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existente) calycis lobis opposite, toferiore (saepe deficiente) iisdem alterna et ad sinus v. 

 paullo infra inserta, in floribns feniineis exigua, imperfecta v. nulla; filamenta filiformia v. 

 complanata, calyci ad medium tubum v. faucem v. loborum basin usque adnata indeque nunc 

 inconspicua nunc brevia, inclusa, nunc elongata exserta; antherae biloculares , ovales, oblon- 

 gae v. lineares, basi v. dorso affixae v. adnatae, erectae v. Versailles, rimis 2 longitudinalibus 

 introrsum (rarius latere) dehiscentes. Pollen sphaeroideum v. oblongum, laeve. Pistillum 

 unicum, rarius (in subord. Aquilarinearum) duo carpidia in unum omni parte connata; ovarium 

 liberum, 1- v. 2-loculare, ovulo unico anatropo prope apicem singuli loculi lateraliter appenso, 

 rarius 2 v. 3? co Hate rali bus v. superpositis; stylus simplex, lateralis v. rarius terminalis, 

 filiformis, deciduus, v. saepe brevissimus nullusve; stigma capitatum, ovoideum v. sphaeri- 

 cum v. depressum et umbilicatum, rarius subclavatum, integrum v. subemarginatum, papillo- 

 sum (saepe quasi hispidulum) rarius laeve. Fructus indehiscens, nucamentaceus, drupaceus 

 v. baccaceus 1- (in Aquilarineis 2) locularis, loculis I- v. rarius 2 — 3-spermis, rarissime (in 

 Aquilaria) capsula 1-locularis bivalvis, valvis apice medio placentiferis; pericarpium membrana- 

 ceum, coriaceum, carnosum v. fibroso-lignosum. Semen pendulum, anatropum, rectum, funi- 

 culo obsoleto, rhaphe laterali, chalaza apicem, micropyle basin loculi spectante; testa tenuis, 

 v. Crustacea, rarius fibroso-lignosa. Embryo inversus, orthotropus, rectus, album ine (si adest) 

 inclusus: rostellum superum, breve, conicum, rectum; cotyledones plano-convexae , carno- 

 sae, per germinationem epigaeae et in folia subherbacea viridia conversae, laeves enerviae; 

 plumula inconspicua. Albumen nullum, rarius tenue parcum, rarissime copiosum, carnosum. 



Frutjces, rarius arbores v. herbae, cortice tenaci, lihro fibrosa, succo acri caustico. 

 Pili, dum adsunt f simplices. Folia exstipuiata, sparsa v. opposita, simplicia, indivisa, inte- 

 gerrima, saepius coriacea et nitida, basi articulata, plerumque angustata, nermtione pinnata. 

 Inflorescentia terminalis r. rarius axillaris; f lores capital i v. fasciculati v. umbellati v, 

 racemosi «\ spicati, raro solitarily plerumque ebracteolati , cum pedicello aut receptaculo arti- 

 culaliy saepius pulchri odorati, purpurei, albi, lutei v, mrescentes (nunquaml coerulei), extus 

 saepius sericeo-pubescentes. — Crescunt aut in umbrosis sihaticis montanis, aut in arenosis 

 siccis campestribus. Scandentes aut aquaticae nullae hucusque innotuerunt. 



CONSPECTUS GENERUM BRASILIENSIUM. 



I. Flores iaostemones dioici {$ ignoti). Calyx 4-partitus , fauce esquamata. Stamina 4 



lobis opposita, exserta SCHOENOBIBLUS Mart. 



IL Flores diplostemones. Stylus brrvis. 



A. Flores dioici, tetramen octandri. 



a) Squamulae hypogynae 4 liberae ant in annulum v. cyathulam connatae: . . . DAPHNOPSIS Mabt, 



b) Squamulae hypogynae 8 lineares v. setiformes: FUNIFERA Leakdro == BOSCIA Vell.? 



B. Fores dioici, pentamerl, decandri. Squamae perigynae prope basin tubi calycini 



10 lineares: GOODALLIA Bemtb. 



0. Flores hermaphroditi. 



I. Squamae in fauce calycis nullae. 



a) Squamae hypogynae 5 minutae. Flores 5-meri, 10-andri: LASIADENIA Bentb. 



b) Cvathulus hypogynus coloratus ovarii stipitem cingens, 4-fidus. Flores 



4-meri, 8-andri (rarius 5-meri, 10-andri): COLEOPHORA Miers. 



If. Squamae 10 calycis fouci insertae, staminibus alternae. Flores 5-meri: . . . LINOSTOMA Wall. 



