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148. Alibertia, 4. Rich. i» Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. 234 t. 21, (Cordiera, A. 
Rich. l. c. 222, t. 20).—Flores dioici, d' fasciculati, 9 swepiussolitarii. Calycis tubus in fl. 
d' hemisphsricus, in 9 globosus ; limbus brevis v. tubulosus, integer v. minute dentatus. 
Corolla coriacea, hypocraterimorpha, tubo cylindraceo v. superne contracto, fauce glabra 
v. villosa; limbi lobi 4-8, breves v. elongati, obtusi v. acuminati, stricte contorti. 
Stamina 4-8, tubo corolle inserta, filamentis brevibus v. 0; antherw dorso affixc, 
lineari-elongatse, obtuss v. acutz, incluse, in fl. 9 parve effoetwe. Discus annularis. 
Ovarium 2-8-loculare ; stylus glaber v. pilosus, ramis 2-8 v. stigmate elongato fusiformi 
v. prismatico; in fl. d' subulatus v. clavatus ; ovula in loculis 3-co, placentis crassis 
tumidis angulo interiori affixis pauci- v. multiseriatim inserta, ssepe immersa. Bacca 
globosa, corticata, 2-8-locularis, loculis polyspermis, septis tenuibus, placentis pulposis. 
Semina majuscula, verticalia (an semper), compressa, obtuse angulata, testa coriacea v. 
fibroso-cellulosa, albumine corneo; embryo axilis, non raro violaceus, cotyledonibus 
foliaceis, radicula tereti.—Frutices et arbores 2-3-chotome ramosi, ramulis teretibus v. 
compressis, non raro supra-axilaribus. Folia opposita, ssepius coriacea, sessilia v. petio- 
lata.  Stipulsz intrapetiolares, latze, acutse, basi connatz. ^ Flores inter minores, sessiles, 
terminales.  Baces majuscule, in paucis edules. 
Species ad 20, Ameriez tropicz precipue orientalis incole. DC. Prod. iv. 445 (Cordiera) et 443. 
Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iii. 221 (Cordiera). |. Walp. Hep. 1i. 489 (Cordiera). Genera 4 sequentia 
Brasiliana certe ad A/ibertiam referenda : 
GanpENIOLA, Cham. in. Linnaa, ix. 247... Walp. Hep. ii..524. Flores 4-meri, Corolle faux sil 
losa, lobi aeuti. Ovarium 2-loeulare; ovula in loeulis 3—oc. — Bacca 6-16-sperma. 
ScePskoTHAMNUS, Chan. l.c. 248. Walp. Rep.ii.523. Flores ó-meri. Corolle faux villosa, lobi 
obtusi, Ovarium 2-loculare; ovula in loeulis solitaria, dorso convexa, facie plana medio septo 
peltatim affixa. (An placentz pro ovulis sumptze ?) 
TuikenkoDOoxA, Cham. l.c. 251.  Walp. Hep.ii. 524. Flores 5-meri. Corolle faux villosa; lobi 
aeuti v. aeuminati. Ovarium 3-loeulare, ovula in loeulis gemina,  Daces loculi 1-spermi, 
GanaraTiCA, Karst. FI. Colomb. i. 07, t. 28, est Alibertie species floribus feemineis confertis. 
148a. Rhyssocarpus, Endl. in Bot. Zeit. 1849, 459 ; Gen. Pl. Suppl. iii. 79. (Pleuro- - 
earpus, Klotzsch 4m Seem. Bonpland. 1809, 3).—Flores dioici; 4d ignoti, 9 solitarii. 
Calycis tubus globosus, longitudinaliter 10—12-costatus, costis validis transversim rugosis ; 
limbus 10-12-partitus, lobis lineari-spathulatis erecto-patentibus tubum. corolle sequan- 
tibus denticulis parvis recurvis alternatis. Corolla hypocraterimorpha, coriacea, tubo 
brevi, fauce hirsuta; limbi lobi 5, breves, ovato-cordati, acuti, utrínque puberuli, stricte 
contorti. Staminodia 5-6, breviter stipitata, basi barbata, connectivo apiculato. Discus 
carnosus. Ovarium globosum, pubescens, 4-loculare; stylus brevis, ramis 4 erectis 
linearibus; ovula numerosa, in placentis tumidis axi ovari' peltatim affixis conferta, 
amphitropa. Bacca subglobosa, toruloso-costata. . .—Frutex v. arbuscula, ramosus, ramis 
petiolis foliis subtus floribusque tomentellis, ramulis teretibus. Folia opposita, petiolata, 
elliptica v. ovato-oblonga, acuminata, subcoriacea, nervis patentibus. Stipule in vaginam 
intrapetiolarem demum fissam connate, amplz, oblongze, membranacesw, decidus. Flos 
NO terminalis, pedunculatus, ovario sericeo-pubescente. : 
Species 1, Americze tropicze incola, in hortis Berolinensi et Mackoyano olim eulta.: Genus supra, 
p. 29, inter non satis nota memoravimus, nuperrime tamen, typis paginz illius jam solutis, speci- 
men vidimus in herb. Reg. Berolinensi servatum, quod formam exhibet Aiberiie quidem affinem at 
distinetissimam. 
149. Amaioua, Aubl. Pl. Gui. Suppl. 13, t. 375. (Hexactina, Willd. Reliq. ex 
Schult. Syst. vii. 91.)— Flores dioici. Calycis tubus ovoideus oblongus v. hemisphre- 
ricus ; limbus ceupularis v. breviter tubulosus, deciduus, ore truncato 6-dentato, dentibus 
subulatis brevibus. . Corolla hypocraterimorpha, tubo sericeo. tereti v. ventricoso, 
fauce tomentosa; limbi lobi 6, patentes, coriacei, oblongi, sericei, stricte contorti. 
Btamina 6, tubo corollee inserta, filamentis brevissimis; antherze dorso affixz, anguste 
, acute, incl Discus annularis v. tumidus. Ovarium 2-loculare v. placentis 
vix medio cohswrentibus fere 1-loculare ; stylus brevis, superne incrassatus, ramis 2 in 
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