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Boroali - americanarum pliires fniclus sapidos feruiil; in plerisque lamen acida 

 praevalent,. V. admixlis subslaiiliis aiUslringenlibus inyuinalasunl, aul baccae 

 selis horridae, quales eliam in feris Grossulariis \idenius , ab usu arceni. 



Clai^^i^ Xlill. Polycarpicae. 



Herhae^ frutices^ v. arboreSj sncco aqueo aut iii 

 noimiiUis colorato, fohis altcriiis aut rariiis oj^positis, 

 simplicibus v. rarissijiie coiiijjositis, fioribns perfectis v. 

 (licliiiibus, ccilyce libero saepissiiue deciduo, corolla 

 interdum iiulla v. receptaculo iiiserta^ petalis liberis, pla- 

 nis aut tubuiosis, stamimhus cuui petalis insertis, inde- 

 tinitis V. delinitis et tunc saej)ius monadelj^Iiis, germinibus 

 pluribns^ verticillatis v. s])icatis, distinctis, rarius connatis 

 V. solitariis, gemmuUs solitariis v. i^iurimis, anatrojns 

 aut rarius ampliitropis;, fructu vario, capsulari v. bac- 

 cato^ rarius drupaceo, seminibus interdum stropliioiatis, 

 embryone plerumfjue intra albiimen copiosum minimo^ 

 rarius albumen aequante v. exalbiiioiiioso, 



Ordo CliXXIII. Memspermaceae« 



Frutices sarmentosi, flexiles, ligno in plerisque ezonato. 

 Folia allerna, simplicia, peltinervia v. palmatinervia, saepius pel- 

 tata, integra, exstipulata. Flores rarissime perfecti, saepissirae 

 typice V. abortu imperfecti, dioici v. monoici, racemosi v. paui- 

 culati, plerumque minimi, inconspicui, integumentis floralibus uni- 

 pluriseriatis, seriebus numero ternario, rarius bi-quaternario, 

 rarissime quinario alternantibus. Calyx tri-hexa-dodecaphyllus, 

 rarissime telra-decaphyllus, foliolis uni-triseriatis, articulatis, 

 deciduis, exterioribus saepe minoribus, liberis v. bafei coalitis. 

 Corollae receptaculo insertae petala calycis foliolis plerunique 

 dimidio minora v. subaequalia saepissime multo breviora, quaodo- 

 que minima, libera v. plus minus inter se coalita, saepius, impri- 

 mis in floribus pistilligeris nulla. Stamina calycis foliolis numero 

 aequalia et opposita, rarius plura. Filamenta subliliformia v. 

 linearia, nunc libera, nunc exleriora distincta, interiora autem 

 monadelpha, nunc omnia siraul in columnam centraleni, apice 

 saepius peltatam, coalita. Antherae extrorsae, biloculares, 

 interdum quadriioculares, loculis transversim v. longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentibus. ln Jloribus i)istilligeris : Calyx ut in siaminiferis, 

 staminibus effoetis v. nullis, aut monophyllus, anticus, unguiculatus, 

 deciduus, et corolla monopetala, postica, unguiculata, calyci ad- 

 pressa. Germina moaophylla, unilocularia, nunc plura verlicil- 



