DICHAPET1LEAE. 



Dichapetaleae H. Baillon in Compt. rend. Assoc, franc, avanc. sc. II. (1873) 480, in Adansonia XL 

 114 et in Hist, des pi. V. 139, 157, 233 ^Euphorbiacearum ser. VI). — Chailletieae R. Brown 

 in Tuck. Congo 442, Misc. Works fed. Bennett) I. 125. — Chailletiaceae DC. Prodr. II. 57, Or do 

 60; Lindl. Introd. ed. 2. p. 108, Veg. Kingd. 583, Ordo 223; Endl. Gen. pi. 1104, Ordo 240; 



Benth. et Hook. Gen. pi. I. 340, Ordo 44. 



DlCOTYLEDONEAE POLYPETALAE V. GAMOPETALAE, FLORE REGULARI V, IRREGULARr, HERMAPIIRODITO 

 V. UNISEXUALi; ANDROECEO HYPOGYNO PERIGYNO V. EPIGYNO, SIMPLICI V. REDUCTO; CARPELLIS 2 V. 3 

 IN GERMEN 2 — 3-LOCULARE CONNATIS, STYLIS SALTEM APICE LIBERIS TERMINALIBUS *, OVULIS IN LOCULO 

 BINIS DESCENDENTIBUS, MICROPYLE EXTRORSUM SUPERA OBTURATOREQUE SAEPIUS PARVO DONATIS; FRUCTU 

 DRUPACEO, EXOCARPIO PUTAMINEQUE TENUIBUS; SEMINE DESCENDENTE EXALBUMINOSO ; EMBRYONIS CARNOSI 



RADICULA SUPERA. AbBORES V. FBUTICES, NUNC SCANDENTES', FOLIIS ALTERNIS, SAEPE BASI INAEQUA- 



LIBUS, STIPUL1S LATEBALIBUS; FLOBIBUS IN CYMAS CORYMBOSAS V. CONTRACTAS AXILLARES DISPOSITIS, 

 PEDUNCULO SAEPIUS CUM PETIOLO CONNATO ET PLUS MINUS ELEVATO. 



Flores hermapliroditi v. polygamo-dioeci ; receptaculo parvo plerumque obconico, basi articulato. 

 Sep ala 5, libera v. ima basi connata, inaequalia; praefloratione quincunciali. Petala 5, aut libera 

 aequalia 2-fida v. 2-loba, lobis cucullatis apiceque ligula inflexa marginibusque fissurae petali adnata 

 terminatis , praefloratione induplicata v. leviter imbricata; aut in corollam gamopetalam aequalem v. ir- 

 regularem connata, tubo recto v. arcuato, apice intus inter stamina aequi- v. inaequiglanduloso , limbi 

 lobis 5, aut aequalibus sessilibus suborbicularibus imbricatis, aut inaequalibus , tunc lobi 2 bilobi v. 

 bicucullati, 3 autem simpHces inaequales minores imbricati. Stamina 5 ? aut libera et cum petalis sub 

 germine inserta filamentis lineari-elongatis, aut fauci corollae affixa et filamentis omnino v. fere omnino 

 destituta; antherae loculis 2, linearibus introrsum rimosis, connectivo crasso subglanduloso saepius 

 fuscato; aut fertilia 3 antherifera, 2 autem minora ad filamenta petaloidea v. linearia nunc 2-fida 

 reducta. Discus hypogynus unilateralis squamiformis anticc-lateralis v. e glandulis 5, aequalibus v. in- 

 aequalibus, liberis v. varie connatis, hypogynis rariusve perigynis v. epigynis. Germen liberum, 2 — 3- 

 loculare; stylis 2 — 3, linearibus, apice stigmatoso truncatis v. capitellatis, usque ad medium v. altius 



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