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loidez, ftaminiferz aut (taminibus alterne; interdum 
ctiam tubus petaloideus hypogynus, non ftaminifer 
Ízpe marcefcens, aut ftaminifer & filamentorum coali- 
tione fa&us. Sting hypogyna, id eft fub pi&illo 
inferta, definita, filamentis diftin&is aut rarius mo- 
nadelplis. CEDE fuperum fimplex ; ftylus unicus 
aut definite multiplex aut nullus; ftigma fimplex aut 
multiplex. Semen unicum aut capfula fupera , uni vel 
bilecularis , mono aut polyfperma. | 
Oss. Infertio ftaminum hypogyna admittit calicem mono avt 
polyphyllum ; admittit ftamina definita aut indefinita; determinat 
Sermen fuperum; corolle prafentiam aut defe&um non fiatuit. 
Non plurimum difcrepat ftaminum ima perigynia ab eorumdem 
hypogynià & utraque infertio interdüm difücilé ab invicem fe- 
cernenda. Affines ergó Atriplicibus Amaranthi quibus fimul in- 
fuper corculum farinaceo typo circumvolutum. Amatanthis 
ftamina nunc diflinda nuda, nunc monadelpha, nunc fquamis 
interpofitis & petaloideis alternantia. Nafcens fic perianthium 
interius peraloideum in Amaranthis , elongatur tubiforme in Plan- 
taginibus, in Nyctaginibus extenditur, confirmatur in Plumba- 
Sinibus;in omnibus tamen marcefcit more calicis : indà à co- 
rola naturi abludens calicina pars re&iüs habendum eft. Pau- 
ciores ex hàc claffe eliminantur plante apetale ordinibus poly- 
petalis re&iüs confociate, nempé Caryophylleis & vix Malvaceis. 
Cur in flaminibus hypogynis multó rarior quàm in perigynis hzc 
Apetalarum ad Polypetalas acceffio? Cur aliundé finguli hujus 
feptima clafts ordines quafi petalodes ? nc 
Bats m 
ORDO L ; 
AMARANTHI, LES AMARANTES. 
Ciux divifus aut 
: Pha; j in : quibua iquam rA mentis altern. 
