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Endl. Gen. 708, Liiidl. Veg, Kingd. 675. E. Bureau, Monogr. EigiioiK pars 1. CitESCENTiACRjf:, 



LindK Veg, Kiiigd. G73, 



Flares heiiDaphroditi, plus minus irregulares. ^ Calyx iiiferus, gamosepaluSj nunc junior 

 clausurf per antliewin apice in^egulariter 3-5-fidus v, hinc spatluiceo-fissuSj nunc jani ante 

 anthesin apertus, campanulatusj ore truncato v, 5-dentato. Corolla gamopetalaj tiibulosa 

 infundibularis subcampaniilata v. Kypocrateriformis ; limbi lobi 5, patentes v, erecto-pa- 

 tcutes, sa^pius paruiu ina^qiiales sed salti^in in alabastro plus minus in labia 2 disijusiti, 

 postico 2-lobo inferius ;j-lobum eestivatione obtegehtej v. rarins labia valvatim applicitaj 

 lobis labior\ini ssepissime imbricatis, antico intimo, Stamimi corollie lobis alterna, ad 

 apicem tubi i>artis inferions cylindracei v. constricti sub fauce affixa, 4, v, rarius 2 antica 

 tantnm perfecta, inclnsa y. exserta ; filamenta iiliforinia, basi scepins leviter incrassata et 

 papillosa v. pilosa. Antherce per paria conniventes v, rarius erect^e et distantes, 2-Iocn- 

 lares, loculis oblongis v. linearibus rima longitudinal! dehiscentibus, apice solo connective 

 parvo V, sfepc breinter acuminato affixis, parallele pcndulis v. ab initio v. demum diver- 

 gentibus v, divaricatis- Staminodium loco staminis quinti postici filiforme v- elavatunij 

 stepius breve, rarissime staminibus asquilongum, nunc minimum v. omnino deficiens ; 

 in generibus 2-andris staminodia 3 parva. Discus liypogynus carnosns jKilviuatus annu- 

 laris V. cupularis, truncatus v, rarius 9inuato-5-lobus, nunc parum prominulus v, sub- 

 nullus. Ovarium supra discun* sessile v. breviter stipitatum, nunc 2-loculare placentis in 

 quoque loculo 2 parallele septo adnatis dissitis v. contiguis at dis tin ctis, nunc rarius 1- 

 loculare placentis 2 parictalibus 2-fidis, Stylus tevmumlis^ filifonnis ; stigma teraiinale, 

 lequaliter 2-laniellatum, lamellis (v, styli lobis) intus stigmatosis planis ovatis v. oblongis. 

 Ovtda in quaque placenta co, nimc haud numerosa simplici serie superposita, nunc saipiua 

 numerosa, conferta et vix regulariter 1-co-seriata, horizontalia, anatropa. Fructua nunc 

 capsularis, loculicide v- septifrage 2-valvis, septo inter placentas post anthesin scepiasime 

 ancto demum cum placentis deciduo, in generibus nonnullis marginem filiformem persis- 

 tent^m relinquente v. rjirius evanescente ; nunc carnosus indehiscens placentis fibroso-spon- 

 giosis V, iHilposis plus minus repletus. Semina transversa, marginibns septx utrinque 

 l-oc-seriatim affixa v. in septo v, in placentis auctis sparsa, hilo transversim lineari 

 oblonga v. punctifornii sessilia, plus niinuft verticaliter compres^a, seepe plana, ala sfepins 

 cincta hyalina v. rarius opaca ad latera (sursum et deorsum quoad fructum) apepius lata, 

 apice basiqne angustiore v, interrupta ; testa intra alam membranacea v. coriacea inter- 

 dum incraasata et facie exteriore inter lobos cotyledonum intrusa semen fere in loculos 2 

 dividcnte ; mcmbrana interna circa embryonem srepe distincta. Albumen 0, Embryo 

 plano-compressus v. rarius incrassatus, cotyledonibus planis v. rarius complicatis s^pius 

 latioribus quam longis apice emarginatis v. 2-lobis rarius integerrimis, radicula brevi 

 sfiDpe brevissima recta, horizontaliter centrifuga. 



Arbores v. frutices alte scandentes, rarius fruticcs v, sufFrutices orecti, rarissime herbjB- 

 Folia opposita v. rarius sparsa, sEcpius composita, digitatim v, pinnatim 2-^-foliolata v. 

 decomposita, foliolo turniinali haud raro in sx:>cciebus scandentibus in cirrhum mutato v, 

 deficiente ; interdum 1-f oliolata v. revera simplicia petiolo inarticulato ; foliola sa?pius inte- 

 gerrima, interdum' dentata, rarissime incisa, pennivenia v, rarissime basi 3-Tiervia ; 

 stipulie desunt nisi pro stipulis sumenda foliola parva ad basin petioli communis hinc inde 

 in paucis goneribus (e.g- A^iemop^egmate) obvia, Inflorescentia simplex v. si composita 

 primaria centripeta, secimdaria dum adsit centrifuga, 2-3-chotome cymosa ; cymis v. 

 pedunculis l-floris axillaribus v. in paniculas racemosve terminales axillaresve dispositis 

 V. ad nodos defoliatos ramonmi annotinorum v, vetustiorum fasciculatis. Florcs sa3pius 

 speciosi, colore vario, violacei purpurei coccinei aurantiaci flavi v. albi, rarius ca^rulei- 

 Capsulse ssepiua pendulse, interdum pluripedales. 



