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noclini, regulares < , ebracteati, ssepiiis laterales, cymosi — 

 solitarii v. numerosi, calyce lib. 5-4-6-mero, persistente omni 

 V. imo, passim , accrescente; corolla hypogyna, tubo brevi v. 

 elongato, limbo calyci isomero, novello plicato-valvato, raro 

 convolutivo. Stamina e tubo, isomera et alterna, antheris 

 normal., basi-dorsifixis, quibusd. coalitis et acroschizis. Om- 

 rium e carpophyllis 2, dextro et sinistro, conflatum, synsty- 

 lum, 2-IocuIare, rarius 3-4-5-IocuIare, a septis accessoriis v. 

 carpophyUis, numero auctis, placentis linearib., hemisphsericis 

 V. bilamellatis, ovulis oo amphitropis <. Capsula bilocularis, 

 septicida v. septifraga, bivalvis, ssepe haccata^ indehisc. et in- 

 duviata, rarius operculata, v. 3-4-5-IocuIar. et fruct. drupa- 

 ceus. Semina co et reniformia, a latere v. dorso compres- 

 sa, ovata v. oblonga, hilo ventrali, testa crustacea <, album. 

 carnoso, emljr. annulari, arcuato, terete, excentrico — v. re- 

 cto, axili V. phyllolobo. — Spec. 1000.^ 



a. Cuscutece: caule filiformi, fere aphyllo, volubili, ope 

 haustoriorum parasitante; flor. 5-4-meris, giomeratis v. spica- 

 lis et schizostylis <, coroUa marcescente, passim squamulis 

 internis stipata, ovulis geminis collateral., erectis; capsula bi- 

 locularis, basi circumscissa, -^-S-sperma, embryone filiformi, 

 indiviso, circa albumen carnosum spiraliter convoluto, radi- 

 cula infera: — Cuscuta^ Lej)idanche. 



b. Solanece noh^ (Curvembryae Miers,) : embryo ar- 

 cuatus, annularis v, spiralis; capsula, quibusd. operculata, v, 

 bacca : — H)'0scja7?ius, Anisodus, ScopoUa; — Hatura^ Solan- 

 dra; — Jochroma, Nicajidra, Phjsalis, Sarracha^ Withcringia^ 

 Cajjsicum, Solammi^ Pionancha^ Ljcojjersicum, Mandra^ora, 

 Atrojja^ Scdpichroa^ Ljcium^ Dunalia.,.. 



c. Petuniece noh, ( Rectembryas Miers, ): embryo fere 

 rectus, brachylob. v. phyllolobus; ovar. quibusd, stipitatum; 

 capsula V, bacca bilocularis, semina passim triquetra et pauca: — 

 Lchjnannia, ISicotiana, Pctunia, Vestia; — Fahiana, Nierem' 

 hergia; — Cestrum^ (HahrothamnusJ; — Sesscea, Meitermchia,.., 



