Ordo CCXXXVIttl. Celastrine»e« 



Arhusculac N , frutiees ^ interdum scandentes, ramulls sparsis 

 V. oppositis, terelibus aut tetragonis, nonnunquam spinescentibus. 

 Folia allerna, rarius opposita, breve petiolata, simplicia, integra, 

 penninervia, integerrima v. dentata, saepissime coriacea et glau- 

 eeseentia. Stipulae parvae, caducissimae. Flores perfecti v, 

 abortu imperfecti, regulai-es, axillares, cymosi, parvi v. medio- 

 cres, albidi, virescentes v. purpurei. Calijx quadri-quinquefidus 

 V. partitus, laciniis aequalibus, aestivatione imbricatis, persisten- 

 tibus. Discus carnosus, annularis v. orbiculatus, calycis funduni 

 vestiens, liber v. inlerdum germini adhaerens. Corollae petala 

 quatuor v. quinque, calycis laciniis alterna, sub disci margine 

 inserta, basi latiora, sessilia, plana, aestivatione imbricata, sub 

 anthesi patentia, decidua. Stamina petalis numero aequalia et 

 alterna, nunc cum iisdera sub disci margine inserta, nunc ipso 

 margini continua, nonnunquam disco intra marginem iraposita. 

 Filamenta tereli- v. compresso-subulata, brevia. Antherae in- 

 trorsae, biloculares, erectae, basi v. dorso insertae, loculis saepe 

 connectivo dorso dilatato adnatis, longiludinaliter dehiscentibus. 

 Germen sessile, disco plus minus iramersum, liberum aut inter- 

 dum basi eidera adnatura, bi-tri-quinqueloculare. Gemmulae in 

 loculis solitariae v. saepissime geminae, collaterales, e basi ere- 

 ctae V. adscendentes, rarius plures, in angulo centrali biseriatim 

 adscendentes, anatropae. Stylus brevis, crassus; stigma minute 

 bi-tri-quinquelobum. Fruetus bi-quinquelocularis, nunc inde- 

 hiscens, drupaceus v. interdum samaroideus, loculis monspermis, 

 nunc capsularis, loculicide dehiscens, valvis medio septa niargine 

 seminifera gerenlibus, loculis aborlu monospermis v. rarius di- 

 rarissime polysperrais. Semina erecta v. adscendentia, arillo 

 carnoso v. pulposo, colorato, laterali v. saepius cupulari, plus 

 minus producto, interdum nonnisi foraraine exiguo pervio excepta 

 aut inclusa, rarissirae exarillata, integumeuto crustaceo v. mem- 

 branaceo, rhaphe longitudinali percurso. Embi^yo in axi albu- 

 minis carnosi, copiosi orlhotropus, ejusdem dimidio longior; 

 eotyledonibus foliaceis, planis, radicula cylindrica, hilo proxima, 

 infera. 



TRinUS I. EVONYMEAE. Fructus capsularis, loculicide de- 

 hiscens. 



G E N E R A. 



5674. PuHerlickla E/zrf/. 5fi79. Celastnia :^aM?//*. 



5675. Lophopelalum Wight. 5680. Maytenus .f?/ss. 



5676. Kvonymus Tonrnef, MaitenFeHilL 



5677. Polvcardia Juss. Haenkea ft«iz et Pav. 



Flormd^ Noronh. ^^^, Senac.a W p«r«. 



Commersonia Commer*. 5681. Microtropis M^a//- 



5678. CsLnvd Forsk. 5683. Pterocelastrus ^'Vfm«. 



Sonneratia Commcr*. Astevocarpus Eckl.etZeyh. 



