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BEHISCENTIBUS, CONNECTIVO EXAPPENDICULATO ; OVARIO INFERO, SEMISUPERO V. LATA BASI AFFIXO SUPERO, 

 3-LOCULARi; STYLO ELONGxVTO FILIFORMIQUE SOLITARIO V. RARISSIME STYLIS 3, BREVIBUS ; STIGMATIBUS 3, 

 SAEPIUS SPIRALITER CONTORTIS ; OVULIS QUOQUE IN LOCULO co v. RARIUS PAUCISj ANGULO INTERNO AUT 

 STIPITATIM AUT LINEARITER V. SUMMO LOCULO AFFIXIS, ANATROPIS, INTERDUM AD CHALAZAM CAUDATIS ; 

 FRUCTU NUNC CARNOSO BACCATO PERIANTHIO TOTO EMARCIDO V. SEPALIS SOLIS PERSISTENTIBUS CORONATO 

 INDEHISCENTE, NUNC SICCO CAPSULARI, AB APICE LIBERO SEPTICIDE V. RARIUS LOCULICIDE 3-VALVI ; SEMINIBUS 



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MINUTIS, TESTA MEMBRANACEA UNDIQUE NUCLEO ADPRESSA V. APICE BASIQUE V. CIRCUMCIRCA IN APPEN- 

 BICULAM PRODUCTA; ALBUMINE FARINACEO, COPIOSO; EMBRYONE PARVO, JUXTA HILUM IN CAVO PARVO V. 



SULCA ALBUMINIS COLLOCATO, RARIUS LONGIUS INTRUSO, EeRBAE FOLIIS SEMPER FERE AD CAULIS BASIN 



DENSE ROSULATIS; FL0RIBU8 AUT IN SPICAS V. RACEMOS INDEFINITA 7. RARIUS PSEUDODEFINITA AUT IN 

 PANNICULAS E RAMIS INDEFINITIS, SPICATIS COMPOSITAS COLLECTIS, 



Flores hermaphroditi v. in genere unico abortu dioici. Calyx perconspicuus v. rarissime pamis, 

 sepalis 3 aut omniiio liberis aut saepissime basi aliquantulum connatis tubum cylindricum v. rarius in- 

 fundibuliformem , crebro triangularem formantibus, si libera nonnunquam eutopice dispositis, si connata 

 semper fere sinistrorsum convolutis saepissimcque margine dextro tecto in alam margine sinistro sub- 

 truncato multo latiorcm et nonnunquam alte productam dilatatis, carnose coriaceis v. membranaceis, dorso 

 saepius carinatis apiceque creberrime aculeato-aristatis, nunc glabris nunc tomentosis v. lepidotis v. cellulis 

 simplicibus ovoideis obtectis farinosis. Petala 3 sepalis alterna debilia deflorataqiie plemmque contorta v. 

 conglomerata mox putrida decidua, saepius pulclicrrime colorata, rarius sordide lutescentia v. virentia, 

 nonnunquam deflorata subito in colorem alieuum plerumque sordide bruuaeuni v. subatrum mutata, nunc 

 basin usque libera ex ungue perlongo lineari in laminam item sublinearem v. ovalem dilatata, nunc plus 

 minus alte conglutinatim cohaerentia v. connata tubum cylindricum v. obtuse triangularem formantia, 

 apice rare mucronatim aculeolata, plerumque rotundata, sub anthesi erecta genitaliaquc celantia v. patenti- 

 reflexa v. modo zygomorplio bina postica sursum curvata, anticum labium formans v. omnia aequaliter 

 spirali-revoluta, saepissime intus prope basin v. altius nectarils aut singulis aut crebrius binis hyalinis, 

 utroque latere saepissime adnatis urceolumque formantibus, margine integris v. crenatis v. (nonnunquam 

 plumose) incisis aucta itemque saepissime callis adscendentibus filamentaque obtegentibus praedita. Sta- 

 mina 6 biseriata aut omnino libera ser. I. sepalis opposita inter petala inserta, aut ser. I. libera, ser. 11. 

 petalis connata aut margine inter sese dorsoque cum petalis ceterum liberis connata et haec quoque 

 in tubum contralientia, aut si ipsa petala connata tubo ± alte aequa altitudine v. rarius ser. I. profundius, 

 ser. II. altius inserta, aequilonga; filamentis filiformibus crassiusculisque saepius complanato-linearibus, 

 nudis V, rarissime lepidibus binis maximis praeditis, saepissime petalorum callis absconditis ita ut filamentum 

 ser. I. petalorum vicinorum marginibus quasi seriatim duplicatis amplectatur; antheris plerumque circa 

 medium versatiliter dorsifixis, rarius filamento prope basin v. rarissime exacte basi affixis, saepius arcuatim 

 recurns. basi plerumque ± alte incisis et nonnunquam pauUo sagittatis, sublinearibus apiceque acutis v. 

 obtusiusculis, connectivo raro in acumen minutissimum impositum producto; pollinis granulis valde varia- 

 bilibus aut omnino integris globosis aut poris 2 v. 4 v. pluribus praeditis aut membranae sulca longi- 

 tudmali auctis, semper fere reti prominulo ornatis, simplicil)us. Ovarium aut inferum glabrum v. crebro 

 tomentellum v. farinosum, sessile v. pedicellatum, ovoideum v. ellipsoideum et plerumque obtuse trigonum, 

 apice saepius constrictum et turn tubo epigyno inter ovarii apicem perianthiumque intercalato, infundibuli- 

 formi V. urceolato coronatum aut semisuperum conspicue pyramidatim inter petala prominens aut solem- 

 niter superum lataque basi affixum, trisulcatum, glaberrimum; stylo aut simplici filiformi saepiusque trigono, 



