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Ordo XIV. WRANGEIIE^. 



Wrangelieoe J. Ag. Consp. Disp. Florid. Supr. pag. X. Ccraraioarnni 

 et Cryptoneraearnni Gen. J. Ag. et Auct. Ceraraiearnm et Gym- 

 noplilcieacearnra Geri. Kulz. 

 Frons articnlata nuda, aut corticala ct a\i articnlato percursa. Cij- 

 stocarpia nucleo nudo ant tantura coraa raraellorum inunito 

 constituta; fila geraniidiifera invicera libera, a placenta radian- 

 tia, in articulo terrainuli clavato transforraato geniraidia singnla 

 pyriforraia foventia. SphcerosporcB ad raraellos externflc. 

 AlgJ» Cliforines nunc nnda? et articuiatc-e, nunc inferne corticala3 

 snperne nudie, nnnc ad apicera us(|UO slrato cortiCidi obdncti-e, su- 

 perne raraellosa?, ramellis njonosiplioniis invicem liberis derauraque 

 deciduis aut in stratura peripbericnm deraura coalescentibns. Fruclns 

 inter lios raraellos evoluti iisque plus rainus olitecli. 



Organa frnctificationis triplicis generis observata fiiernnt. Cy- 

 stocarpia in ramo terminalia liomispliierica aut in inedio rarao 

 nuclenm circnracirca elTusnra subglobosum forraantia, raraellis ara- 

 bientibus involucrata, cffiternin nulla coramuni raembrana obtecta; 

 gemraidia in filis abbreviatis dichotomo-fastijriatis ex articulo terniinali 

 transforraata, pyriformia, singula intra periderraa conforrae liyalinnm 

 excepta, invicem sublibera, basi periderraatis affixa, a placenta ra- 

 diantia; matura et e peridermate liberata raagis rotundata. Splife- 

 rosporse (in uno genere tantura observat(e) in ranuilis ramellorum 

 sessiles, spluer' triangule divisa;. Antlieridia (in Wrangelia ob- 

 servata) Spli.-erc ^ oras babitu aemulantia, in ramellorum ramnlis bre- 

 vioribus ter ninalia. spbaerica, filis minutissimis a contio radiantibus 

 constitula. 



Wrai.gelieae cum Ceraraieis et Spyridieis omnino analogoe, stru- 

 ctura frondis et sphserosporis oranium convenientibns. Cystocarpia 

 vero ita in his omnibus dissimilia, ut familias diversas jure constituere 

 lll. 4G 



