FLORA SARDOA 



ORDO XXV. 



R S A C E A E 



Rosaccac Juss. Gcn. p. 334- Vent. Tab. Regii. vcgci. 3. p. 33 1. DG. Prod. 



2. p. 523. 



Calix lubulosus, campanulalus, concavo-explanalus aut urceola- 

 ris, raro 4-8-, saepe 5-io-di\isus. Torus expansus in laminani 

 plus minusve crassam, calicis tubo ejusve fundo adnatam. Stamina 

 definita vel Indefinita, tori annulo perigyno vel ad calicis faucem 

 inserta, filamentis liljeris, per aestivationem incurvis. Petala raro 

 ntilla, saepe ^-5, regularia, cum suiminilnis inserta. Styli totidem 

 ac ovella, liberi aut, raro, coaliii. Cai-pelli nunc, deciduo calice, 

 omnino lil)eri, solitarii , drupacei , mono-dispermi ; nunc, calice 

 persistente, patulo, pauciores aut plures, folliculares, mono-oligo- 

 spermi; vel indehiscentes, evalves, monospermi, polyphoro e toro 

 exserto insidentes: nunc calicis tubo urceolari fauceque coarctato, in- 

 durato baccatove ( nonnumquam solitarii aul bini terni ) invoUiti, 

 eidemve haerentes: nunc demum in communi pericai-pio carnoso, 

 calici adnalo ejusdcmque liml)o coronato, rarissime solitarii , sae- 

 pissime 2-5, slellaiim a centro divergentes, mono-dispcrmi, raro 

 polyspermi, endocai-piis mendjranaceis atu cariilagineis, bivalvibus, 

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