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sum lanatumve. Fem. Perigonium calycinum tubulosum aut 
3-5-lobum v.-partitum (segmentis equalibus inzequalibusve), 
post anthesin sepissime accrescens, raro nullum. Ovarium 
liberum v. perigonio tubuloso plus minus adhaerens conna- 
tumve, sessile v. breviter stipitatum, glaberrimum aut (defi- 
ciente simul perigonio) hispidum setulosumve, sepius ovatum 
v. lanceolatum , imo loculo v. juxta fundum illius ope funiculi 
distincte erecti vel adscendentis superneque dilatati adfixum, 
apice ad basim styli v. stigmatis spectans summoque loculo 
persepe coherens; integmmento duplici. Stylus nullus s. a 
stigmate ipso non distinctus v. brevis, rarissime (interdum in 
Parietaria) elongatus , simplex. Stigma polymorphum, capita- 
tum v. oblongum v. spathulatum v. lineare, rectiusculum aut 
inflexum , sepe unilateraliter papillosum , papillis brevibus 
prelongisve paucisque aut numerosis, nonnunquam fere dis- 
coideum aut plane penicilliforme, rarissime (in specie unica) 
brachiatum. Staminum rudimenta nulla v. (in Procrideis) 
squamiformia, inflexa, segmentis perigonii superposita. Fruc- 
tus exsuccus (achenium) v. baccatus (drupa), modo nudus, 
scilicet perigonio subimmutato solum stipatus, modo eodem 
aucto sicco aut carnoso coloratoque et interdum suberoso sul- 
cato aut varie appendiculato pro parte vel integre vestitus aut 
etiam cum illo connatus. Achania sepe plus minus compressa, 
ovoidea v. spheerica, recta v. obliqua, rarissime omnino asym- 
metrica, levia v. punctulata v. tuberculata, nonnunquam 
anguste alata interdumque setosa aut (more seminis Gossypii) 
longissime lanata; pericarpio plerumque tenui submembrana- 
ceo v. fragili, rarius crustaceo, fuscescente v. atro aut etiam 
eburneo, opaco v. nitidissimo. Drups ut plurimum ovoidec 
v. obovoidea, in capitula densa moriformia vulgo aggregate 
coloremque luteum v. rubentem afferentes ; endocarpio sepius 
crustaceo, sarcocarpio plerumque e cellularum strato unico a 
erigonio distincto v. cum illo coalito constante. Semen ab en- 
doc discretum eique conforme; testa tenuissima fusca, 
chalaza obscure fuscescente basi late notata. Albumen ráro 
copiosum, sepius parcum quandoque (sed raro) prorsus abor- 
tiens, oleosum, albidum. Embryo rectus, in albuminis axi anti- 
tropus ejusdemque fere longitudine, aut (deficiente albumine) 
cavitatem totam seminis explens; cotyledonibus carnosis, ap- 
plicatis, ovatis v. suborbicularibus extusque convexis; radicula 
cylindrica v. conoidea, supera; gemmula parum conspicua. — 
Hermaphr. Perigonium (post anthesin nonnunquam accretum) 
ut in flor. fem. aut masc. Stamina ut in flor. masc. Pistillum 
ut in flor. fem. — Herbs» annue perennesve v. suffrutices v. 
frutices (rarissime scandentes) v. interdum arbores, regionis 
fere null omnino exsules, sed in tropicis et subtropicis totius 
orbis presertim obvii, odore (si ullo) herbaceo, succo aqueo 
v. rarissime (in Neraudia) lacteo; ramis junioribus nec non 
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