DICOTYLEDONES GAMOPETAL^. 



!3 



Petala intra calycem in corollam lobatain genitalia cingontem plus minxis coalita, 

 Fistillum garaocarpum. — Florea hermaphroditi v. hinc inde abortu polygami v. dimorpM, 

 rarius diatincte nnisesuales. Calyx varius, s^piua persistens, ovario plus minus ad- 

 natus V. liber, sepalis lobisve tot quot petala v. ccalitione perfecta pauciorlbus. Pctai^a 

 (corollse elementa) simplici serie SEepissime 4 v. 5, rarius panciora v. 6-cd. Stamina 

 simplici scrie numero petalorum sequalia v. pauciora, v. interdum 2-seriatim duplo 

 plura, rarissimo go, tubo corolla affixa (i.e. filamentia corolla plus minns adnatis), v. 

 intra basin corollre libera, rarissime pistillo adnata. Pistilli carpella numero petalorum 

 a?qualia v. saspius pauciora v. ad unum reducta, semper plus minus connata, si ovarii 

 carpella distincta styli basi v. apice connati sunt, si styli distincti ovarii carpella connata. 

 Ovarium in pistillo 2-co-carpellato nunc 1-loculare placentis 1-cc-ovulatis tot quot car- 

 pella parietalibus v. ad unicam basilarem centralem roductis, nunc in loculos tot quot 

 carpella v. duplo plures plus minus perfects divisis, placentis l-cc-ovulatis in angulo 

 interiore loculi sitis v. rarius juxta parietem ab axi distantibus ; in pistillo 1-carpelIato 

 ovarium ssepissime obliquum placenta (goepins 1-ovulata) excentrica. 



Herbee frutices v. arbores, habitu vario. Folia varia, rarissime tamcn composita. 

 Stipuire exceptis linhiacels rarse. Inflorescentia characteres nuUos proprios prffibet. 



GamopetaI<e siibckssem formant quam csetCKe Dicotykdones melitis definitiim, generibus per- 

 paueis cum Polppelalis connexam. StyracacecB et Ehcnacm pauc^ nee non Clethra Ternstnemiacds 

 iicceduiit, CnpriJoUtccm nonniillse Cornaceis, PhimbaginecB ob albumen farinacoum aliaque nota 

 Caryophyllaceis. Genera perpauca elexitheropetala a PolypeUdis yen's altis notis facillime di- 

 stinguuntur. A Monochlamydeu Gamopetala longius distant, speciebus porpaucis corolla destitutis 

 neqaaquam prointermediis habendis. Distinctio cohortium et ordinum i^ape male definita. Series 

 ordinum a Caprifofiaceis, Riihiaccis, Loganiaceisque usque ad Gentianeas, Scrophularineas, Solanaceas 

 aliasqiie nonnisl lineis artificialibns t. ralde incertis eeparantur; characteres in conspectu dati 

 exceptiones numerosas prsebent. 



Eicepta : Calyx omnino ovario adnatus limbo deficient* obsoletus appiret In Rubiaceis, Vale- 



riancisq/ic nonnuUis et Compositis plerisque. 



Petala libera v. in Okacns pluribus et in generibus perpaucis parvis monotypicisve 

 v. in speciebns sparsis Campanvlacearum v. ordinum e eerie Heteromerarum. 



CoroUse lobi duplici serie multiplicati in Sapoiaceis nonnullip, corolla ecarioea in 



Plan tag hid s. 



Stamina co in Sfyracaceis plurimis Ehenaccisque nonnullis. 

 Albumen farinaceum in Plumhagineis. 



