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rollae plus minus profande inserta; filamenta saepe 
inaequalia basi dilatata quandoque villosa nuda aut 
squamis munita, inclusa aut rarius exserta; antherae 
longae saepins sagitlalae et basi adnaltae, post anthesin 
sacpe tortiles. — Nectarıum annulare circa ovarium 
une unicum simplex 2-4-loculare, rarius subuni- 
loculare aut uniloculare; nunc duplex et quadru- 
plex In guoque loculo ovulum, wnicum aut duplex 
reclnm. — Stylus saepius unicus integer aut apice 
Plus minus profunde bifidus, raro duplex. Stigma 
acutum , aut complanatnın, aut globosum in stylo unico 
bilobum.—Fructus capsnlaris aut sieco-baccatus, 1-4-lo- 
‚eularis, loculis1-2 spermis. Capsula valvatim dehiscens 
raro transversim. — Semina saepius hinc rolunda 
hine plana, basi inserta, glabra aut villosa. Testa 
saepius nigra durae Perispermium mucilagineum. 
Cotyledones foliaceae corfugatae (in Maripa crassae 
rectac). Radicula incurva infera. 
Vegetatio. Caules herbacei, suffinticosi, fruti= 
Cosi, eliam arborei; nunc recti, nuuc repeutes, ple- 
rumque volubiles. Folia alterna simplicia, inlegra aut 
lobata, sessilia aut petiolata. Flores in pedunculis 
1-multiforis axillarıbus aut terminalibus disposili. 
Pedicelli in pedunculis 1-multiloris axillaribus aut 
terminalibus dispositi.  Pedicelli in pedunceulis arti= 
eulatı saepins 2-hracteaß. Bracteae flori plas minus 
approximafae, nunc eliam florem involventes. —. 
Radix simplex aut tuberosa, edulis aut pharmaceu- 
tiea. — Succus lactescens purgativus saepe caulem 
Teplens. . 
