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formia, inlerdiim subpeltala, menibrana simplice cei- 

 lulosa, micropyle latiirsculo apicali. Fruclus follicula- 

 ns ; folliciili % altero mmc abortiente, Iseves vel spi- 

 nis iunocuis onusli, pergamacei vel rarissime carno- 

 si, ad maturitatem bracbiati, refracti arreetive. Semi- 

 na compressa, saepius raargmata, testa laevi vel rugo- 

 sa, fusca, opaca, suberosa, sœpissime ad micropylem 

 comosa ; coma serieea alba folliculi verticem spec- 

 tans rarissime deficiens ; perispermum tenue carno- 

 so-corneuiïi opalinum. Embryo reclus ; colyledones 

 foliaceœ ; radicula brevis ; plumula inconspieua. Her- 

 ba? lactescentes perennes, radiée interdum bulbosa 

 ediili, rarius carnosce, apbyllœ, caule angulalo, den- 

 ticulis acatis obsito, vel succiilenlœ, suifruticuli vel 

 frutices raro nodoso-articulati, saepe scandentes folio- 

 si vel aphylli, rarissime arbores, foliis oppositis ( oc- 

 casu 3—4—6 verticillatis aut alternis ) simpHcibus, 

 integerrimis , vulgo petiolatis in petiolo vel ad limbi 

 ortum non raro glanduliferis , slipulis obscuris linea 

 pilosa transversali reductis. Inllorescentia extra-axiJla- 

 ris rarius axillaris indefiuita, racemiformis, corymbo- 

 sa, vel sœpius umbelliformis, pedicellis cura pedimcu- 

 lo basi bractealis, rarissime bibracteoialis. Flores rub- 

 ri vel auranliaci lutei albi rarissime cœrulei , inter- 

 dum fastuosi suaveolentcs vel odore stercorario. De- 

 caisnc in DC. prodr. VIII. p. 490. 491. 



Tribus ASCLEP1ADE/E VEllE R. Br. in TTern. 

 Soc. I. p. 21. 



Filamenta connala. Antbera? biloculares. Massa? 



