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Jrbores, frutices v. siiffrutices^ erecti v. scandentes, saepe 

 cirrhosi, rarius herbae^ succo aqueo. /'^o/za alterna , rarissime 

 opposita, plerumque composita, ternata v. imparipinnata, inter- 

 dum bi-triternata v. bipinnata, nonnunquam foliolorum lateralium 

 abortu spurie simplicia, foliolis alternis v. oppositis, integerrimis, 

 serratis v. incisis, saepe punctis lineolisvis pellucidis notatis, pe- 

 tiolo interdum alato. Stipulae caducae v. saepissime nullae. 

 Flores perfecti v. abortu imperfecti, racemosi v. racemoso-pani- 

 culati, pedicellis basi bracteolatis, inferioribus saepe in cirrhos 

 mutatis. Calyx pentaphyllus, foliola saepe inaequalia, duo postica 

 haud raro erecta et in unicura connata, lateralia plerumque mi- 

 nora, anticum plerumque deflexum, omnia plus minus inter se 

 cohaerenlia, aeslivatione imbricata. Discus carnosus, in recepta- 

 culo liber v. imae calycis basi adnatus, nunc regularis, annulura 

 clausum, integerrimum, lobatum v. crenatum inter petala et sta- 

 mina exserens, nunc uuilateralis, in postica floris parte brevior 

 v. omnino deliquescens, in anlica in laminara, interdum duplicera 

 productus, V. glandulas petalis oppositas exserens. Corolla nunc 

 nulla, nunc pelala disco extus inserta, calycis foliolis alterna, 

 poslicum inter calycis foliola postica, imprimis dum haec inter 

 se coalescunt, saepe deficiens, reliqua quatuor aequalia v. inae- 

 qualia, aestivalione imbricata aut rarissime subvalvata, ungue intus 

 villoso aut glanduloso, nunc omnium, nunc anticorum tantura 

 squama cucullala v. cristata, saepe in appendicem inflexam desi- 

 nente aucto. Stamina disco intus (rarissime extus) inserta, duplo 

 foliorum calycis numero uniserialia, octo v. decem, aut abortu 

 pauciora, rarissime quadrupla et biseriata germen cingentia v. 

 saepissime excentrica, v. unilateralia. Filamenta filiformi-subu- 

 lata, libera v. basi inter se coalita, aequalia v. inaequilonga. 

 Antherae inlrorsae, biloculares, dorso insertae, longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentes. Germen liberum, centrale v. excenlricum, subobli- 

 quum, triloculare, rarius bi- v. quadriloculare. Gemmulae locu- 

 lorum angulo insertae, saepissime solitariae, adscendentes aut 

 rarissime suspensae, rarius geminae v. interdum ternae, super- 

 posilae, inversae et adscendentes, nonnunquam plurimae, hori- 

 zontales. Stylus terminalis, simplex; stigmata loculorura numero. 

 Fructus bi-tri-quadrilocularis v. abortu unilocularis, nunc capsu- 

 laris, lignosus, coriaceus v. membranaceus, loculicide v. septicide 

 dehiscens, valvis sepliferis v. ab axi, angulis septante, solutis, 

 nunc samaroideus, samaris dorso, basi v. apice membranaceo 

 alatis, axi adnatis, saepissime indehiscentibus. Semina globosa 

 v. compressa, in loculis solitaria v. gemina, rarissime plura, 

 erecta v. adscendentia aut rarissime pendula, integumento cru- 

 stacco v. membranaceo, interdun* in alam expanso, saepe arillato 



