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mnio» ramulosfiue expaiidit, siccita*e rorsus contrahemlos. Hanc se dienati- 

 vifalis Chrisli aperire, domique intcr sacrata leipsana pie servatani UoDiinae 

 liarfiis horam iiulicare, vetiis lama est. A circulatorilms miilto aere emlani 

 mulieres protoiocae matronaeciiio repetitis partubus exhauslae inler lahorem 

 creiluiae retinent, difAcilis horae doloreni superstitione vincentes. 



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Herbae annuac aut rainus perenaes, sacpe frutices^ inter- 

 iluni arborcs, succo aqueo. Caulis ramique plcnimque tcretes. 

 Folia allerna aul rarissime opposita, pctiolata, simplicia v. pal- 

 niatim coniposila, foliolis iutegcrrimis v. dentalis. Stipidae nunc 

 null.ic, nunc herbaceae,: cauli adpressac, inconspicuae, v. .spinc- 

 scentes. /^/o/eA pertecti aut rarius abortn iniperfecli, regulares 

 aut interdum subirregulares, solitarii v. raccmosi. t^a/^/j? saepis- 

 simc tetraphyllus, foliolis dislinetis v. plus minus inler se connatis, 

 acstivatione inibricalis, rarius valvatis, nonnunquam diphyllus v. 

 bilidus, quandoqne clausus, circumscisse dcbiscens, rarissime 

 octophyllus, saepe inlus lacinulis v. corona petaloidea auctus- 

 Toriis varius, nunc carnosus, hemisphaericus v. subglobosus, nunc 

 stipiliformis, longituuine varius, basi saepe in glandulam nectari" 

 feram, varic efliguratara turaens, v. ex stipite appendicem tubu- 

 losam exserens, quasi bipartitus, crure altero sterili, altcro ge^ 

 nitalia gercnte. CoroUae petala quatuor aut rarissime octo, 

 saepius nulla, dura adsunt imo tori margini inserta, calycis folio- 

 Hs alterna, saepissime unguiculata, plerumque inaequalia, aesti- 

 vatione imbricatim convolula v. aperla, nec se invicera nec stamina 

 tegenlia. Stamina \n calyce et corolla tetraraera saepissirae scx, 

 rarius oclo, saepe numero senario v. octonario multipla, quando- 

 que indefinite plurima, toro hemisphaerico y.^ subgloboso margine 

 aut undique inserta, v. tori stipiliformis apici aequali aut interdum 

 dilatato iraposita, Filamenta filiformia aut nonnunquam apice 

 clavata, aequalia v. inaequalia, libera aut interdura basi plus nii- 

 nus connata, in alabastro plerumque inflexa, omnia ferlilia v. nou- 

 Eulla ananlhera. Ant/ierae introrsae, biloculares, oblongae v. 

 ovatae, erectae v. incumbentes, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ger- 

 vien sessile v. saepius supra torum pcdicellatum, pedicello plus 

 minus longo, unilocularc, trophospermiis intervalvularibus nunc 

 geminis oppositis, nunc pluribus, plerumque quatuor, quinque v. 

 octo, vix tribus, septo nullo, aut rarissime trophospermiis pro- 

 ductioribus ad axim confluentibus pseudo-biloculare. Gemmulae 

 JHxta trophospermia uni-multiseriatae, multae v. plorimac, am- 

 phitropae v. canipylotropac. Stijlus terminalis, subulatus v. fili- 

 formis, saepe subnulius: stigma indivisum, obtusum v. acutum, 

 plerumque sessile^ orbiculatum. FrucLus imiloculains, nunc 

 capsidarisy UivaUis, valvis a replo seminifero, persistente, a|>rec 

 stylo V. stigmale juncto salulis, dcti<iuis\ budc baeeafm, carnosus 



