LXXI. SAMYDAGEE. — B 
albumine carnoso; cotyledones subreniformes, foliacez ; radicula crassa, teres.— Frutex, 
ramis patentibus. Folia alterna, breviter petiolata, coriacea, margine undulata.  Sti- 
pule 0. Flores spicato-racemosi, parvi, einerei. (Char. ez Endlich.) | 
Species 1, Africe tropiese ad flumen Gambiam incola, a nobis non visa. — 
GENUS ANOMALUM. i 
17. As&teropeia, Touars, Hist. Veg. Afr. 51. t. 15.—Sepala 5, lineari-oblonga, obtusa, 
imbricata, persistentia. Petala 5, sepalis majora, subhypogyna v. perigyna, obovato-ob- 
longa, decidua. Stamina 10-15, filamentis filiformibus basi breviter connatis; antherz 
subovate v. orbiculares. Ovarium liberum, sessile, ovoideum, apice obtusissimum v. at- 
tenuatum, 3-gonuni, spurie 3-loculare, septis mollibus; stylus 1l, stigmate capitato, v. styli 
3, lineares, elavati; ovula in loculis 2, a summo apice placenta centralis fungosc suspensa, 
anatropa, funieulis brevissimis, Capsula (in una specie tantum descripta) calyce stipata, 
intus fungosa.  Semina...—Arbores humiles v. frutices scandentes. Folia alterna, pe- 
tiolata, coriacea, oblonga v. obovato-oblonga, obtusa v. emarginata, integerrima. Stipule 0. 
Flores parvi, albi, in panieulas terminales et axillares ramosas dispositi, bracteis bracteo- 
.lisque cito eaducis. (Char. ex Tulasnio.) 
Species 2, Madagascarienses, & nobis non vise. — Tulasne in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4. viii. 79. 
On»o LXXII. LOASEZE. 
Endl. Gen. 929. Loa4sacEz, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 744. 
Flores regulares, hermaphroditi. Calycis tubus ovario adnatus, subglobosus obconicus 
ovoideus turbinatus v. clavatus, sepe costatus, costis interdum spiraliter tortis ; -lobi-4 v. 
5, imbricati v. contorti, interdum excrescentes, herbacei v. chartacei, persistentes. Petala 
4-5, fauci calycis inserta, sessilia v. unguiculata, planiuscula v. cucullata, induplicatim 
valvata; squa:e petaloidee petalis alternate cucullatse, dorso appendiculats v. 0. Sta- - 
mina oO, rarius definita, cum petalis inserta; filamenta filiformia, swpe in fasciculos 
petalis oppositos eolleeta. — AnAere oblonge v: didym:e, introrsum longitudinaliter dehis- 
centes. Staminodia inter stamina et petala filiformia v. petaloidea v. O, non raro subulata 
et 2-3-5-natim squamis cucullatis opposita, interdum capillaria apicibus dilatatis lobatis. 
Ovarium inferum, rarissime semisuperum, 1- rarissime 2-3-loculare, eum tubo calycis con- 
flüens et ejusdem forme, vertice libero sepe hispidum. — S£ylus filiformis v. rigidus, subu- 
latus, integer v. 2-3-fidus, lobis hnearibus; stigma punctiforme v. obtusum, rarissime: 
lobulatum v. capitellatum. — Ovu/a solitaria v. plura, ovarii apici v. placentis parietali- 
bus l-oc-seriatim affixa, pendula, anatropa. Capsula l- rariss. 2-3-locularis, ssepe cos- 
tatus, costis rectis v. spiraliter tortis, apice 3-5-valvis v. longitudinaliter 3—10-valyis, valvis 
eum placentis alternatis, l-oligo-polysperma. Semina varia, sepius minuta, oblonga 
v. angulata ; testa membranacea v. celluloss, interdum laxe reticulata, sepe intus fibrosa ; 
albumen O v. earnosum v. rarissime corneum. Embryo rectus, linearis oblongus v. 
cylindricus ; cotyledones plano-eonvexe foliacee v. hemispheries; radicula brevis v. 
elongata. : 
^ Herba. rarius frutescentes, erecte v. volubiles, ecirrhosz, dichotome ramosz, plerumque 
hispido-pilosz et setis non raro urentibus onustz ; pili leves asperi vy. glochidiati. Folia 
opposita v. alterna, integra lobata ineiso-pinnatifida v. 2-3-pinnatifida. . Stipule 0. 
Flores solitarii racemosi v. cymosi, rarius capitati, pedunculis sepe oppositifoliis, pedicellis 
9.braeteolatis. Corolla alba lutea v. sordide rubra. 
Species ad 100, omnes, Kissenia excepta, Americee tropiese et ealidioris incole, Ordo nulli arcte 
- affinis, etsi Begoniaceis indole seminum approximatur, et Cucurbitaceis per Gronoviam, Dipsaceis 
per Cevalliam, et multis notis Passifloreis per Turneraceas conjunctus sit ; Onagrarieis quoque 
Poet notisque variis accedit. A Papaveraceis quibus Ordo olim adsociatus fuit et suadente 
- Endlichero fortassis affinis est, nobis omnino diversus videtur, Intcr Loaseas et Cacteas, mediante 
— s affinitatem indicat Lindleyius. | 2 
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