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centralia; antherz birimose; loculi longitrorsum adnati. Rudimen- 
tum ovarii 0. Ovarii loculi l-ovulati. Fructus capsularis, columella 
centrali evoluta preditus. Semina carunculata; chalaza basi sita. — 
Suffrutices v. frutices, rarius arbores, prater speciem unicam omnes in 
America crescentes. Folia alterna v. raro opposita, bistipulata, sepissime 
penninervia szpeque plus minusve glanduloso-dentata, herbacea v. ra- 
rius córiacea. Flores monoici, rarissime dioici, spicato-racemosi v. spi- 
cati. Inflorescentiz terminales aut axillares, sepissime bisexuales, basi 
fo minez, caeterum masculee. Bracteze fem. normalite? 1-flore, mascule 
s&pius 1-3-florze, nunc in spicis laxiores, nunc densiores, nunc dense 
quies Calyx masc. summopere polymorphus, in variis sectionibus 
quoad laciniarum cohzrentiam et formam varius, 2-3-merus. Calycis 
fem. lacinia 3, basi intus tota v. fere tota latitudine glandulis subulato- 
dentiformibus, exiguis, munita aut iis destitutze. Stamina 2-3. Filamenta 
sublibera. Anthérz extrorsum aperientes, utrinque plus minusve emar- 
ginate. Ovarium 3-loculare, nunc Izve, nunc in dorso carpidiorum ver- 
ticaliter biseriatim tuberculatum aut muricatum, glabrum. Styli 3, sim- 
plices, inferne breviter connati v. liberi. Capsule tricocce, leves 
v. armata, sicca, vulgo tridymae. Columella persistens, Semina ambitu 
varia, levia aut aspera, epidermide arcte inclusa, nec spurie arillata. 
Caruncula peltato-sessilis, basi cqualis, plus minusve .tenuis. Cotyle- 
dones in albumine demum copioso ambitu orbiculari aut plus minusve 
oblongo-ovate. — A generibus tribus precedentibus differt columella 
centrali fructuum evoluta et defectu carpophori peculiariter tricornuto- 
evoluti, a Maprounea columella centrali persistente bene evoluta, et ab 
Exezearia seminibus carunculatis. — Nomen genericum Gymnanthes 
prioritate quidem gaudet, sed generi contrarium est et hanc ob causam 
nunc postpositum est. 
Sect. I. DirRvsiNIA, — Gymnanthes sect. Ditrysinia Müll. Arg. in Lirínza, 
vol. 3&4. p. 216. — Genus Ditrysinia Rafin. Neogenyt. p. 2, 1825. — 
DAACAMS E sect. Stillingiopsis Müll. Arg. in Linnza, 1863 vol. 32. 
p. 96. — Stillingice sp. Mich. 
Calycis masculi lacini: circiter usque ad medium connate, 3 v. abortu 2, 
late ovatae, membranacece, denticulate, in zstivatione latius imbricativze. Se- 
mina ovoidea. — Calyx fem. intus glanduliger. — A sequentibus sectionibus 
differt calyce masc. longius gamosepalo, melius evoluto, regulari. 
1. S. L1GUSTRINA, foliisalternis margine integris, stipulis oblongato-ovatis la- 
cero-dentatis, glandulis bractearum altero latereobliteratis altero. semigyalec- 
tiformibus. 5 In Carolina meridionali (Mich. f.! Bosc! Fraser '), in Georgia (Mich. 
l c., Beyrich!), Alabama (Buckley!) -et Florida (Rugel! Chapm.!). Stillingia 
ligustrina Mich. Flor. bor. amer. vol. 2. p. 213; Willd. Spec. pl. vol. 4. p. 588 
(et ej. hb. fol. n. 180021); Elliot Sketch p. 651; Engelm. et A. Gray Plant. 
lindheim. p. 24. Ditrysinia ligustrina Rafin. Neogenyt. p. 2. Gymnanthes 
ligustrina Müll. Arg. in Linnea, vol. 32. p. 96. Caules lignosi, ramosi. 
Petioli 4-5 mm. longi. Limbus foliorum 3-4 cm. longus v. rarius fere duplo 
longior, 1-2 cm. v. rarius usque 3 cm. latus, oblongo-ovatus v. ovato-lanceo- 
latus, basi apiceque acuminatus, tenuior quam in Stillingia sylvatica. Inflores- 
centi laxiores et minus floribundz quam in citata specie. Braetec triangu- 
lari-ovatz, acutz,, pedicellis breviores; glandule substipitate, rugulosw. 
Pedicelli foem. fere 2 mm. longi, bracteam 2-3-plo superantes, validi. Calycis 
foem. 3-partiti lacinie margine lacero-denticulatze. Capsule 9-10 mm. longs, 
subglohose, trisulcatze.—A. Stillingiasylvatica, quacum diu sub Stillingia co- 
gnita, characteribus pluribus gravissimis diversa est. (v. s.) , 
92. S. TRECULIARA , foliis alternis argute serratis, bracteis utrinque disciformi- 
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