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sitis, palmati- v. pinnaliseclis pinnalirjdisve, rarius integris, ex- 

 stipulatis. Flores perfecli, rcgnlares, in racemos v. spicas uni- 

 laterales, scorpioideas, simplices v. dichotomas dispositi, rarius 

 in pedunculis axillaribus solitarii. Calyx liber, profunde quin- 

 quefidus, laciniis aestivatione imbricatis, sinubus saepe reflexo- 

 appendiculatis, persistens, inlerdum cum fructu crescens. Corolla 

 annulo germinis basim cingenti extus inserta, gamopetala, decidua 

 V. rarius persistens, campanulata, subrotata aut rarissime infun- 

 dibuliformis, tubo intus saepissime squamulis lingularibus, cuni 

 staminibus alternantibus, integris v. bifidis aucto, limbi quinque- 

 fidi lobis integris, emarginatis v. interdum fimbriatis, aestivatione 

 imbricatis. Stamina 5 irao corollae tubo inserta, ejusdem lobis 

 alterna, inclusa v. exsQTidi^ JilaTnentis filiformibus, liberis, aequa- 

 libus, saepe barbatis, aestivatione inflexis, antheris introrsis, 

 bilocularibus, medio dorso insertis, versatilibus, longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentibus. Germen liberum, diphyllum, e carpophyllis duo- 

 bus valvatim connatis, trophospermiis in semiseplo, medio carpo- 

 phyllorum dorso adnato anguste linearibus uniloculare, nunc 

 trophospermiis maximis, carnosis, linea dorsali angusta adnatis, 

 caeterum liberis, versus axira porrectis et ibi contiguis pseudo- 

 biloculare, Gemmulae nunc in trophospermiis linearibus utrinque 

 solitariae v. ad exteriorera marginem plurimae v. subdefijiitae, 

 Dunc in interiore trophospermiorum late laraelliformium facie propo 

 marginera geminae, diagonaliter oppositae, illis faciei contiguae 

 alternae, interdum subdefinite plures, amphitropae, micropyle in 

 plerisque vaga, in paucis supera. Stybis terminalis, elongatus, 

 apice bifidus, crure singulo stigmate papilloso, subcapitato ter- 

 niinato. Capsula globosa v. compressiuscula, membranacea v. 

 rarius subbaccata, unilocularis v. incomplete bilocularis, valvis 

 medio semisepta, in trophospermia incrassata gerentibus, nunc 

 trophospermiis carnosis, sub maturitate a valvarum pariete solutis, 

 capsulam interiorera simulantibus. Semina ad interiorem semi- 

 septorura marginera nune utrinque solitaria, v. undique juxta 

 margines subdefinita v. pluriraa, nunc intra trophosperraia capsu- 

 laeformia subquaterna, rarius plura, saepius abortu solitaria, 

 angulato-subglobosa v. oblonge trigona; integumento crustaceo, 

 areolato, hilo excentrico, in nonnullis subcarnosov Embryo intra 

 albumen cartilagineum, copiosura excentricus v. axilis, rectus, 

 brevissimus v. dimidiam albuminis longitudineni aequans aut raro 

 superans, cotyledonihus brevibus, obtusis, radicula ab hilo re- 

 raota, situ vaga v. rarius supera. 



GEN ERA. 



3827. Hydrophyllum Tottrwg/; 3829. Nemophila ^arf. 



Decemium Raf. 353O. Eutoca R. Br. 



3828. Ellisia Z-/««. Heteryta ««/. 



Nyctelaea Scop. 



