214 XXXII. STERCULIACEJE. 
Onpo XXXIII. STERCULIACIEZZL. 
Endl.Gen. 987; Lindl. Veg. Kingd.360. BuxrTNERIACE:, Endl. Gen. 995 ; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 363. 
Flores regulares, hermaphroditi v. unisexuales. —Ca/yz gamosepalus, swpius persistens, 
plus minus profunde 5- rarius 4—3-fidus, lobis valvatis; rarius ante anthesin clausus et per 
anthesin in dentes 2-5 irregulariter rumpendus, y. rarissime sepala 5 omnino libera, valvata. 
Petala 5, hypogyna, libera v. basi tubo stamineo adnata, contorto-imbricata, v. 0. Stamina 
sepius basi in tubum columnarem v. ureeolatum connata, tubo apice in dentes seu lacinias 
ligulatas (staminodia) 5 eum petalis alternantes diviso, ad sinus inter staminodia antheras 
solitarias v. 2-5-nas rarissime oo extrorsum stipitatas v. subsessiles ferente; rarius columna 
& medio ad apicem oo-seriatim y. urceolus apice l-seriatim oo-antherifer, staminodiis 0; v. : 
anthere ad apicem column:e inordinate v. annulatim adnatz; v. stamina fere v. omnino 
libera 5 fertilia sepalis alterna, staminodiis O v. 5 sepalis oppositis. 4ntAerce 2-loculares, 
loculis parallelis divergentibus v. divaricatis, rarissime loculis apice confluentibus sub-l- 
loeulares. — Ovarium liberum, carpellis plus minus coalitis 2-5-loculare, rarissime 10-12- 
loculare, v. ad carpellum unicum reductum.  Ovula in loculis 2-90, rarius solitaria, angulo 
interiori affixa, adscendentia v. horizontalia, anatropa v. amphitropa, raphe ventrali v. laterali, 
micropyle infera, v. rarius orthotropa.  )Séylus integer v. in ramos tot quot ovarii loculi di- 
visus, v. rarius styli totidem a basi liberi. . F(uctus siccus v. rarius baccatus, carpellis nunc 
in eapsulam loculicide dehiscentem v. lignoso-indehiscentem coalitis, nune maturitate in 
coccos indehiscentes v. 2-valvatim v. folliculatim dehiscentes secedentibus, Semina haud 
lanata, nunc pulpa involuta v. breviter strophiolata, nunc ssepius nuda, testa coriacea v. 
. erustacea y. integumento exteriore membranaceo inclusa; albumen carnosum v. tenue v. 
0. Embryo rectus v. arcuatus; cotyledones saepius foliaces, plante, plicato-corrugatze v. spi- 
raliter convolute, rarius crasso-carnosse ; radicula iis brevior, infera v. ad hilum tendens v. 
rarius ab eo remota. 
Herb: frutices v. arbores, ligno sepius molli, pube vulgo stellata, nunc pilis simplicibus 
mixta, Folia alterna v. rarissime subopposita, nunc simplieia penninervia v. palminervia, 
integra dentata v. lobata, nunc digitatim 3-9-foliolata. Stipule ad basin petioli rarissime 
desunt. Inflorescentia axillaris v. rarius terminalis, racemosa v. cymoso-paniculata v. ad 
flores solitarios reducta. Petala sepe marcescenti-persistentia. 
Species ad 520, plerzeque per regiones tropieas utriusque orbis disperse v. in Africa australi v. 
Australia extratropica erescentes, paucz extratropieze boreales, nec ulla Europw v. Asiz borealis 
indigena. 
Stereuliacez hine Ma/vaceis hine Tilíaceis arcte affines, a prioribus antheris 2-loeularibus, a Tilia- 
ctis staminibus cum sepalis definite alternantibus v. si indefinitis in col basi eoalitis. .Bom- 
bacee, ab auctoribus pluribus Stereuliaceis adseriptze, nobis tribum formant Malvacearum ob antheras 
l-loculares et characteres plures gossypioideos. EupAorbiacee nonnulle (e. g. Siphonia) ut etiam 
Myristicee quoad flores los Stereuli t, sed ovarii structura facile distinguuntur. Z'e- 
«andre, Lasiopetalis affines, differunt ovulis pendulis, mieropyle supera, aliisque notis. 
FORMJE ABNORMES. 
Folia in speciebus perpaucis Lasiopetali opposita. 
Sepala in Lysiosepalo omnino libera, 
Petala inzqualia in K/einhovia et in Helicteribus nonnullis, 
Petala desunt in S'erculieis omnibus et, in Lasiopetaleis plurimis. 
Stamina in TAomasiis nonnullis leviter perigyna, in Lasiopetaleis plurimis omnino libera, 
Anther: in ZHelieteribus paucis confluentim 1-loculares, in Ajenia et in Buctineriis paucis parallele 
8-loculares (verisimiliter compositze), 
Ovarii carpellum unicum in Waltheria. 
Ovula orthotropa et seminis radieula ab hilo remota in Sterculie speciebus paucis, ; 
CONSPECTUS GENERUM. 
Tribus X. Sterculieoe. Flores unisexuales v. polygami. Calyx sepe coloratus. Petala 0. 
