WINTERACEAE. 



Winteraceae Lindl. Introd. H. ed. 17. Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. III. Ser. H. 33. — Wix- 

 tereae R. Br. ex DC. Syst. I. 548. Lindl. Introd. I. ed. 26. — Magnoliacearum tribvs 

 Wintereae Meissn. Gen. 3. (b.) Lindl. Veget. Kingd. 419. Asa-Gray Gen. Ill 54. Benth. et 

 Hook. f. Gen. PI. 1. 17. — Magnoliacearum tribus Illicieae DC. Prodr. 1. 77. Bartl. Ord. 

 nat. 248. Endl. Gen. 838. — Magnoliarum pars' Jnss. et Auctt. 



DlCOTYLEDONEAE POLYPETALANTHAE THALAMIFLORAE HYPOGYNAE HERMAPHRODITAE VEL ABORTU 

 POLYGAMO-DIOICAE; PERIANTHIO DUPLICI DECIDUO VEL CALYCE SUBPERSISTENTE ; PETALIS INDEFINITE. 

 STAMINIBUS INDEFINITE L1BERIS DECIDUIS; CARPIDHS INDEFINITE SAEPIUS PAUCIS, SUPRA TORUM BRE- 

 VEM SUBVERTICILLATIS, LIBERIS, 1-LOCULATIS 1- AUT PLURIOVULA ITS : OVUL1S SUTURAF, AFF1XIS NUNC 

 2- SUB-4-SERIATIS; FRUCTIBUS CAPSULARIBUS DEHISCENTIA VENTRALI , AUT BACCACEIS 1NDEH1SCEN- 

 TIBUS; SEMINIBUS EXARILLATIS , TESTA CRUSTACEA, ALBUMINE AEQUABILI, EMBRYONE MINIMO. — 

 ArBORES VEL FRUTJCES AROMATIC AE SEMPERVIRENTES ,* FOLIIS ALTERNIS SLMPLJC1BUS EXSTIPU- 

 LATI8; FLOR/BUS AX1LLAR1BVS VEL SUPRA BRACTEAS AD CAT/LIS APICEM CORYMBOSE C0NGEST18. 



Flores hermaphrodhi v. abort u polygamo-dioici. Sepala libera 3 — 6, ant in involucrum 

 prorsns occlusum per anthesin in partes 2 — 3 subreguJariter discissuni connata, decidua v. pas- 

 sim subpersistentia, saepe cum peialis pellucido-puncfata. Petala 6 — nnmerosa, I — 3-seriata, 

 per aestivationem imbricata, angusta, decidna. Stamina 12 — nunierosa, supra torum brevem 

 pluriseriata, decidua; filamenta brevia crassiuscula, cum connectivo aequali continua; anthe- 

 rae loeuli 2, 2-locellati, extrorsum lateralker v. introrsum adnati, subrotundi v. obiongi, rima 

 lougitudinali dehiscentes. Pollen simplex trilobum v. 3-fasciatum, aut e granulis 4 (etraedrico- 

 compositum. Carpidia usque 20, supra torum perbrevem verticillatim 1 — 2-seriata, raro I, 

 libera, 1-locularia; styli perbreves terminates aut nulli; stigma simplex acutum v. verruei- 

 forme v. ad suturam decurrens. Ovula aut 2 plurave, ad suturam 2- v. sub-4-seriata, campylo- 

 tropa, subhorizontalia v. pendula, rhaphe infera, aut solitaria a basi adscendentia anatropa rha- 

 phe supera ; funiculus vix ullus, integumenta 2. Maturitate carpidia evadunt aut baccacea in- 

 dehiscentia, pulpa tenui referta, pericarpio carnoso v. membranaceo; aut capsularia secundum 

 suturam dehiscentia, pericarpio testaceo v. dnracino-carnoso v. subdrupaceo. Semina ovulis con- 

 similia; testa Crustacea nitida, endopleura tenuissima; albumen semini conforme, carnoso-oleo- 

 sum, laeve; embryo in basi albumin is minimus, hilo proximus; cotyledones exiles, rotunda- 

 tae; radicula conica; plumula inconspicua. • 



Winterac. 



