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nunc capsiilaris, bilocularis, loculicide bivalvis, loculis aborlu 

 monospermis, nunc drupaceus, coriaceus, exsuccus, pulaminis 

 bi- V. aborlu unilocularis loculis monospcrmis. Seme7i inversum, 

 nudum v. arillo colorato stipatum. Embryo exalbuminosus, rectus, 

 cotyledonibus carnosis, plano-convexis, radicula brevissima, 

 supera. 



G EN ER A. 



5757. Moacurra Ro.vb. Dicliapetalum Thouara. 



Wahlenbergjail. J?r. Leucosia T/iounrs. 



6758. Cliaillelia/>C. Plappertia^e/cAenft. 



S^-mphyllanthus Vahl. 5759. Tapura Aubl. 



Mestrttes So/and. Rohria. Schreb. 



Fatrisia Rohr. 



AffinitaS* Ordoperparvus, verisimiliter complurium generum, per 

 diversos ordines adhucdum vagantium, accessione locupletandus et illustran- 

 dus, affinitate inter Frangulaceas et Terebinthaceas flucluat, ex aliorum sen- 

 tenlia Aquilarineis, stipularum defecfu facillime distinguendis, proximus, a 

 quibusdam Ulmaceis proxime affinis creditur. 



Oeog^rapliia. Species perpaucae hucdum eognitaQ) in Asia, Africa 

 et America tropica observatae fuerunt. 



^ualitates et iisus. Chailleliae toxicariae Don. (Ratbane) nu- 

 cleo Angli in Sierra Leone degenles glires mactare solent. 



Claisisisi IjVI. Tricoccae. 



Herhaej frutices v. arhores^ succo aqneo v. lacteo; 

 foliis alternis v. oppositis, simplicibus, rarissime palma- 

 tim compositis, integris v. palmatilobis, interdum nullis, 

 floribus sacpissime unisexualibus, saepe incompletis, 

 cahjce libero, coroUae petalis definitis v. nullis, ger- 

 mine bi-tri-multiloculari, gemmulis intra loculos soli- 

 tariis v. geminis collateralibus, ex angulo centrali pen- 

 dulis^ rarius e basi adscendentibus, anatropis, fructu 

 capsulari, septicide in cocca delabente, axi centrali 

 superstite, rarius baccato v. drupaceo, seminibus intra 

 loculos solitariis v. geminis collateralibus, inversis aut 

 rarius erectis, emhryone in axi albuminis carnosi ortbo- 

 tropo, ejusdem longitudine, 



Ordo CCXXilll. Einpetreae. 



Fruticidi ericoidei, aridi, erecti v. procumbentes, ramosis- 

 simi, ramis teretiusculis. Folia alterna, interdum subverticillatim 

 aggregata, coriacea, acerosa, simplicia, integerrima, exstipulata. 

 Flores parvi, regulares, imperfecli dioici v. interdum perfecti, 

 in axillis foliorum superiorum sessiles, solitarii aut pauci aggre- 



