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b. Calyptra, utriculiis laxus , tcncrnmus, 

 pistillum singulum cingens, ct intumcscente de- 

 nique gcrminc a latcre disruptus, ad hasin, vaginu- 

 lae loco, rcsiduus, styli brcvis acutiusculi apice per- 

 foratus. 



Pistilla aggregata, 2 — 20, apophysibus 

 interspersa, subcylindrica, truncata, pleraque abor- 

 tientiaj quae foecundantur , mox basi intumescentia, 

 ovata, obovata, subglobosa, calyptra, nunc demum 

 distinctius conspicienda, praedita, stylo in vertice 

 apiculata. Fructus vcl scssilis reccptaculove im- 

 mcrsus, vel seta tenui molli ccllulosa flaccida variae 

 altitudinis sublatus, capsularis, dchiscens, r^riu^ 

 rupto irregulariter vcrticc, aut circumscissus, pleris- 

 que vel in dentes fissus, vcl semivalvis valvatusque, 

 valvis in generibus notis vel geminis vel quatcmis 

 iisque iterum divisis suboctonis. Columnula cen- 

 tralis adest in paucis , plerisque in elateres sol- 

 vitur seu tubos tcnues curvos, fibram spiralcm sim- 

 pliccm vel dupliccm intus foventes, dcciduos vel 

 fixos, impositosquc vcl capsulae valvarumve apicibus, 

 (terminales), vel parietibus (parietalcs , epiphragmos 

 Dumort.), vcl etiam basi mediae (ccntralcs). Se- 

 mina ovata vel globosa, tuberculata, e ccllulis ali- 

 quot farctis composita, tunica propria destituta, pal- 

 lida vel fusca, elateribus agglutinata, dehiscente 

 fructu avolantia. 



Germinatio fit crcseente et amplificato uni- 

 Terso scminis granulo, eoque tumentibus cellulis 

 quasi lobato et emissa mox radicaU fibra nutrito. 



