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vel stigmata 2 acuta. Fructus: capsula 2, 5, 4, 7-looularis, 
septieide v. loonlicide dehiscens, raro :drupa cxsucea, inde- 
hiscens, Spermophori columnae centrali superne adnati. Se- 
mina in loculis solitaria v. perplurima. Embryo in axi albu- 
minis .carnosi minntas; radieula elongata; eotyledones per- 
breves. 
Habitus: Arhores,-frutices, ‚suffrutioes v. herbae peren- 
nes, sempervirentes; foliis exstipulatis, alternis, simplieibus. 
Inflorescentia: racemus, umbella, corymbus, flores gemini vel 
flog solitarius, . 
Patria: Hemisphaeria boreälis, rarissime australis. Co- 
piosissime in America boreali. In regienibus calidioribus sem- 
per montes adscendens. 
Dispositio 'analytica generum Ordinis Pyrolacearum m. 
1a. Ovula in loculis solitaria: Cyrilleae m. 
‘23. Calyx 5-fidus; stamina 5; filamenta subulato< compla- 
nata; ovarium %-loculare; stigmata 2% acula; capsula 
carnosa %-valvis: Cyrilla Gardn. 
2b. Calyx 5-phyllus; siamina 10; flamenta 2-dentata, 
infra medium dilateta; ovarium 4-loculare, stigma 
sessile, peltatum; drupa exsucea: Glöftonia Banks, 
ib. Ovula in loeults perplurima; apsula septieide dehiscens: 
‚Ledeae m, . . 
2a. Autherae didymae, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscenti- 
bus: Letophyllum Pers. 
%b. Antherae non didymae, loenlis apice poro obliquo de- 
hiscentibus. 
3a. Calyx eorollaque subinaequalis; flamenta basi dila- 
tata: Cladothamnus Bunge, 
3b. Calyx cörollaque aegualis; flamenta fliformia, 
