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trivalvatim rumpente, fusco-lulescenle, parum hyalina, formata. Fovilla viscido- 

 liquida hyalina. 



Ovarium foliorum inore praesertini basi accrescens, superuui, e carpidiis 3—6 

 compositum, fere semper stipiti abbreviato cum tubo staniinali connato, ab axi pedi- 

 celli parum extus declinato, apice aequali v. pulvinato-dilatato, inipositum, v. rarius in 

 calyce sessile. Carpidia slylis el stigmatibus dislinctis destitula, saepissime in ovarium 

 3— 4-gonum, 3 — 4-dcntaluni, uniloculare, multiovulatum, ante et post foecundationem 

 apice hians connata, cujusplacenl ae parietales, multiovulatae, tot quot dentes et iis al- 

 ternae, marginales; carpidia inter dentes intus lobulalo-reflexa et ibi a dentibus usque ad 

 placenlas secus margines lobulorum inllexorutn turgidorum papilloso- et glutinoso- 

 stigmatosa; — v. inter se libera: in Astrocarpo intus longitrorsum hiantia, sub apice 

 cucullato-incrassata (dorso gibbosa), uniovulala, placenta nerviformis ventralis; v. in 

 Caylusea circa apicem gynophori cylindrici supra tubum staminalem gracile elongati 

 insidentia, vacna, intus a basi usque fere ad apicem hiantia. ventricoso-navicularia, 

 hie placenta depresso-centralis, circ. 12— 18-ovulata. 



Ovula campylitropa, e tegumentis duobus et nucleo composita, saepissime in 

 placentis parietalibus 2— 4-serialia numerosa, sessilia; v. in Astrocarpo solitaria, 

 pendula, radicula supera; v. in Caylusea in placenta depresso-centrali pulviniformi 

 apicem gynophori obvallante ereeta, circ. 12—18, radicula infera, carpidia speetans. 



Fructus (Coilocarpium Rchb.j subcapsularis, evalvis, siecus, coriaeeo-membra- 

 naceus. aperlus,v. rarissime carnoso-sueculentus el clausus, quoad forinam inter de- 

 presso-globosam et clavato-cylindricain varians. 



Semina reniformia v. subhippoerepieu . numerosa, in Astrocarpo solitaria, in 

 Caylusea saepe abortu tot quot carpidia, scrobiculala v. levia; radicula hylo plus 

 minus ve approximata, quam inier et hylum, praesertini si levia, saepe massa spon- 

 gioso-cellulosa tumefaeta ab epidermide leeta subalbido-carunculata. Epidermis mem- 

 branacca, hyalina. lenuissima irregulariter flexuoso-subrliombeo-cellulosa, in semi- 

 nibus scrobiculatis facile solubilis, in levibus aretius testae adhaerens. Testa crustaeea 

 v. levissima v. plus minusve profunde scrobiculala a pallide ochroleuco in luteo-fus- 

 ciiiii v. nigrum colorata. Endopleura tenuis v. raro crassiuscula et carnosula albida. 



Albumen nullum. Iltijus loci interdum massa albida carnosulo-pulveracea, a 

 tinetura Jodina non in coeruleum colorata, embryonem involvens invenitur, quae a 

 i saeco embryonali (cellulae endospermicae) originem ducit. 



Embryo dicotyledoneus. arcuatus, cavitatem subreplens v. in pseudo-aibuniine 



