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/?. Calligoncce: frutio. subaphylli, perigonio 5-mei'o, in 

 fructu reflexo, 12-15-anclro, 4.gyno, nucleo 4-Iobo, embr. 

 axili: — Pterococcus^ Calligonum^ Calliphjsa. 



y. Coccolobece: arbores , perigonio 5-mero, in fructu 

 baccato et connato, 8-ancIro, 5-gyno, nucleo 6-lobo, ruminalo, 

 embr. axili? — Coccoloha. 



8. Triplaridcce: frutic. arbores mono-diclines, perigonio 

 6-mero, 6-9-andro, 3-gyno, sepalidiis in fructu accrescentibus, 

 erectis, fructu liljero 5-gono v. 6-lobo: — Podopterus^ Tjiplaris^ 

 Jiuprechtia. 



d. B r u n n i c h i e ae : frutices volubiles, cirrhosi, peri- 

 gonio 5-mero, 8-10-andro, o-gyno, ovulo pendulo e funiculo 

 basilari libero, tandem erecto, nucleo 6-lobo, embr. excen- 

 trico: — Brunnichia; — AntigononP 



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Frutices sarmentosi, tenaces, ligno passim ezonato, foliis 

 alternis, integris, palmatis v. peltatis, stipulatis (ut Polygonac. 

 frutesc). Flores diclini, plerumque racemosi, paniculati, mi- 

 nuti; sepala decidua 1-20, mono — pentacycla, sequalia v. inae- 

 qualia, homo-dimorpha (sepalidia ct petalidia solitaria, bina, 

 5-4-5"^). Sta?nina sepalis opposita et numero aequalia v. plu- 

 ra, libera v. connala, antheris extrc^rsis, l-2->^-IocuIar., trans- 

 versim v. longitrorsum dehiscentibus — v. introrsis. Ovarium 



1 excentricum, tandem h curvatum, v. 2-3, 4, 6, 8, li- 



bera v. connata, passim gynophoro brevi sublata ; ovula so- 

 litaria, parietalia, amphitropa, micropyle supcra, rarius infera ; 

 styli o , simpl. v. 3-fidi , in ovariis curvatis demum basila- 

 res, stigm. simpl. capitato v. bifido. Dnijja soHtaria, -+- — 

 curvala, v. syncyclium 2-3-drupaceum v. 8-caryum. Semen 

 rect. V. arcuatum, testa tenui, quibusdam anfractuosa, albu- 

 mine carnoso, parco v. O ; cotyledones lineares v. latae, saepe 

 disjunctae, quibusdam longissimae, spiraliter convolutae, radic. 

 brevi : — Agdestis, Menispermum, Pselium^ Cocculus, Chon- 



