LOi§A€EAE. 



Loaseae Jms. in Ann. mns. V. (1804) p. 18; BC. Prodr. III. 339; (Jamb, in St ffil. Flor. Bras, 



mer. II. 150; Meissn. Gen. 125 (90); End!. Gen. p. 929; Gay Chil. II. 420; Schnizl. Iconoyr. ad 



t. 199; Hook, in Benth. et Rook. Gen. Plant. I. 801; Le Maout et Bene. Trait, hot. p. 278; Frid. 

 Phil. Cat. plant. Chil. 82. — Loasinae Lk. Ennm. II. (1822) p. 72. — Loaseae verae H.B.K. 



Nov. Gen. VI. (1823) p. 115. — Loasaceae div. Loaseae Rchb. Consp. (1828) p. 160. Loasaceae 



Lindl. Nat. Syst. II. ed. (1836) p. 53 et Veg. Kingd. 744; Eichl. Bliithendiagr. II. 448; Wats. Bibl, 



Ind. I. 389; Baill. Hist, plant. VIII. 458. 



DlCOTYLEDONEAE CHORIPETALAE EPIGYNAE ; FLORIBUS REGULARIBUS J PERIANTHI0 DUPLICE 5-, RARO 

 4- V. 6 — 7-MERO; CALYCIS TUBO OVARIO ADNATO , LOBIS AESTIVATIONS PARUM IMBRICATIS V. APERTIS ; 

 PETALIS ALTERNANTIBUS, AESTIVATIONE PARUM IMBRICATIS V. DEXTRORSUM CONTORTIS V. VALVATIS, FAUCI 

 CALYCIS INSERTIS; STAMINIBUS oo, RARO DEFINITIS 2 VEL 5 EPISEPALIS, CUM PETALIS INSERTIS, EPISEPALIS 

 SAEPE IN STAMINODIA V. IN SQUAMAS NECTARIFERAS MUTATIS, ANTHERIS LATERALITER BEHISCENTIBUS PITIIECIS 



BIRIMOS1S; OVARIO INFERO 1-LOCULARL OVULIS 1 oo ANATROPIS, OVARII APICI V. PLERUMQUE PLACENTIS 



PARIETALIBUS AFFIXIS, STYLO SOLITARIO APICE STIGMATIFERO ; FRUCTU CAPSULARI RECTO V. SPIRALITER CON- 



TORTO APICE V. LONGITRORSUM 3 7-VALVI , RARO INDEHISCENTE ; SEMINIBUS VARUS, ALBUMINE CARNOSO *. 



EMBRYONE RECTO V. CURVATO. HERBAE, RARO FRUTESCENTES, ERECTAE V. VOLUB1LES, RARISSIME SCAN- 



DENTES; FOLJIS ALTERN1S V. OPPOSITIS , INTEGRIS LOBATIS V. PINNAT1FIDIS , EXSTIPVLATIS ; INFLORES- 

 CENT1IS VARUS. 



Flores hermaphroditi homogami proterandri. Sepala 5, raro 4 (Schrothrir . Klaprothia) x. 

 6 — 7 (Blumenbacliiae spec.j, quincuncialiter sibi parum imbricata v. plerumque aperta, inferno in tubnni 

 cum ovario connatum linearem , oblongum, turbinatum, breviter obconicum v. globulosum , rectum v. 

 spiraliter contortum coalita, supra ovarium libera vel perbreviter connata lierbacea, post anthesin fere 

 semper persistentia, saepe elongata, rarissime (Kissenia) aliformi-excrescentia. Petala cum sepalis alterna 

 iisque numero aequalia fauci calycis inserta, per aestivationem quincuncialiter sibi imbricata v. dextrorsmn 

 contorta v. valvata, libera, raro cobaerentia (Petabnyx), rarissime in tubum coalita (Sympetalcia), planius- 



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