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Genus unicum. 



4264. Moulabea AuU. CryptoBtomum Sihrtb. 



Montabea R'6m. et Sch. Acosta Ruiz et Pav. 



Observiitio. Moulabeartnri baccae CMoutabou, Caimilo de mbhfe, 

 Graine Macaqiie) Sapotarum fructuiJ aemulantes, edules. 



^ColuiIielliaceae. Arhor&s y.fmticei sfempervffpnteil, iif 

 Pcruvia v. Mexico crescentes, tetmis ramulis^afe opposifis, coiVipreSsf*?; 

 Folia opposita, ihtegCrrima t. apice dentafa, inferne in petiolum alh- 

 gustata, exstipulata. Flores terminales, breve pedunculati, peduVr- 

 culis basi bibracteolatis, lutei. Calyx tubo turbinato, cum germind? 

 connato, limbosupero, quinquepartito. 6'orry//flrsupera, rotrita, quih- 

 quefida, laciniis aequalihus, obtusis, aestivatione imlDricatis. ^la- 

 viina 2, imae corollae inserta, inter ejusdem lacinias duas posticas 

 lateralesque sita; filamenta brevia, compressa, superne in connecti- 

 Tum obsolete trilobum dilatata, antlierae tres, singulae biloculares, 

 lociilis parallelis, connectivi sinubus circumplicatis, apice confluen- 

 tibus, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, iu massam anfiactuosam Ap- 

 proximatis. G'pr/rt<'« inferum, biloculare, trophospermiis dissepimenta 

 utrinque adnatis, dextrum et sinistrum ab axi floris latus occupanti- 

 bus. GemvmJae phirimae, adscendentim anatropae. Slylus bievis, 

 cr issiusculus, bisulcus: s^/g-w/flr obsolete bilobum. Cr/jas?//» sublignosa, 

 caljcis limbo coronata, vertice exserto semisupera, bilocularis, septi- 

 cide bivalvis, valvis demum intus dorsoque semibifidis. Setnina plu- 

 rima, adscendentia, obovata compressa, integumento coriaceo, lae- 

 vissimo, hilo basilari, chalaza apicali subcallosa, rhaphe obsoleta. 

 Emhryo in axi albuminis carnosi orthotropus, ejusdem fcre longitu- 

 dire; colyledonihus ovalibus, obtusis, radicula teretiuscula, cotyle- 

 donibus longiore, infera. 



GENUS UNICUjf. 



4265. Columellia Ruiz et Pav. 

 Uluxia Juss. 



tlsL^Hl^ XXXIX. Bicomes. 



Fmtices v. arhoresy rariiis herhae; foliis alteriiis 

 V. verticillatis rariiis opj^ositis, simjilicibus, iirtegrJs,* ^ej)e 

 acerosisj exstipiilatis, calyce libero v. Ctim oeriiiine con- 

 nato, corolla receptaculo v. calyci inserta, regulari; 

 ^taminihus cutW (i6rolla; insertis v. rarius eiifem adnatis, 

 ejusdem lobis nnmero aeqaalibus et alternis v. dupii?, 

 antheris siftiplicibus v. apice bifidis^ germine ihono- 

 pentamero, tropliosj)crmiis centralibus, teminihus inde- 

 finitis V. rarius definitis, emhryone intra albumen recto. 



Ordo CliXI. Epacrideae* 



Frutices v. arbusculae^ caule ramisque enodibns. Folia 

 alterna, saepi.ssime approximata, rarissime opposila, pleriimque 



