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lonia* calyces bracleolis involucrati : — Mitreola , Spigelia ; 

 Usle7ia\ LahorcUa\ Ant.onia\ Gardneria\ Ignatia, Str^chnos.... 



F A M. 150. V I X C A C E .« noh. 



Hbae perennes, friitic. passim volubiles v. arbores, sncco 

 }acteo< , foliis integris, integerrim., oppositis, estipulat.<, 

 rarius verticill, sparsis v. hebetalis. Flores monoclini, cymosi, 



conferli V. solitarii, sirpius axillarcs : sepala 5(^l) -i connata, 



nov. imbric. <; coroUa 5-mera<, saepe parapetalis variis aucta, 

 noT. contorta v. valvata; stamina 1-cycla (5-4), inter se, cum 

 corolla V. sligmate cohaerenlia , anther. bilocular. introrsis, 

 polliniis discrelis v. conferruminatis. Ovariiim diphyllum, 

 bi-uniloculare , styhs perfecte v. sursum connatis , stigmate 

 plus minus crasso, .ssepe pentagono et retinacuh*s pollinario- 

 rum c. antheris ahernantibiis praedito, ovulis co <, amphi- 

 V. anatropis, .sfepius penduhs. Folliculi gemini (raro sohtar.), 

 quibusd. in capsulam , baccam v. drupam effigurali; sem. 

 nuda V. comosa, album. carnoso, corneo v. O, embr. phyllo- 

 Iobo<. Spec. 1660 DC Tribus v. familiee 2, vix ullis noli.s 

 perfecte dislinctae: 



A. Asci.rriADF.AE s. Stapeliariae. Hbae, v. frutic. pas- 

 sim volubiles, raro arbores, fol. opposit., qLiibusd. suppre.ssis, 

 verlicillat. stipulat. v. ascidiomorphis. Flores extrnxillares v. 

 axillar., cymoso-umbcllati, rarius racemosi v. solitarii : calyx 

 basi intus 5-lO-adenus<, corolla rotata , rarius campanulata 

 v. hypocrateroidea , .saepe ad sinus glandulis v. parapetalis va- 

 riis praedila. Androeccum basi corollae adnatum et symme- 

 rum. < (gynostegiiim ovaria includens), antheris 5 c. appen- 

 dicibus lateral. et apicalib. variis, poUine in massas 5-10-20 

 caudiculatas conferruminato. Stigma crassum, stylis duobus 

 commune ( .stylotegium ), discoideum, 5-gonum, ad angulos 

 corpusculis cartilagineis (retinaculis) c. antheris alternantibus 

 €t massas pollinicas v. earum caudiculas retinentibus instruc- 

 lum, c. mamraub centrali biloba, v. coniciim-integrum v. 2- 



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