492 GUTTIFERE. 



Truncus vel caulis ramosus, ramis alternisvel oppositis aut ra- 

 rissime verticillatis , teretibus, angulatis aut tetragonis. 



Folia alterna vel opposita, petiolata vel sessilia, simplicia , inte- 

 gra vel integerrima aut serrato-dentata, pinninervia aut triplinervia, 

 rarius palmatifida aut lobata et palmatinervia, rarissime pinnatipar- 

 tita, interdum pellucido-punctata. Stipula nullae vel gemina, persi - 

 stentes aut caducae, rarissime ramos novellos acumine conico ter- 

 minantes. 



Flores regulares, hermaphroditi , rarius dioici vel polygami, 

 saepissime racemosi, paniculati aut cymosi, rarissime spicati aut in 

 apice ramulorum solitarii. 



Calyx 5 , rarius 4-2-6-7 sepalus , sepalis liberis vel plus minusve 

 coalitis , persistentibus vel deciduis , sestivatione imbricatis aut raris- 

 sime subvalvatis. 



Petala 5, rarius 3-4-6-7-8, cum sepalis vel laciniis calycinis 

 alterna, sessilia sive brevissime unguiculata, libera vel basi breviter 

 coalita, fugacia vel persistenza, sestivatione imbricata aut contorta, 

 rarissime in calyptram clausam vel apice laceram, basi circumscisse 

 solutam connata, rarissime nulla. 



Stamina 10, 5 interiora normalia, sepalis opposita, sanissime 

 nulla aut ad glandulas redacta, 5 exteriora corollina, petalis opposita, 

 saepissime ob fìlamentorum partitionem numerosiora, omnia ferlilia vel 

 extima ananthera, hypogyna aut subperygina. Filamenta fìliformia, 

 libera, rarissime basi in phalanges 3-5 coalita. Antherae introrsae, 

 rarissime extrorsae, biloculares, loculis longitudinaliter, rarissime 

 apice dehiscentibus. 



Ovarium sessile vel rarius disco carnoso impositum, liberum vel 

 rarius toro semiimmersum aut rarissime adnatum , 5-3-2-1 rarius 

 pluriloculare. Ovula in loculis plurima vel rarius 2-pauca, rarissime 

 solitaria, placentis parietalibus, rarissime basi aut angulo centrali af- 

 fixa, anatropa, semianatropa, rarius orthotropa, rarissime campu- 

 lytropa. Styli tot quot ovarii locula, saepe in unum connati vel rarius 

 plus minusve distincti, rarissime nulli aut subnulli. Stigmata simpli- 

 cia, saepe capitata. 



Fructus saepius 5-3-2-1 rarius plurilocularis , loculicide aut ra- 

 rissime septicide dehiscens, interdum baccatus vel drupaceus, coria- 

 ceus aut sublignosus et indehiscens. Semina plurima, pauca aut 

 rarissime solitaria, rarissime alata, lanata vel superne aut apice piu- 

 mosa aut pilosa, rarissime arillodio aut arillo fulta. Albumen saepe co- 

 piosum, carnosum, farinaceum aut rarius subcartilagineum, rarissime 



