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dodendrum^ Meniscosta^ Jodes^ Spirospermum ^ Trichoa^ Cosci- 

 niuTUy Jnamirta^ Cissa?npehs; — {Natsiatum et Phjtocrene?), 



Ordo II. Asarastra. 



Caulis passim nodosus et fasciculis ligneis disjunctis; folia 

 integra, fissa v. O; flor. epigyni, perigonio ligulato magno v. 

 3-10-mero, 1-2-cyclo, antheris extrorsis, perischiz. v. valvatis, 

 ovario 1-6-Ioculari, ovulis anatrop, ©o-l; amalthaea 1- co-sper- 

 ma; embryo varius, albumine copioso v. O. (An ISepenthes 

 hujus ordinis — et Cassjta Laurinis reddenda?). 



F A M. 85. A R I S T O L O C H I A C E iE. 



Hbae caudice repente v. contracto, tuberoso, et frutices, 

 passim volubiles et aromatici, ligno ezonato, caule nodoso- 

 articulato ■< ; foliis integris v. pedatifidis, venosis et pedatiner- 

 viis, rarius stipulalis. Flores epigyni, axillares, solitarii, fasci- 

 culati V. racemoso-cymosi, monoclini -«^l , perigonio tubuloso 

 1-2-3-lobato, passim amplissimo, deciduo, v. regulari, 5-5-6- 

 fido, persistente. Androeceum antheris 6-12(5,9,40), bilocu- 

 laribus, extrorsis -^, sessilibus et stylo adnatis, toro quando- 

 que mediante, v. liberis, brachynemis, apiculatis. Ovariwn 

 innatum, 6-5-4-Ioculare, ovulis <X! centralibus, 1-2-seriatis, 

 horizontalib. v. adscend., anatropis ; stylo brevi, 3-4-6-lobo. 

 Amalthc^a 3-^-6-foiIicuIaris, septicida, v. baccata; semina co, 

 rarius subsolitaria , angulata, bracteata, albumine carnoso v. 

 subcorneo, embryone minimo, cotyledonilius ante germinatio- 

 nem vix manifestis: — Asarum^ Heterotropa ^ Aristolochia y 

 Bragantia^ Thottea; Trichopodium? 



Affinitas qucedam c. Menispermac. Cucurbitac. Nepenthac, 

 Tamaceis ct Rafflesiaceis. 



F A M. 84. B E G O N I A C E iE. 



Hbse annuae v. frutices exotici, caule ramis et petiolis 

 nodoso-articulatis, succo aqueo, acidulo, radicibus quarundam 



