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imbricata. Stamina uniim v. quinque, calycis basi adnata, plerum- 

 que unicum, rarius duo v. Iria fertilia, reliqua abortiva v. rudi- 

 mentaria, petalis alterna aut opposita, fcrtile unicum petalo unico 

 saepissime hinc conligue alternum. Filamentum erectum, demuni 

 excrescens, apice in connectivum crassum, cordiforme, saepe 

 vertice cucullatum et marginibus introflexis ante anlhesim stylum 

 amplectens, dilatatum. Anthera introrsa, bilocularis, loculis ap- 

 positis, in alabastro bilocellatis, connectivi marglnij)us utrinque 

 longitudinaliter adnatis, plus minus sejunctis, longitudinaliter de- 

 hiscentibus. Germen plerumque liberum, sessile, triloculare. 

 Gemmulae tunc in loculis solitariae, geminae v. plurimae, angulo 

 centrali prope basini v. juxta totam longiludinem insertae, am- 

 phitropae, micropyle supera. Rarissime germen inferum, uni- 

 loculare, gemmulis duabus, e basi erectis, anatropis. Stylus 

 terminalis, simplex, sublrigonus, stigma capitato-trigonum v. ob- 

 solete trilobum. Frnctus capsularis, coriaceus v. lignosus, ovato- 

 trigonus, trilocularis, loculicide trivalvis, valvis medio septiferis, 

 rarius epicarpio valvatira secedente septicide dehiscens, colurana 

 centrali triquetra aut teretiuscula, aut saepius abbreviata, sub- 

 nulla, rarissime fructus inferus, indehiscens, unilocularis, mono- 

 spermus, calycis laciniis excrescentibus, aleformibus superatus, 

 Semitia in loculis solitaria, bina v. plura, columnae centralis fa- 

 ciebus V. imae basi inserta, adscendentia, depresso-bracteata v» 

 compressa, rhombea aut oblonga, hilo ventrali, integumento 

 charlaceo, duriusculo, toto ambitu in marginem, v. superne in 

 alam, saepius oblique truncatam expansa, in fruclu indehiscente 

 semen unicuni, e basi erectum, cylindricum, integumento mem- 

 branaceo, soluhili. Embryo exaJbuminosus, in generibus capsu- 

 laribus homotropus, cotyledonibus magnis, foliaceis, corrugato- 

 convolutis, radicula brevi, supera, in fructu monospermo inde- 

 hiscente orthotropus, cylindricus, cotyledonibus semicylindricis, 

 rectis, radicula brevissima, infera. 



G E N E R A. 



C0G7. Callisdiene Marl. et 7mcc. Cncnllaiia Schreb. 



CallisHienid Hprejig. Stnickeria LL Fl. 



€068. Arapliilochia Mart. 6072. Salvertia Ht. Hil. 



Agardlila Hpreng, - * 



ff069. Qualea Auhl. ^^^^ Eri.sma Rudg. 



6070. Schiichia Endl. Deljraea R6m. et Schult. 



6071. \ oc\\y HinJuss, Dittmaria S^ire/jg-. 



Yochy Aubl. ^ * 



Vochya Vandell, o. , ,«^ 



Salmoma xVefit. 6074. Lozania -SeS. 3/«;. 



Affinitas. De Vochysiacearuda, nulli plantarum ordini arcte affiniiim, 

 in systemate loco difficili.s qiiaestio est. Habitu aliquomodo ad Gutliferas ac- 

 cedere in aprico est, sed ab istis stamine calyci inserlo et flore regulari distin- 

 ctissimum apparet, a Polygaleis autem et A^iolarieis, quarum irregularitatem 

 a.liquomodo aemulatur, petalorum iiumero, slaminis situ, fructus seminisque 

 fabri«a et facie longissime recedit. Combretaceis corolla et stamimbus caly^i 



