574 GOODENOVIjE. 



Ovarium 2- v. 1 -loculare (raro 4-loculare), ovulis inde- 

 flnitis, v. defimtis, erectis : nunc glandula inter 

 filamenta 2 anteriora instructuni. Siylus J, sim- 

 plex (rarissime divisum). Stigma carnosum, obtu- 

 sutn, indivisum v. bilobum, Indusio submembrana- 

 ceo, cyathifhrmi, integro v. bilobo cinctum. 



Pericarpium, dum semina indefinita, Capsula 2-locul. 

 (raro 4-Ioc.) v. sepio abbrevnalo subunilocularis. 

 Dissepimcniumvdhws (integns v. hipartitis) plerum- 

 que parallelum, raro contrarium, axi seminifero : 

 dum semina definita (1 in singulo loculo), Drupa 

 v. Niix (raro Utriculus.) fundo seminifero. 



Semina Testa ssepius crassiuscula; cjuandoque nuca- 

 nientacea. Albumen carnosum, semini conforme, 

 raro deficiens. 



Embryo erectus, longitudine fere albuminis. Cotyle- 

 dones mediocres, saepe foliacese. Plumula incon- 

 spicua. 



Herbce (v. Frutices) non lactesccntes, in hemispherio 

 australi potissunum et intra tropicum borealis rarius 

 provenientes, pube dum adsit srepius simplici, nunc 

 aflandulo^a v. rarius stellata. Folia sparsa, exstipu- 

 lata, simplicia, saepius indivisa, quandoque lobata, 

 ssepe dentata. Injtorescmtta terminalis, v. axillaris, 

 varia. Florts distincti, rarissime aggregati, flavi, 

 ezerulei, purpurascentes, raro rubicundi. 



Obs. Indusium fere peculiare stigmatis cbaracterem ordinis 

 essentialem prabet, genera alioqui arcte affinia (Brunonia 

 forsan excepta,) asMDciantt-m, et optime a Campanulaceis- 

 pariter isostemonibus, atque a Stylideis meiostemonibus, 

 genitalibu-que coalitis distinguentem. 



Sect. I. Semina indefinita. 



GOODEN7A. Svvth. 



Calyx superus, Hmbo 5-partito, laciniis gequalibns. Anthera 



* distinctae. Sty/?/5.simplex. Capsula bilocutaris (raro 4- 



locuLns), dissepimento paralleio, nunc abbreviato. Se- 



mina imbricata, compresaa. 



Herbae (raro Surfrulices) sccfiihs caukscentes. F6lia alterna r 



inte°ra r 



