2 DICOTYL. szeu EXOGENAZE. 
acuminatz, 2-loculares v. 4-locellate, locellis tunc geminatim 
superpositis v. rarius arcuatim in unicá serie borizontali positis, 
valvulis tot quot locellis a basi ad apicem dehiscentibus. Stamina 
quartz seriei plerumque sterilia (steuiinodia vocata) nunc perfec- 
tiora stipitata capitata glanduliformia interdum 2-glandulosa, 
nunc imperfecta v. obsoleta sessilia squamuli- v. dentiformia, nuc 
deficientia. Glandule: parve globose v. ovoidec v. compresse, 
stipitat:e v. sessiles iu. plerisque praesentes, staminum terti: se- 
riei v. rarius etiam exteriorum filamento geminatim (v. rarius 
solitarie] affixce, quandoque (prissertim in flor. fem.) libere sta- 
minibus interpositze. Pistilla 2-3 in unum intime connata; ova- 
rium e carpophylis 9-3 valvatim connatis formatum, liberum 
(rarissime calycis tubo adnatum), 1-loculare (rarissime imperfecte 
2. y. semi-6-loculare) placentis 2-3 parietalibus nerviformibus, 
unicá fertili perfectá, ovulo unico (rarissime 2j ex apice loculi pen- 
dulo anatropo ; stylus filiformis, sepius brevis, stigmate obtuso 
subcapitato v. discoideo, svpius obsolete 2-3-lobo. Fructus car- 
nosüs v. rarius siccus, rarissime drupaceus, globosus v. ellipsoi- 
deus, nudus v. raro calyce inclusus, sepius calycis tubo expla- 
nato v. cupuliformi truncato v. calyce toto persistente 6-lobo 
(interdum aucto et indurato] pedicelloque plus minus incrassato 
impositus. Semen exalbuminosum ; testa membranacea ; cotyle- 
dones magnae, plano-convexa (in Gyrocarpeis convolutc), prope 
basin subpeltatz, oleoso-carnosce radiculam brevem superam plu- 
mulamque conicam includentes, per germinationem hypogee. — 
Plantz regionum tropicarum v. calidiorum totius orbis (Asie et 
Americee numerose, Australie rariores, Afriee rarissimce, Eu- 
ropee exules), plerzeque oleo zthereo scatentes aromatic, aut 
arborez v. iruticose frondose inermes erecte v. rarissime scan- 
dentes, aut herbacec parasiticee volubiles aphyllee Cuscute similes; 
foliis sparsis v. rarius oppositis v. suboppositis v. per intervalla 
subverticillatis, coriaceis perennantibus v. rarius herbaceis deci- 
duis, exstipulatis, simplicibus indivisis v. rarissime lobatis, mar- 
gine semper integerrimis, pinnatim v. palmatim nervosis, scepe 
dense venoso-reticulatis; cymis 3-co-floris (quandoque ad florem 
unicum redactis), racemosis v. paniculatis, spe dichotomis v. pe- 
dunculo pedicellisque abbreviatis capitulum. v. umbellam men- 
tientibus, basi bracteá (plerumque fugacissimá) v. rarius involucro 
4:6-phyllo v. imbricatim squamato fultis; floribus plerumque 
parvis, albis, flavis v. virescentibus scpius fragrantibus. Pili, si 
adsunt, simplices. Fructus quarumdam edules. Lignum sepius 
durum, utile, pulehrum, nonnullarum feetidissimum. Cortex aro- 
maticus v. simul amaro-adstringens. Partes foliacez utriculis oleo 
cethereo repletis plus minus (baud raro pellucido-) punctatee. 
