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paniculas vel cymas dispositi , rarius solitarii aut fascicolati , axillares 

 vel terminales, saepe bracteati, bracteis bracteolisque interdum caly- 

 cem involucrantibus , raro bracteis sacciformibus vel cucullatis, pe- 

 tiolatis , in plurimis Marcgravieis. 



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

 minusve coalitis, sepalis laciniisve aut lobis saepissime restivatione 

 imbricatis, rarius subvalvatis, deciduus vel persistens et nunc fructu 

 increscens nec non interdum ejus lobis 2 aut 5 in fructu maximis et 

 alaeformibus (in Dipterocarpeis). 



Petala 5, rarius 4-G-7-8 , sepalis vel laciniis calycinis alterna, 

 hypogyna vel rarius perygina , scssilia vel vix unguiculata , libera 

 vel basi breviter coalita, rarissime in calyptram clausam vel apice la- 

 ceram, basi circumscisse solutam connata, aestivatione imbricata, 

 convoluta aut rarius contorta. 



Stamina normaliter 10, 5 exteriora corollina , petalis opposita, 

 saepissime multifida et in phalanges 5 vel 5 disposila linde stamina 

 videntur plura, polyadelpha vel rarius monodelpha , rarissime nulla 

 (in rUiyscbia , Pentaphylace , in plerisque Tamaricis speciebus) , 5 

 interiora, normalia, petalis alterna, saepissime nulla vel ad squamas 

 petaloideas aut ad glandulas sive discum redacta. Filamenta saepis- 

 sime in lacinias fìliformes, lineares vel subulatas plus minusve par- 

 tita. Anthorae saepe introrsac, rarius extrorsro aut versatiles , bilocu- 

 lares, rarius 5-4 loculares, loculi? rima longitudinali aut transversali, 

 rarius poro apicis debiscentibus. 



Ovarium sessile vel disco carnoso impositum , libertini vel ra- 

 rius toro semiimmersum , e carpellis 5-5-2 rarius pluribus confla- 

 tum, 5-3-2 rarius 1 -pluriloculare. Ovula in loculis plurima vel ra- 

 rius 2-pauca aut solitaria, angulo centrali vel basi aut placentis 

 parietalibus insorta, anatropa, amphitropa vel rarissimo eampuly- 

 iropa. Stvli tot quot ovarii locula , distincti vel plus minusve connati. 

 Stigmata simplieia, filiformia voi subcapitata aut subpeltata, rarius 

 stvli nulli aut subnulli undo stigmata sessilia vel subsessilia, radian« 



n nonnullis Guttifei 



Fructus saepe capsularis, 5-1 lecularis, loculicide ve! septicide 



ens aut baccatus vel drupaceus, coriaceus vel sublignosus el 



indehit mina plurima, pauca vel solitaria, aptera vel rarissime 



alata, rarius superne vii apice piumosa aut pilosa, rarius arillodio, 



tur afillo l'"!a. All'union nnllnrn vel rarius parcum, <'arnosnm 



aut farina ceum. Embryo rectui vel incurvila aut rarius bippocrepicuì 

 «in Vtsnea, '•!<•.) ?el spirali* (in Anthodis I ledonec plana?, 



