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ad apicern coalitis, apice tantiim tetramera, tubo brevi vel 

 elongato, basi aequali vel saccato vel calcarato, limbo ae- 

 qnaliter vel inaeqiialiter partito, explanato, saepissime recto, 

 bilabiato labio superiore bifido, inferiore trilobo, lobis ae- 

 stivatione irabricatis; stamina tnbo corollae inserta, typice 

 lobis ejusdem numero fiequalia et alterna, abortu aliquan- 

 do pauciora, unum omnino nuUum vel rudimentariura, duo 

 lateralia antherifera, dno antica inter se aequalia et anan- 

 thera vel deficientia, filamentis simplicibus vel basi appen- 

 dicibus dentiformibus vel filiformibus auctis, antheris bilo- 

 cularibus, loculis divaricatis vel confluentibus, longitudina- 

 liter dehiscentibus; ovarium liberum e carpidiis duobus con- 

 stans, uniloculare, ovulis indefinitis, anatropis, horizontali- 

 bus, adscendeutibus vel pendulis, raro subdefinitis et araphi- 

 tropis; siylus terminalis, simplex vel bifidus; stifpna simjdex, 

 integrum, bifidum vel complanatum;/rMe^M5' capsula, raro bac- 

 ca, bilocularis, interdum apice operculatira apertus, saepissi- 

 me bivalvis, valvis integris vel partitis; semina plurima, ra- 

 ro definita, testa solida, saepius scrobicnlata, interdum alata, 

 umbilico basilari; rhaphe et chalaza obsoletis, embryone or- 

 thotropo vel homotrope curvato, radicula teretiuscula, um- 

 bilico proxiraa, cotyledonibus brevissimis. Herbae vel suff^ru- 

 tices; caulis et rami teretes, enodi vel tetragoni et nodosi; 

 folia alterna, opposita vel verticillata, simplicia, integra vel 

 pinnato-partita, sessilia vel petiolata aut in caulem decurren- 

 tia; stipulae nullae. 



Endl. Gen. Pl. pag. 670. — Benth. in Bot. Beg. 21. — 

 Don. in Edinh. new. philosoph. Journ. XIX. 108. — Moris 

 Fl. Sard. 3. pag. 174.—Torn. Fl. Sic. pag. 420. 



Tribus I. ANTmRHINEAE 



Inflorescentia centripeta, uniformis; corolla tubulosa, sac- 

 cata vel calcarata; sfamina quatuor, didynama, antheris bi- 

 locularibus; capsula poris dehiscens; folia inferiora opposita 

 vel verticillata. 



Endl. Gen. PL pag. 673. — DC. Prodr. 10. pag. 188.^ 

 Chav. Monogr. Anihirrhin. Par. 1833. — Torn. Fl. Sic. 

 pag. 420. 



