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Endl. Gen. 124. Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 188. C. B. Clarke, Monogr. in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii. 115. 
lores regulares v. parum irregulares, her iphroditi v. hinc inde abortu masculi. 
Perianthium. inferum, duplici serie 3-merum rarissime 2-merum ; exterius calycinum, e 
sepalis 3 distinctis v. rarius basi connatis, sestivatione imbricatis, uno exteriore sspe 
paullo latiore; interius corollinum, e petalis 3 distinctis v. rarius unguibus in tubum 
tenuem connatis, wstivatione valde imbricatis. Stamina 6 v. abortu pauciora, hypogyna 
v. ad faucem corolle affixa, nunc omnia perfecta, nunc 3 perfecta, 3 v. pauciora 
staminodia varie reducta y. deficientia ; filamenta filiformia v. basi complanata, in pluribus 
generibus pilis moniliformibus barbata. Antherte basifixee, nune oblong:e v. ovatee, loculis 
2 parallelis contiguis introrsum rima longitudinali v. apice poro dehiscentibus, nune con- 
nectivo varie dilatato heteromorph:e, loculis sejunetis. Ovarium superum, sessile v. rarius 
breviter stipitatum, 3- v. interdum 2-loculare, Stylus terminalis, filiformis v. columnaris, 
indivisus; stigma terminale, sepius parvum, capitatum pulvinatum v. penicillatum, 
integrum v. 3-dymum, rarius brevissime 3-fidum. Ovula in quoque loculo solitaria v. 
pauca, specie l-seriatim v. rarius distincte 9-seriatim perposita, axi lateraliter affixa, 
rthotropa. Fructus capsularis, pericarpio erustaceo n v. rarius lo, in 
valvas medio septiferas loculicide dehi V. pericarpio fragili v. lento indehi. 
Semina in loculis solitaria v. pauca, arcte contigua, 1-seriatim superposita, rarius plura 2- 
seriata, loculum ssepius arcte implentia, faciebus tiguis truncata, latere interiore hilo 
parvo v. lineari affixa, latere exteriore squamella parva intra foveolam adnata embryo- 
stega dicta instructa, testa ceeterum varie rugosa. Albwmen copiosum, farinaceum. Embryo 
sub embryostega marginalis v. parum intrusus, parvus v. breviter horizontalis, ab hilo 
semper remotus s:epiusque fere oppositus. 
Herb: smpissime perennes, basi sepius repentes radicantes v. rhizomate brevi in- 
struct. Caules procumbentes ascendentes v. erecti. Folia in vaginas cylindraceas v. 
breves sessilia v. breviter petiolata, sSwpius membranacea, venis a costa centrali parum 
prominente divergentibus v. fere a basi subparallelis ; foralia polymorpha sepe spathacea 
v. ad bracteas reducta. Inflorescentia primaria centripeta, flores tamen ssepius in cymas 
simplices v. 2-fidas dispositi, unilateraliter sessiles v. pedicellati, centrifuge evolvuntur. 
Cym:e varise, nunc elongatze scorpioidez v. sub anthesi recte, nune rhachi brevissima in 
tacul tracta fasciculi , nune spatha complicata incluse solitarie v. 
varie pani. ; in paucis generibus ad florem unicum reductze 
v. irregulares. Bractec intra cymam floribus singulis oppositze, stepius parvze minime v. 
obsoletze, rarius herbace:e distiche imbricatz. Seminum forma srepius e numero in loculo 
v. in serie evenit, si solitaria hemisphswrica sunt v. semi-elliptica, si plura superius semi- 
p idat inferius idatum, intermedia plus minus quadrata, faciebus con- 
tiguis semper planis. 
Species vix ultra 300, per regiones calidiores utriusque orbis late disperse, fere omnes tropieze v. 
subtropice, perpauez usque ad Chiham et Japoniam extensw, ,Ceterum in Asia temperata uti in 
Europa desunt; in Australia extratropiea una sola in regione austro-occidentali reperitur, in Africa 
australi paueze, in America boreali nonnullz, inter tropieos undique frequentes. : 
In hoc ordine Monographiam aceuratam Clarkei fere in omnibus secuti sumus, characteribus 
essentialibus tamen semper in speciminibus probatis. Genera pleraque naturalia sunt et bene 
definita ; tribus forte nimis artificiales, meliores tamen non occurrunt. Ordo totus optime limitatus, 
nec eum ullo alio generibus intermediis junctus. 
CONSPECTUS GENERUM, 
"Tribus I. Polliec. Fructus indehiscens, pericarpio nune erustaceo fragili nune succulento v, 
carnoso. Cetera Commelinearum, excepta Pollice sectione Lamprocarpo, cui stamina. perfecta 6, 
