacq. (B. nitida Dryand. Willd.) , B. dicho- 
toma Jacq., B. suaveolens Hort. Par. , D. hirsuta Aubl., B. glabra Aubl. 
(B. scandens Dryand. Sw.) , B. hirtella Hort. Berol. , B. acutifolia Dryand. 
Sw., B. argyrostigma Fisch. Link et Otto, 2? B. Evansiana Andr. Bonpl. 
(B. discolor Bot. Mag.),? B. rotundifolia Dryand.,? B. nervosa Hort. 
Par., cit. 
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