Sg6 ED. FENZL MONOGRAPHIE DER MOLLÜGINEEN. 



Character naturalis. 



Herbae, suffrutices, lansslme frnfices , caule ramisque plurimum diffusis , teretibus ant 

 rarius angnlatis, laevissimis v. cum reliquis partibus pube simplici tereti v. piano - compressa, 

 plus minusve densa , rarius glandulosa , rarissime stellata , subinde malpighiaceo-biacuminata 

 adpressa v. papulis cryslallinis consilis. Folia alterna v. subopposila, rarissime opposita connato- 

 vaginantia, integra, e forma capillari, angustissime lineari-lanceolata ac elliptica, plana et tere- 

 tiuscule-carnosa, in obovalam, obcordatam ac orbicularem, cylindricam, gibbosam, triquelram 

 et ovoideo-trigonam abeuntia, sessilia v. breviter petiolata, uninervia venosa v. facie ener- 

 via avenia. Stipulae laterales , subinde nuHae v. ititegerrimae subulatae , setaceae sive capilla- 

 ceae v. fimbriatae , rarissime axillares, in pilorum aut filamentorum fasciculos solutae v. sca- 

 rioso-foliaceae integrae folia omnino occultantes. 



Flores hermaphroditi in inflorescentia indeterminata centrifuga semet explicanles , per 



cymas terminales axillaresve , nunc simplicissimas v. regulariter iterato 2 5-chotome divisas, 



nunc racemiformes v. in fasciculos aut umbellulas conlractas dispositi , rarius solitarii , termi- 

 nales V. axillares sparsi , rarissime in cymulis per paria in rachide aphylla decussatim sejunctis 

 thyrsumque mentientibus conferti. 



Calyx vel disepalus deciduus vel persistens 2 5fidus sive partitus, sepalis laciniisve per 



aestivationem simpliciter v. quincunciatim imbricatis , intus plerumque coloratis , saepe petalöi- 

 deis integerrimis , rarissime fimbriatis , apice subinde cucculatis. 



Pe1ala\e\ nuUa vel 4 — 6, rarissime plura, discreta v. ima basi snbcoalita, rarissime in 

 lubum brevem connata, tenerrima, per nliquas horas solum sole fervente semel evigilantia, 

 mox apice contorto gelatinöse confluentia , alba, flava v. purpurea. 



Stamina inter se libera , hypogjiie v. profundius altiusve calycis basi sive tubo perigyne 

 inserta, modo definita , sepalorum v. laciiiiarum numero aequali duplo aut triplo, rarissime 

 pauciora, modo indefinita, polymeria, aequabiliter disposita sive in phalanges 3 — 5 congesta, 

 phalangibus tarn , quam fllamentis seriei primae semper petalis oppositis et unguiculis sive la- 

 ciniis illorum adnatis v. florum apetaloriim sepalis alternis, uno alterove tantum sepalo excen- 

 trice opposito ubi calycis segmentis numero pauciora. Aniherae introrsae , niedio dcrso v. 

 infra apicem affixae, biloculares, didymae, loculis longitudinaliler dehiscentibus. Pvllinis gn- 

 nula ellipsoidea , glaberrima , trisulcata , sulcis medio foratis. 



Ovarium sessile, liberum, rarissime calycis tubo adnatum, 1 8-loculare. Ovulum v. uni- 



cum , funicido e fundo ovarii erecto libero v. abortu alterius loculi lateri comraissurali semiad- 

 nato appensum, v. phira iij loculis modo solitaria, niodopauca, modo indefinita, basi v. tota 

 longitudine placentae centralis per funiculos distinctos affixav. ex ejus apice pendula, amphitropa, 

 micropyle modo basim modo apicem ovarii respiciente. Stylus terminalis solitarius 2 — 8-fidus 

 sive partitus v. distincti aut Stigmata totidem, cruribus stylisque intus longitudinaliter papillo- 

 sis, faciebus stigmatosis plerumque revolutis, rarissime indivisus stigmate capitato. 



Frudtis mono- v. polyspermus, capsularis, 1 5- rarissime 6 8-locularis, o\oideusaut 



lenticularis , obverse conicus aut pyramidatus , truncatus , depressus , membranaceus , char- 

 taceus , pergaraeneus v. siiblignosus, circumscisse-, valvatim- v. ad angulos inferius tantum 

 lorulicide-dehiscens, raro indehiscens, valvulis indivisis. medio frequentissime septiferis , ra- 

 rissime calyce adhaerente carnosulo drupaceus v. nucamentaceus indehiscens , ad angulos cor- 

 nutus V. verticaliter 3 5-alatus. 



