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b. Phylicece: frutic. inermes, passim ericoidei, fol. altern. 

 amaltlisea sicca aptcra: — Walpersia, Pliylica, Soulangia^ 

 Crjptandra.... Pomadcrris^ TrymaliLun. 



c. Hhamnece: frut. arb., fol. altern. (v. oppos.}, nuce, 

 drupa V. capsnla liberis v. semilibcris: — VenWago., Paliarus\ — 

 Zizyphas, Condalia, Berchemiaj Hofcnia, Rhamnus., Noltea^f 

 Ccanothus , Coluhrina., Alphitonia... 



d. Coll et i ece: fruticcs, ramis spinese., fuliis deeussatls 

 V. subnullis; fruetu sublibero, sieco, aptero: — Collctia^ DiS' 

 caria^ Adolphia., lictanilla... 



Ordo II Porliilacastra. 



Gynoeceum 1-20-pliyllum, calyci 2-20-mero innntum v. 

 liberum, saepius cseptatum; ovula 1-go , funiculis liberis v. 

 in plaecntas pariet. v. centrales coalitis; anlhemium passim 

 depauperat. V. exuberans; sem. albuminosa <. Habitus et flores 

 valde variabiles. 



F A M. 14G. PORTULACACEiE, 



Herba3 ann. v. perennes et frutices, foliis alternis v. op- 

 posilis, basi connatis, fascieulato - subverticillatis, plus minus 

 carnosis ; stipulae O v. scariosae, setaeeo - fimbriatiie. IFlorcs 

 monoclini, term. v. axilL, cymoso-solitarii, fascieulati v. race- 



mosi. Calyx lib. v. adnatus, sepabs h conuatis, 2-5, per- 



sist. V. deciduis, novellis imbricatis, passim coneavis, carinatis 

 V. mucronatis; torus epi-perigvn. v. obsoletus. Pelala O v. 

 j-A-C — plura, magna v. minima, quibusdr.m basi coalila. Sta- 

 mina bypo-peri-epigyna, mono-polycycla v. pauca, antberis 

 normabbus. Ovariuni sessile bber. v. innatum, 1-20-loculare, 

 stylis totidem, ovulis ampbitropis, sobtar. v. cQnfertis, funi- 

 culis longis v. Jjrevib., liberis v. in placcntam centralem 

 connatis, ramis libcris v. p.irietibus ovarii adnalis. Utriculus., 

 pyxidiujn^ capsula v. amallhoea 1-20 -locularis, loculicida <, 



