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Reneahnias americanas, a!) Alpiniis asiaticis genere forfassis non sejiin- 

 genilas, Peruaiiis, impriniis Maynensihus 3Iicli{iui-Panque Cfolium odoriferuui") 

 audire, lierljani aroniatioani contusam ailversus membrorum dolores et refrigeria 

 adhiljeri, Poppigius narrat. 



Ordo SJXIX. CaBinaceae. 



Herbae radice fibrosa, rarins rhizomate repente perennan- 

 tes, caule sinipHci v. apice raraoso, e foliornm vaginis, scapum 

 anibienlibus conflato. Folia alterna, simplicia, peliolo basi va- 

 ginante apice saepe nodoso-incrassato, genlculato, lamina plana, 

 lata, integerrima, nervo medio valido, utrinque nervulos seciin- 

 darios simplicissimos, parallelos, obliquos v. transversos, apice 

 incurvos exserente. Flores perfecti, irregulares, terminales v. e 

 foliorum vaginis laterales, racemosi v. paniculati, bracteis suflCulti. 

 Perigonium duplex, utrumque superum, exterius (calyx) herba- 

 ceum, triphyllum, interius cnrollinura (corolla) sexpartitum, laci- 

 niis biseriatis, exterioribus subaequalibus, interioribus plns minus 

 inter se dissimilibus, varie cohaerentibus, nonnullis quandoque 

 minimis v. plane obliteralis. Stamen unicura coroHae laciniae 

 interiori laterali insertura ; filamentum filiforme v. lineare peta- 

 loideum, anthera loculo altero abortivo unilocularis, terminalis v. 

 filamenli lateri adnata, longitudinaliter dehiscens. Pollinis gra- 

 nula globulosa, laevia v. echinata. Germen inferum, nunc mono- 

 phyllum, uniloculare, gemmula basilari unica campylotropa, v. 

 triphyllura, carpophyllorum marginibus in dissepimenta introflexis 

 triioculare, gemmuiis intra loculos solitariis, e basi erectis cam- 

 pylotropis, v. plurimis in anguio centrali horizontalibus, anatropis. 

 Stylus crassiusculus uncinatus, v. linearis petaloideus: stigmale 

 terminali incrassato, v. laterali adnato. Capsula unilocularis, 

 interdum baccata, v. trilocularis, loculicide trivalvis. Semina in 

 loculis solitaria uncinato-subglobosa, v. plurima anguiato-sub- 

 globosa, integumento coriaceo, duro, hilo basilari excavaro-im- 

 presso, exarillato. Alhumen farinaceum v. subcorneum, cavitate 

 homotropa (i. e. recta v. uncinata) pro embryonis leclulo exscul- 

 ptum, interdum cavitatibus piuribus parallelis, centrali soluni 

 embryonifera. Embryo in serainibus anatropis orthotropus, axilis, 

 albuniini subaequilongus, extreraitate radiculari albunien perfo- 

 rante, hiluni atlingente, cotyledonalis apice subinflexo, in semini- 

 bus campylotropis nunc homotropus, uncinatus, extremitate radi- 

 culari hilura altingenle, cotyledonali lectuli embryonalis crus 

 alterura plus minus replente, nunc rectus, totus in lectuli crure 

 radiculari localus, cavitatis crure altero vacuo, unde respectu 

 axeos serainis excenlricus. 



G E N E R A. 



16 41. TIialia/v?ra//. 1642. Maranta P/«//t. 



Peronia DC. 



