82 MONIMIAGEAE. mommiackak. 



uniloculari v. soplis annslomosantib. in locnlos pervios divisa, parietib. 

 crassis , carnosis aul tenualis, liberis v. cum ovariis coalitis. 



Androccum : Stamina numero indefinita et vulgo copiosissima, nunc, 

 sc. ap. Monimiaceas diclines, tolam perigonii paginam indivisam ves- 

 tientia, nunc illius faucern tantummodo tenenlia. .stipalissima, inter se 

 autem semper libera, iotrorsa v. extrorsa, crecta v. introrsum curvata, 

 breviter exserta v. lola inclusa, plerumq glaberr., interd. tamen tomen- 

 tosa, pollinifera omnia v. pro p. in staminodia commutata; filam. linea- 

 rib. exilibusq. v. membranac- dilalatis et petaloideis, elongatis v. bre- 

 vissimis et quidem subnullis, modo nudis exappendiculatis , modo ap- 

 pendicib. 2 crassis capilatis discoideis v. membranaceis, pr. basin aut 

 in medio , inslructis; anth. continua, 2-loba, ovata, elliptica, reniformi, 

 oblonga v. lineari, utplurimum tota fulcimini adnala, rarius partim libera, 

 modo rimis 2 parallelis discretisque v. confluentib. dehiscente, modo 

 valvas 2 discretas aut partim coalitas, e basi ap. versus solutas erec- 

 tasq., s. a latere connectivo continuas et late expansas dimiltente; 

 polline pulvereo, luteo, e granulis sphaericis v. ovatis, levibus aut tu- 

 berculosis, 1-loculanb. et liberis. 



Staminodia staminibus ordine interiora, alia filamenla ananthera im- 

 minula, alia mentita petala ; quaedam anlheras dimidiatas gerentia. 



Gynaeceum: Carpidia ovato-oblonga v. linearia, copiosissima, numero 

 indelinita, 1-locularia et singulatim 1-ovulata, inter se libera intimisque 

 perigonii parielib. inserta (sessilia), rarissime in iisd. parielib. maxime 

 incrassatis tota nidulantia et c. illis coalita ; slylis lge. linearib. ap. in- 

 tegris tenuatisq., liberis v. p?.rtim inter se aut simul c. calycis fauce 

 angustata coalitis. Ovulum ovatum v. obovatum prorsus anatropum, 

 ereclum v. pendulum, funiculo quasi indistincto. 



Fructus singuli, modo ex drupis constipatis, perigonio accreto car- 

 noso v. subexsucco ac pene ligneo inclusis, aut receplaculo aperlo in- 

 sidenlib., sesjilib. aut breviss. stipitalis, modo ex acheniis calyceitidem 

 accreto, sed tenui membranaceo v. suberoso, immersis sessilibusq., 

 perigonio cujuslibet nalurae debito lempore varie scisso, expanso fru- 

 clusque inclusos prodente. Drupae nnnc subexsuccae, nunc pulpa car- 

 nosa glandulis odoris foeta et nonnunquam succo saturate colorato 

 scalente donatae, slyli relitiuiis onustae v. stigmatis sessilis vestigio 

 terminali s. laterali signatae; putamine aut corneo tenuiq., aut ligneo v. 

 osseo, leve aut scrobiculato et varie asperato. Ach. e nucleo ovato, 

 exiguo, styloq. persistente lineari-lerminali v. nonnihil lalerali longiss. 

 aristato, et lata copiose longeque piloso-sericea. 



Semen in drupis a putamine discretum, in acheniis contra pericarpio 

 tenui adnatum; tegminib. membranaceis tenuissimis et siccis. Albumen 

 majorem totius molis seminis partem sistens, carnosum, licet quando- 

 que, ut videtur, parce oleosum, colore albiduni, luteolum v. cinna- 

 momeum (sallem arefactum). Embryo rectus, axin perispermii lenens, 

 saepiss. minimus et quasi abortivus, e radicula (caudiculo) tereti hilo 

 proxima et cotyledonib. 2-ovatis v. orbicularibus, applicatis aut divari- 

 catis; gemmula inconspicua. — 



Elsi longe abest quin copia generum Monimiacear. lanta adhuc eva- 

 serit ut botanico inquirenti, ne tironi quidem v. minimam difficullatem 

 moveat, expedit tamen, volente caelerum legitima consueludine, eorum 

 clavim synopticam diagnosi praecedenli supponere. 



