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insftrvitiTit. C//on(fode?idri convo/v7ilacef Popp, CUva del luoiite), in Peniviii 

 transaiidina crescentis, baccae sapore niucilaginoso acidisslmo, non omni modo 

 iugrato, excelliinf. Cortex febrifiigus^creditur. 



Phytocrenes,, frulicis indici, scandentis, dubie cum Menisperraaceis 

 consociaii, lignummollissimum, pulclierrimeporosum, liquore aqueo, limpid», 

 potulento scalet, 



Ordo CliXXlV. Itardizalialeae* 



Friitices voliibiles, glabri, rauiis tei^tibus, striati. Folia 

 alterna, trifoliolata, digitata v. binata, foliolis dentatis, v. lobalo- 

 repandis, trinerviis, adultis coriaceis, saepius mucronulatis, pe- 

 tiolis petiolulisque basi et apice tuniidis, exstipulatis. Flores 

 abortu imperfecti, in racemos axillares, solilarios, v. plures, e 

 squamarum concrerie erunipentes, nudos v. basi bracteolatos dispo- 

 siti, albi, lilacini, atropurpurei v. pallide lulei. Floribus stami- 

 nigeris: Cahjx coloratus, tri- v. hexapbyllus, foliolis uni-bise- 

 riatis, iiberis, aestivalione valvatis v. imbricatis, deciduis. Corol- 

 lae receptaculo inscrtae petala sex, biseriata, interiora paullo 

 minora v. glanduliformia; interdum corolla nulla. Stamina sex, 

 petalis opposita; Jilamenta in tubum connata aut rarius omnino 

 Jibera, cylindracea: antherae extrorsae v. rarissime introrsae, 

 biloculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, nunc connectivo crasso, 

 superne in acumen aculum desinenti adnatae, nunc basi et apice 

 Iruncatae, muticae. Germinum rudimenta centralia duo v. tria, 

 rarius plura, carnosa. Flores pistilligeri ^diwWo m?i\oYQs^ calyce 

 et corolla ut in staminigeris. Stamina sex, libera, minima, an- 

 anthera v. antheris effoetis instructa. Germina tria, rarius sex 

 V. novem, distincta, sessilia, unilocularia. Gemmulae plurimae 

 (rarissime unica), loculi parieti undique, praeter suturam, insertae, 

 alveolis propriis exceptae v. papillis piliformibus stipatae, primum 

 orthotropae, deinde anatropae v. campylotropae. Slyli in singulis 

 germinibus breves v. subnulli, stigmale papilloso, simplici, pei- 

 tato, obtuso v. conico terminali. Carpidia tot quot germina, 

 libera, sessilia v. breviter pedicellata, baccata, succulenta, uni- 

 locularia, polysperma, quandoque oligosperma, rarius follicularia, 

 longiludinaliter dehiscentia, rarissime drupacea, monosperma. 

 Semina nidulantia, integumento cartilagineo. Embryo in basi 

 albuminis copiosi, carnoso-cornei minimus, subclavatus, rarissjme 

 fere seminis magnitudine, cotyledonibus planis, 



G E N E R A. 

 §. 1. MADAGASCARIENSIA. §.3. AMERICANA. 



4699. Burasaia Thouars. 4703. Lardizabala i?M?*2: et Pav. 

 K «> ACTtrr.Tr.» Boissiera Z>o»jft. 



§.2. ASIATICA. Tl.ouinia Z>ow6. 



4700. Akebia/>C. 4704. Boquila/>C. 

 470fi. Holboellia WaU. 



4701. Stauntonia Z>r. Gcnus dubium. 



4702. Parvatia Z>C. 4705. Henscbelia P/cs/. 



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