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Flons hennai>]iroditi, irregularos. Calyx gamosepahis, fere ad basin in segmenta 5 

 rariiis 4 partitiiSj v. rarius membranaceus 5-fi(tus v. spathaceus. Corolla gamopetalaj 

 tubnlosa, saapius obliqua v. basi decurva et postice plus minus gibba ; limbi lotii'^S, pa- 

 tentes, parum insequales v. antico majore, obscure 2-labiati, imbricati, 2 poaticis cxterio- 

 ribus, antico intimo. Stamin^t corollaj lobia altema, ad apicem tubi partis inferioris 

 cylindracei aflixa, 4 didynama v., rarius 2 tantnm antica perfecta, stepius iiiclnsa.' 

 A)ithei-t(i per paria conniventes nee cohiierentes, 2-loculares, loculis distinctis parallelis v. 



. diVaricatis oblongis v. lincaribus rima longitudinal! dehiscentibns apiee solo connectivo 

 affixis V. plus minus adnatis. ^taminodium loco staminig quiriti postici parvum v. 

 deficiena. Discxis bypogynua camosulus, ovario baud latior, parum conspicmis v. postice 

 in gibbum productus. Omrmm supra discum sessile, nunc l-loculare, placentis 2 parieta- 

 libua intrusis in lamellas 2 expansis, mmc 2- v. rarins 3-4-loculare, locnlis' indivisis v. 

 septis spuriis a pariete intrusis 2-locellatis. Stylus tenninalis, filiforniis, apice iii lattiifeli^s 

 2 breves iequales introrsum v. margine stigniatosas divisus. Ovula in quoqtie locello soli- 

 tariS V. co I-seriatim superposita, anatropa, horizoritalia oblique ascendcntia pendula v. 

 a basi erecta. Fructm capsularis nucamentaceus v. rarius subdnipaceus, exocarpio car- 

 noso 2-valvatim deciduo ; endocarpium cum placentis v. fructus totiis maturations 

 induratura sfepcque Tarie cOrnntum v. aculeatum, apice v. fere ad basin loculicide hians 

 V. 2-valvatim dehiscens, v. omnino indehiscens, intus 2-loculare v. in locellos can^-ellorum 

 numero duplicato divisnm. Semina in locellia solitaria t. cs superposita, angulo central! 

 locellorum affixa, horizontalia pendula v. erecta, obovata oblonga v. orbiculata, stepius 

 compressa, testa lievi v. foveolato-appressa v. laxiuscula, exalata v. rarius margine in alam 



■hyalinamexpansa, hilo basilari. Albumen 0., Embryo seminl conforftiis, cotyledonibus 

 plants V. plano-convexis carnosulis, radicula juxta hilum brevi recta. 



Herb^ annuie v. perennes rarius suffrutcscentes, sfepius rudes, omnibus partibus .spe- 

 cierum saltern gerontogearum humectatia mucilagineiii scatentibus. Folia opposita v. 

 superiora alterna, integi-a dentata incisav. pedatifida. Flores in generibus gerontogeis 

 aixillares, aoHtarii v. rarius fasciculati, in Americanis in racemum terminalem dispositi, 

 breviter v. brevissime pedicellati, pedicellis glandulis 2 v. rarius bracteolis instructis, 

 ■ Species ad 40^ rogioniim calidioTiim utriiisfjue orbis iiicola>, maxima copia in Africa crescente. 



Ordo Bignoniaceis prje omnibus affinis, sed facile dlatinctus habitu et priesprtim fruetu indurato, et 

 saepius ovarii struetura et ovulorum et seminum placenta tione. Semina Sesaynothamni fere Bigno- 

 niac'earnw', .sed ovaniim et fruetuK divfrsissima. 



CONSPECTUS GENEEUM. , 



Trlbns I. Martyniese. Anthcrarum loeuli djvaricati, cfni^ixtivo parvo eglaiidula°o. Ova- 

 rium l-loculare; plaeontie 2, parietales, in medio luculo in laminas 2 divarieatassubtus (parictem 

 rersiis) l-seriatim ovidatas divisfe. Capsula cornut;i. Eacenii terminales. Genera Am^icana. 



1. Martyxia. Calyx subcampanulato'-ve^iculosus insequaliter 5-fidus v. 5-partitu6. Corolla 

 tubus supra basiu brevem ampliatus. — Amer. austr. ct bor. ■ ■ 



2. Cka>-iolaria. Calyx obloiigo-vesiculosus, spathaceus. Corollae tubus longissimus, 

 teuniter eylindraccus, fauce campamilata.-^Co/({»iJiM, Srtisilia. 



Xplftus ir. Pedallese. Antlierarum loouli distinctl, apice angido interior! connectivo glandu- 

 ifero aihxi eubpondul,. Ovarmm 2.1oculare, loculis indivlsis. Ovula et semina medio .epto affixa 

 lionzontalia, obliqua v. pendula. Hores axillares. Genera gerontogea. 



3. PEDAI.IUM Ovula in quoque loculo 2. Fructus indehiscens, supra basin teretem solidam 

 ovmdeo-pyramidatus, obtusus, sub-1-gonu., angulisobtusis ba.i spina conica v. corau armatis ~ 

 Ind, or.y Afr, trop. 



