Characteres familiae. 



Loaseae Juss. in Ann. mus. V (1804) p. 18; D. C. Prodr. III, 339; 

 Camb. in SL Hil. Floi: Bras. nur. IL 150; Meissn. Gen. 125 (90); Endl. Gen. 

 p. 929; Gay Chil. II. 426; Schnizl. Iconogr. ad t. 199; Hook, in Benth. et Hook. 

 Gen. P/ant. I. 801; Pe Maont et Dcne. Trait. bot. p. 278; Griseb. Plant. Por. 

 p. 102 et Symb. Argent. p. 138; Frid. Phil. Cat. plant. Chil. 82; R. A. Phil, 

 in Anal. Univ. Chile LXXXV (1894) p. 5. — Poasinae Lk. Eniun. II (1822) 

 p. 72. — Loaseae verae H B. K. Nov. gen. VI (1823) p. 115. — Loasaceae 

 div. Poaseae Rchb. Consp. (1828) p. 160. — Loasaceae Lindl. Nat. Syst. II 

 ed (1836) p. 53 et leg. Kingd. 744; EichL Blüthendiagr. II. 448; Wats. Bibl. 

 Ind I. 389; Baill. Hist. plant. VIII. 458; Urb. in Jahrb. d. Berl. bot. Gart. 

 IL Mus. IV. S. 364 t. V, in Marl. Flor. Bras. XIII. p. III. fasc 106 p. 197 

 t. 53—57, in Ber. Deutsch, bot. Gesellsch. X. S. 220 et S. 259 t. XII, XIV; 

 Gilg in Engl.-Prayitl Nat. Pflanzen/am. III. 6" S. 100—121 c. /ig. xyL 



Fl res hermapliroditi homogami v. proterandri. Sepala 5, raro 4 

 V. 6 — 7, per aestivationem quincuncialiter sibi parum imbricata v. plerumque 

 aperta, inferne in tubum cum ovario coiinatum linearem, oblongum, turbi- 

 natum, breviter obconicum v. globulosum, rectum v. spiraliter tortum coalita 

 supra ovarium libera v. perbreviter connata herbacea, post antliesin fere 

 semper persistentia, saepe elongata, rarissime aliformi-excrescentia. Petala 

 cum sepalis alterna iisque numero aequalia, fauci calycis inserta, per aesti- 

 vationem quincuncialiter sibi imbricata v. dextrorsum contorta v. valvata, 

 libera, raro cohaerentia, rarissime in tubum coalita, planiuscula, concava, 

 naviculariformia v. cucullata, sessilia v. unguiculata decidua, raro per- 

 sistentia. Staminodia nulla v. ob via et cum petalis alternantia, nunc peta- 

 loidea, nunc subulata nuda v. antheram cassam v. lobulitbrmem gerentia, 



