v. rarissime regulärem annuliforniem. vulgo papillosum, dilatatus, apice circa gyno- 

 phorum urceolato-depressus. 



Stamina hypogyna, 10— circ. 40; ülamenta basi inter se et cum gynoplioro 

 connata, supra discum v. omnino libera v. rarius brcvissime cohaerentia, lineari-su- 

 bulala, raro sub conneclivo modice dilatata, parte libera decidua v. longe sub fructu 

 persistentia; antberae 4-loculares, denium dissepimentis resorptis, biloculares et ad 

 latera longiludinaliter birimoso-dehiscentes , subovoideae obtusae basi subcordatae, 

 leves v. apice tuberculato-asperae. Grana pollinis ellipsoidea v. subglobosa longi- 

 trorsum profunde 3-sulcata, levia, e membrana simplici fovillam iacludente formata, 

 secus sulcos, V70— V30""" diametro majore aequantia. 



Ovarium (foliorum niore) praesertim basi accrescens , uniloculare, ante et post 

 foecundationem apice bians, obtuse 3 — 4-gonum, apice 3— 4-dentatum, inter dentes 

 turgidos inflexo-lobulatum et bic secus margines inflexos a dentium apicibus usque 

 ad placentas papilloso-sligmatosum; quoad formam inter globosam et clavato-cylindri- 

 cam varians. Placentae parietales cum dentibus ovarii alternantes, a basi usque ad 

 lobulos indexos (stigmata) extensae v. raro superne bifurcatae et supra lobulorum 

 apicem productae. 



Ovula campylitropa, sessilia. pendula, 1— 4-serialia, numerosa; radicula ar- 

 cuato-supera. 



Capsula polymorpha, apice hians, sicca, membranacea v. subcoriacea, semper 

 polysperma. 



Semina subrotundato-reniformia, radicula bylo plus minusve approximata, inter- 

 dum inter eam et hylura massa spongioso-cellulosa tumefacta epidermidem haud rum- 

 pente albido-notata. Epidermis lenuis, irregulariter flexuoso-cellulosa; testa crusta- 

 cea, levis v. scrobiculata et tum epidermide laxius tecta; endopleura tenuis v. cras- 

 siuscula albida, interdum cavitatem massa albida, a tinctura Jodina non coeruleo-co- 

 lorata, subcarnosulo-pulveracea replens et albumen simulans. 



All) 11 111 en nulluni. 



Embryo cavitatem saepius subreplens v. in pseudo-albumine nidulans, cotyle- 

 dones incumbentes, semicylindricae, radiculam cylindricam subaequantes. Plumula nulla. 



Herbae annuae v. biennes v. rarius perennes, per totam zonam lemperatam et 

 subtropicam orbis terrarum anliqui sponte crescentes; semipedales v. pedales v. 

 1—2—3—6 pedales, plus minusve raniosae, foliosae. Folia simplicia, integra v. ter- 

 nato- v. bi-tri-ternato-incisa , v. pinnatifido- v. bipinnatilido-incisa. Inflorescentia 



