850 



Ordo CCXXTII. Meliaceae. 



u4rbores v. frutices, Folia alterna aut rarissime subopposita, 

 in paucis simplicia et tunc integerrima v. pinnatiloba, in nonnullis 

 bipinnata, in plerisque simpliciter pinnata, foliolis allernis v. op- 

 positis, integerrimis v. denticulatis; Stipulae nullae. Flores 

 perfecti v. abortu imperfecti, regulares, paniculati, corymbosi, 

 racemosi v. spicati, terminales aut frequentius axillares, inflore- 

 scenlia saepius definite cymulosa. Cahjx liber, tetra-pentaphyllus 

 V. quadri-quinquefidus, foliolis v. laciniis aequalibus, aestivatione 

 imbricatis. Corollae petala quatuor v. quinque, rarissime tria, 

 disco germini subjecto inserta, calycis foliolis allerna, iisdera 

 duplo longiora, dislincta aut rarius basi inter se aut cum lubo 

 stamineo coalita, aestivatione valvata v. imbricata. Slamina cum 

 petalis inserta, duplo eorundem numero, alterna petalis opposita 

 paullo breviora. Filamenta lata, complanata, apice bidentata v. 

 bifida, marginibus in tubum plus minus longum, diversiformera 

 connata. Antherae introrsae, biloculares, medio v. imo dorso 

 inter filamentorum dentes singillatim affixae, iisdem breviores et 

 tubo inclusae, v. longiores et exsertae, longitudinaliter dehiscen- 

 tes. Diseus nunc obsoletus, nunc stipitiformis, germen elevans, 

 v. annularis, interdum in tubulum carnosura v. membranaceum, 

 germinis basira vaginantem productus. Germen liberum, pluri» 

 loculare, loculis petalis numero aequalibus, raro paucioribus v. 

 pluribus, apice saepissime perviis. Gemmulae in loculis saepis- 

 sime geminae, collaterales v. superpositae, rarius solitariae, raris- 

 sime quatuor, biseriatae, anatropae, semianatropae, amphitropae 

 V. orlhotropae. Stylus terminalis, simplex, germini plerumque 

 continuus, tubo stamineo brevior v. subaequalis. Stigma capita- 

 tum, pyramidatum v. peltato-discoideum, lobulis v. angulis locu- 

 lorum numero notatum. Fructus varius, baccatus, drupaeformis 

 V. saepius capsularis, loculicide dehiscens, valvis medio septiferis. 

 Semina in loculis saepissime abortu solitaria, arillo carnoso ve- 

 stita V. exarillata, erecta, inversa v. horizontalia, forma varia, 

 nunquara alata. Albumen carnosum v. nullum. Embryo nunc 

 albumine inclusus, cotyledonibus foliaceis, radicula exserla; nunc 

 exalbuminosus, cotyledonibus crassis, interdum conferruminalis, 

 radicula brevi, plerumque inter cotyledones retracta, supera, 

 eentripeta v. centrifuga. 



TRTBUS I. MELTEAE. Enibryo in axi albuminis tenuis, car- 

 nosi, co/y/erfom6a«foliaceis, radicuta exseitai. 



G E N E R A. 



5516. Qniyisia, Cotnmers, 5518. iiaregnmia W?ght el Arn. 



Gilibertia 6?mc? 551f . Munronia TfV^-//^ 



5517. Calodryum Z>e»t;. 5619. TvLriaea Linn. 



