35g 



Täuschung mit untergelaufen und ein Theil der Cotyledonen für 

 Albumen gehalten worden seyn? 



MALVACEAE R. BROWN. 



. MELIPHLEA ZUCCAR. 



Monadelphia Polyandria Linn. Syst. sex. 



Char acter differentialis. 

 Calyx duplex, exterior primum clausus, demum irregulariter in 

 lobos 2 — 3 dehiscens, interior 5partitus, intus basi disco mellifluo 

 auctus. Petala 5- Stamina indefinit» monadelpha. Styli circiter 

 30 ad medium usque connali , sligraatibus decurrentibus, Carpclla 

 circiter 30 in orbem posila, capsularia, bivalvia, \ — 3-spernia. 



Character naturalis. 



Caly.v 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, lanceolalae, integerrimae 

 aestivalione valvata. Corolla hypogyna, pentapetala: petala basi 

 staminum tubo adnata, inaequilatera, semiobcordata, aestivatione con- 

 voluta. Slainina hypogyna, indefinita, monadelpha, fdamentis pluri- 

 serialis in tubum cylindricum connatis, antheris reniformibus bilocu- 

 laribus, polline globoso, muricato. Ovarium superum, e carpellis 

 compositum circiter 30, axi centrali affixis, unilocularibus ovula 2 — 1^ 

 uniseriala fovenlibus; Styli tot quot carpella, ad medium usque in 

 lubum connati, sursum liberi, tubo stamineo inclusi vel tandem apice 

 prominentes, stigniatibus in latere interiore decurrentibus vix in- 

 crassatis tenuissime papillosis apice truncatis vel subemarginatis. 

 FriiCtus carpella circiter 30, unilocularia, dorso longitudinaliter 



