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Ordo cxxviil NVCT^GIITEJE. 



Endl. Gen. 310. Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 506. Baill. Hist. PI. iv. 1. 



J'^ore^ hermaplu-oditi, rarius imisexualea, regiilares. Perianthmm inferum, herbaceum 

 V. corollinum, s^pius campanulatum hyi^ocraterifornie v. iiafundibulare, fructu perBistens 

 et ssepissime accrescens, pericarpmm arete includeiis ; tubus brevis v. elougatus, interduin 

 longissimus, basi ssepius iiicrassatus v. induratus, fauce constricta v. aperta ; linibus 

 persistens v. deciduus, truncatus v. 3-5-dentatus v. -lobatus, lobis dentibusve si^pisaime 

 plicato-valvatis, amubus membranaceis et post anthesin involutis, rarius aimpliciter valvatia 

 et post anthesin rectis. Stamina 1-x, hypogyna ; fiknienta libera v. basi in annulum 

 connata, rarissime tubo periaiithii coheerentia, ineequilonga, filifonnia v. capillaria, in 

 alabastro circinnatim involuta, rarissime unilateralia. Antkerm inclusi© v. exsertai, dorso 

 prope basin affixse, didymse, loculis rimis lateralibus deliiscentibus, rarius elongate loculo 

 altero interdum altius inserto ; pollen simplex. Ovarluvi tubo periautliii inclusum, sessile 

 V. atipitatum, ssepius plus minusve elongatum, I-loculare, membranaceum, apice sa^pis- 

 sime attenuate. Stylus brevis v. elongatus, filiformis v. capillars v. : stigma parvuiu, 

 simplex, capitellatum peltatum v. fimbriatum, v. e cruribua capilliuibus, rarius laterale 

 V. stylus uno lateri stigmatosus. Ovulum basUare, erectum, campylotropum, funiculo 

 brevi. Fructus (anthocarpinm dictus) e perianthii basi persistente coriacea camosa v. 

 induratautriculum indehiscentem includente eique adhaerento constans, costatus sulcatus 

 V. alatus, humectatus mucilaginosus v. immutatus, v. angulis viscum exsudantibus, v. 

 seriebus glandularum stipitatarum ornatus ; utriculi pericarpium membranaceum tenuiter 

 coriaceum v. carnosum. Semen erectum ; testa hyalina v. cum pericarpio omnino 

 coadunata ; albumen parcum v. sat copiosum, farinaceum carnosum v. mucosum, 

 interdum fere evanidum. Embryo nunc rectus, cotyledouibus latis foliacois conduplicatis 

 albumen longitudinaliter involvens, radicula brevi infera, nunc incurvus, cotyledonibus 

 incumbentibus latis foliaceis convolutis albumen involventibua, y. cotyledonibus angustia 

 albumini applicitis, radicula elongata extraria infera. 



Herbse, rarius frutices v. arbores, cortice non raro spongioso, di-tri-chotome ramosse, 

 tela cellulari raphidiis onusta. Folia opposita et alterna, sessilia v. petiolata, simplicia,' 

 integerrima, penninervia. Stipulae 0. Florea interdum dimorphi, v. jam in alabastro 

 foecundati, sfepissime in cymas paniculatas v. corymbosas torminales et axillares dis- 

 poaiti, rarissime solitarii v. racemosi ; uon raro umbellulati v. capitati ; Siepe involucre 

 calyciformi. Involucrum calyciforme e bracteis connatia v. liberis, flores l^o a£epe 

 cingens, persistens v. deciduum, post anthesin immutatum v. accrescens, nunc expla- 

 natum coloratum et reticulato-venosum ; bracteis in floribua cxuivolucratis 0, v. 1-3 

 minutis. Perianthium parvum v. minutum v. raiius majusculum, obscurum'v. colo- 

 ratum. Fructus varius. 



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