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Ordo CXM. Cupuliferae. Ricli. 



Flores inonoicl v. rarius dioici. M.tsc. \n nmentis cyllnHraceis 

 V. rarius subglobosis, bractea squamaeformi suffulti , sessiles v. brcvi- 

 ter pedicellati. Perlgonium squamaeforme , simplex, monojihyllum tri- 

 fidum V. calyciforme 4 — Gfidum : laciniis per aestlvationem valvatis. 

 Stamina tot quot lobi perigonii v. duplo triplove eorundem numero, 

 perigonio Intus circa discum glandulosum inserta. Filamenta brevia v. 

 elongata , inaequnlia , basi interdum inter se coalita , bina , terna v. 

 etiam plura usque ad medluni inter se connata. Antherae introrsae, 

 1 — 2!oculares, erectae, dorso v. basi affixae, oblongo-lineares v. globoso- 

 didymae : loculis suboppositls , parallelis, rima longitudinali Jaterallter 

 dehiscentibus j connectivo supra loculos producto , glandulaeformi v. 



