94 Mr. J. Li^dley's Observations on 



Character Naturalis. 



Arbores fruticesve. 



Rami alterni, glabri v. pubescentes, laterales saepe aphj^lli spi- 

 niformes. 



Folia stipulata, alterna, simplicia v. composita, margine incisa 

 v. integerrima, deciclua v. persistentia, glaberrima v. (saepius 

 subtus) lanata. Stipule decidual libera?, v. paululum adnatae. 



hiflorescentia terminalis, in racemum v. cymam multifloram, 

 quandoque abortu unirloram, congesta ; v. axillaris; nunc 

 nuda, nunc bracteis noribus longioribus et persistentibus squa- 



■ mosa. Bractete saepius subulatae, sphacelatae, decidual. 



Flores hermaphroditi, rarissime polygami. Calyx campanulatus, 

 maturitate carnosus ; limbo 5-partito v. dentato, saepius per 

 sistente, modo deciduo ; tuba cum ovariis cohaerente v. semi- 

 libero. Petala 5, unguiculata, aestivatione quinconciali, fauce 

 calycis inserta, eoque plerumque longiora, decidua. 



Stamina definita v. indefinita, aestivatione inflexa, modo alterna- 

 tim inaequalia, disco serie simplici raro duplici inserta, paten - 

 tia v. erecta, raro dentibus calycinis breviora. Filament a 

 subulata, v. rarius filiformia, distincta. Anthers subrotundae, 

 antieae, incumbentes, 2-loculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 



: Follen sphaericum. 



Discus saepius carnosus, mellirluus, raro tenuissimus ; nunc hy- 

 popetalus, nunc per parietem limbi calycis extensus. 



Ovaria apice saepius villosa ; nunc parietalia, discreta, unilocu- 

 laria, facie hirsuta, nunc villosa, connata, calyce semidiscreta; 

 vel calyce et invicem coadunata, loculis turn quandoque septo 

 spurio divisis ; ovula collateralia. 



Styli simplices, numero ovariorum, filiformes, staminum longi- 

 tudine, v. rarius brevissimi lana ovarii obvoluti ; discreti v. 



partim 



