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Ordo CLII. 



Flores dioici, ^ in spicis amentaceia sparsi, breviter pedicellati v. subsessiles. Peri- 

 anthium (v. bracteola ?) ad apicem pedicelli e squama unica unilateral!. Standvui oo (2-12 

 sffipiua 5-6) filamentis brevissimis v. 0. Antherrv- in toro subsessiles, ovat«» loculis 2 

 parallelis dorso contiguis, rima longitudinali latiu.scule 2-vaIvibus, connectivo interdiun 

 in acumen minutum producto. Ovarii rudimentum v. rarius in flore temiinali minutuni, 

 2-partitum. Fi. $ , intra involucrum e bracteia co-seriatim imbricatis solitarii, sessiles. 

 Perianthium 0. Ovarium sessile, placentis 2 parietalibus imperfecte 2-loculare ; apice in 

 stylos 2 fere ad basin 2-partitos desinens, raniis stigmatosis longe subulatis flexuosis. 

 Ovula in quaque placenta 2, coUateralia, a basi erecta, anatropa, funiculis brevibus supra 

 micropylem in obturatorem dilatatis. Brupa involucro persistenti insidens, ovoidea v. 

 oliviforrais, 2-pyrena v. abortu ].-pyrena ; epicarpium subcoriaceum, nitidum ; meso- 

 carpium succulentum ; pyrenje, si duae, facie plana sese applicita^, dorso convexse, durius- 

 culffi V. ossese. Semina in quaque pyrena solitaria, a basi erecta, subsessilia, pyrenaa 

 conformia; testa membranacea. Albumen carnosum. r?*i6ryo albumine paullo brevior, 

 rectus, cotyledonibus late ovatis v. oblongis planis tenuibus v. crassiuscule carnosis, 



radicula tereti infera. 



Arbores fruticesve. Folia alterna v. sparsa, srepe subverticillatim approximata, cori- 

 acea, integerrima v. rarius leviter denticulata, pennivenia. Stipulse 0. Amenta mascula 

 et flores frjeminei in ramulis annotinis v, vetustioribus infra folia sparsa, sessilia. Bractcsp 

 squamiformes, oo-seriatim imbricatse, ad basin amenti <? minimae, caducissimse, sub flore 

 $ ab exterioribus in interiores gradatim increscentes, sub fructu v. post drupas delapsas 

 persistentes ; bractea; prseterea minut^^ glanduliformes in rhachi amenti ^ plures. 

 Bracteola ad quemque florem a Baillono memorata nobis potius, uti supra, perianthii 



rudimentum videtur. 



Species 6 v. 7, omnes Novo-Caledonicse. 



Ordo e genore unico constans, a Baillono dubie ad Castaneas suas {CupuUferas) relatus, character- 

 ibus pluribus essentialibus abhorrct. Nobis Eupkorbiaceis multo affinior videtur. Flores masculi 

 omaiuo Baphniphylli; ovula in loculis ovarii gemina coUateralia, funiculi obturator, fructus 

 drupaccus, embryo in'albumine carnoso rectus, stylorum conformatio et habitus conveniunt, sed a 

 toto ordine diflfert ovulis seminibuf^que a basi erectis ncc ab apice pendulis. 



1. Balanops. Baill. Adans. x. 117, 337; Hist PL vi. 237, /- 207 ad 213.— Genus unicum. 

 Character ordinis. 



Species \iti supra 6 v. 7, quarum examinavimus flores S in sp. 2, fructus in sp. 3. Flores fojiuineos 

 non vidimus, eorum characteres ex descr. Bailloni excerpsimus. 



Ordo CLTIL 



Ulmace^. Celtide.is. IVIoRKJE, Artocarpe^., Chticacr*: et Cannabinf^, Endl. Gen. 275 ad 280. 

 Urticacejk, M.>i{ace.t: et Artucarpace.^, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 260 ad 271 ; et Ulmace^, Lindl. 



I.e. 580. Ulmack.e, Baill. Hist. PI. vt. 137. 



Periantlmim 



Flores uniaexuales v. rarius polygami, regulares v. reductione irreguiares. 

 simplex, calycinum, sfepius parvum, lobis segmentisve imbricatis valvatisve, v. in flore $ 

 B£epe subclausum foramine terminali parvo, v. arete adnatum v. 0. Discm hypogynus 

 obscurus V. 0. Fl. ^ : Stamina tot quot perianthii lobi iisque opposita et interdum basi 

 adnata, rarissime lobis pauciora v. aliquanto plura ; filamenta inter se libera v. rarissime 

 basi connata. Antherff ovata^ v. oblongae, basitixio v. srepius prope basin dorsifixiu, loculis 



