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läppen abwechseindcn Stanbgefässe unbestreitbar den Poleinoiiia- 

 iugewiescn. 



IV. TROCHOSTIGMA SIEB. ET ZüCCAR. 



Polyandria (Polijffamia) Monogtpiia Linn. Syst. sex. 

 Famil. natiir. Ternströmiaceae Mirb.? 



Hennapbrodita vel rariiis polygama. Cahjx hypogynius, quin- 

 queparlitus, persisleu.s, laciiiiis inaequalibus coriaceis horis^ontaliter 

 patenljbus, aestivatione imbricatis. 



Corolla Lypogyna, regularis, peiitapetala decidua; petala ses- 

 silia, subinaequilatera, obovato - saborbicularia , horizoutaliter pateo- 

 tia, aestivalioue imbricata. 



Stam'ma hypogyiia, iiidefinita, pluriseriata, numerosa, inter se 

 libera; filamenfa filiformia, glabra; antherae parum supra basin affi- 

 xae, e basi sagittato-cordata ovatae vel deltoideae, auticae, quadri- 

 loculares, longitudiualiter qnadrivalves. 



Ovarittm superuni, sessile, subglobosura, 30 — 40-loculare ovu- 

 \\a in quovis loculo pluribus in angulo centrali uniseriatis, horizonta- 

 libu.s anatropis. Stylus terniinalis brevis cyliudricus, crassus. 'S'^«^- 

 inata tot qnot locula, 30 — 40, radiatim expausa, linearia, obtu.sa, 

 superne canaliculata , apice et in utroque margine dense ac -teuere 

 papulosa, persistentia. In floribus polygamis stamina sunt completa, 

 pLstilll rudimentum rix conspicuum. 



Bacca globosa vel elliptiea, coriaceo - carnosa subcortieata, 

 30 — 40-locuIariä septis ipembranaceiä in ceotro fructus confluenti- 



