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F A M. 121. VACCINIACE^. 



Frutices majores v. tenelli, sncco aqueo, foliis spnrsis, 

 integerr. dentatls, passim coriaceis et perennibus. Flores mo- 

 noclini, regiilares, solitarii v. racemosi: calyx adnatus, 4-5-6- 

 merus; coroUa alternans, decidua, tubulosa, urceolata , cam- 

 panulata v. rotata. lobfs 4 - 6 , novell. imbricatis. Stamina 

 dupla e toro epigyno, anlheris subbasifixis, passim elongatis, 

 bicornibus et biporosis. Ovarium 4-10-loculare, synstylum , 

 placentis axilibus, poly-monospermis. Amalthiea baccata v. 

 drupacea, coriacea, alata, locuhs 1 - «xj - spermis, raro fructus 

 siccus, hber et locuhcide 3-valvis; semina testa laevi v. rugosa, 

 embryone axili, albumini carnoso subiiequilongo ; (affinitas 

 quaedam c. Ericaceis) : — Argophyllum? Anthopterus ; Sjjhj' 

 Tospermuni^ Oxycoccus^ Vaccinium , ThihcuicVia, Gayhisacia^ 

 Agapetes, Ccratostemma.... Spec. nolse 180 DC. Prodr. 



FAM. 122. HALESIACE.«. nob. 



Frutices v. arbores Americae , Africae , Asiae , foliis sparsis 

 inlegerrim. v. dentatis, estipulatis, raro oppositis et perenni- 

 bus. Flores monoclini< axillar. , lateral. et terminales, soli- 



larii, cymosi v. thyrsoidei: calyxrn adnatus, 4-5-6-merus, 



quibusdam imbricato-bracteolatus ; corolla campanulata, 4-5- 

 6-Ioba v. rotata, parva et parapetalisaucta, novella irabricata<. 

 Stam. 5, 8, 16, co , e corolla ima, basi -\- — connata, an- 

 theris linearib. v. ovalibus. Omriujn innatum, 1-5-loculare, 

 synstylum, ovulis anatropis, solitar. pendul- v. confertis et su- 

 periorib. quartdoque erectis. AmaltJuea baccala, drupacea v. 

 follicularis; semina solitar. v. cc, albumine carnoso, embryone 

 minimo, v. aequilongo, cotyledonib. foliac. v. brevissimis. 



a. Halesiece: flores 4-5-meri, stamina 2-3-pIa, antheris 

 • oblongis; ovar. 4-5-Iocul., ovulis pend. et erectis; embryone 



aequilongo, phyllolobo : — Halesia, Pterostyrax. 



b. Symploccce: flores parvi< axill. solitarii, glomerati 

 V. corymbosi, 5-6-meri, quibusdam c. parastcmoQibus et im- 



