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flores epiphylli (Cornus canad,, Ilelwingia), dioeci, apetali, 

 diplostemones. Omrium 2-3-1-Iocnl., synsfylum < , toro epi- 

 g) no, ovulis solitariis, pendulis, analropis. Jmalthece drupa- 

 cv?c, V. nuculifer.ie, discretae v. counatae (sorosus); sem. soli- 

 laria, testa coriacea, allDum. carnoso; embryo aequilongus < 

 pliyllolobus, rad. supera. — Spec. 50? 



a. Grubhiece. ^ stenophyllae, apetalae, diplostemones , 

 micrembryae: — Gruhbia^ Ophira. 



b. Cornece^ fol. elliptic. v. lanceol., stam. monocyclis: — 

 Cormis, Bejithajnia^ Curtisia; — Aucuha^ Mastixia? Corohia. 



c. HeUvijigiece^ fol, altern. stipulatis, flor. dioecis, ape- 

 talis, epiphyllis, 3-4-meris: — Helwingia. 



F A M. V\h. P A R R O T I A C E iE. 



Frutic. arbores, pube slellata <, foliis stipulalis et alter- 

 nis <, inlegris, passim cosLatis, nervosis, sinuoso-dentalis y. 

 sublobatis. Flor. monoclini, axili. v. term., cymosi — glomerati 



V. spicali, quibusd. proecoces v. polygamo-dioeci: calyx h 



adnatus, lobis 4-5', nov. valvatis <, v. truncatus 5-7-10 

 denticnlatus; petala O v. alterna, passim spathulata v. linearia 

 et lorlilia. Stamina monf)cycI.i sepalina, saepe parastemonib. 

 petalinis auctn,brtvia, v. elongata et polycycla, antheris valvatis, 

 perischizis, campyloschizis v. normalib. Ovarium biloculare et 

 distylum <, ovula anatropa, pend. solitaria, in Bucklandia 

 ovnlis imperfectis superis 5 aucta. Amalthcea v. capsula se- 

 railibera, coriacea v. su])lignosa, bilocularis, disperma (c. pa- 

 raspermiis), apice septi — ct rachicida, endocarpio elastice 

 solubili (Alangieis amalth. drupacca 1-2-sp.). Sem. nitida, al- 

 bumine carnoso, oleoso v. subcartilagineo; embryo subaequi- 

 longus, phyllolobus. — Spec. i?'l? 



a. HamajnelecB: ovula solilaria , fior. ^-D-mcri, com- 

 pkri, stamina i-cycla c. parastemon. <: — Tjirhocladus, 

 Dieoryphey Coj-ylopsis^ Hamajnclis. . . 



