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Täuschung mit untergelaufen und ein Theil der Cotyledonen für 
Albumen gehalten worden seyn? 
MALVACEAE R. BROWN. 
MELIPHLEA ZUCCAR. ; 
Monadelphia das iin Linn. Syst. sex. 
Character differentialis, 
Calyx duplex, exterior primum clausus, demum irregulariter in 
lobos 2—3 dehiscens, interior 5partitus, intus basi disco mellifluo 
auctus. Petala 5. Stamina indefinita monadelpha. Styli circiter 
30 ad medium usque connati, stigmatibus decurrentibus, Carpella 
circiter 30 in orbem posita, capsularia, bivalvia, 4 —3-sperma. 
Character naturalis. 
Calyx duplex; exterior (involucrum) tubulosus, primum omnino 
clausus et alabastrum arcte investiens, demum irregulariter fissus in 
lobos 2—3 et marcescens; interior hypogynus, gamosepalus, 5 par- 
titus, persistens; tubus urceolatus intus disco nectarifluo obsolete 
quinquelobo auctus; laciniae erecto- patentes, lanceolatae, integerrimae 
aestivalione valyata. Corolla hypogyna, pentapetala; petala basi 
staminum tubo adnata, inaequilatera, semiobcordata, aestivatione con- 
voluta. Stamina hypogyna, indefinita, monadelpha, fiamentis pluri- 
serialis in tubum cylindricum „eonnalis,. antheris reniformibus. bilocu- 
laribus, polline globoso, muricato. varium superum, e carpellis 
compositum circiter 30, axi centrali affixis, unilocularibus ovula 2—4 
uniseriata fovenlibus; styli tot quot carpella, ad medium usque in 
tubum. connali, sursum liberi, tubo stamineo inclusi vel tandem apice 
prominentes, stigmatibus in latere interiore. decurrentibus vix in- 
erassatis tenuissime papillosis - apice. . truncatis vel | subemarginatis, 
Fructus carpella circiter. 30, unilocularia, dorso longitudinaliter 
