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nunc squsTmiformia, squama singula e stamiuodiis plerumque 3, raro 4 — 7 

 conflata, forma valde varia, dorso filis saepius 3, raro 4 — 6, nunc deficientibus 

 notata, intus nectarigera et staminodiis 2 rarissime 4 filifonnibus v. subu- 

 latis clausa. Stamina raro definita 5 sepalis opposita v. 10, rarissime 

 abortu 2, plerumque indefinita 15 — ^, serielius 1 v. pluribus nunc continuis, 

 nunc ope staminodiorum interruptis, si epipetala tantum bene evoluta, ante 

 authesin fasciculatim in petalorura concavitate sita, deinde singulatim sese 

 erigentia; filamenta cum petalis inserta, rarissime tubo corollae adnata, 

 filiformia; autherae ovatae, oblongae v. lineares, nunc didymae, biloculares, 

 rarissime uniloculares, lateraliter v. pauUo magis intus dehiscentes, conuectivo 

 vix conspicuo, raro liguliformi-producto ; poUinis granula ovalia v. ovali- 

 elliptica 3-rimosa. Ovarium inferum, rarissime semi- v. subsuperum, 

 1- loculare, placentis lateralibus v. 3 — 5, rarissime — 7 parietalibus, pla- 

 centis rarissime connatis sub- 3 -loculare, vertice libero saepe hispidum. 

 Ovula solitaria et ex apice loculi pendula v. pluria v. numerosa, placentis 

 parietalibus 1 — oc - seriatim affixa, subhorizontalia v. pendula, anatropa, inte- 

 gumento solitario, micropyle sursum v. lateraliter in angulura inter carpidia 

 et placentam spectante. Stylus siraplex, filiformis v. rigidus, plerumque 

 per anthesin accrescens, postremo interdum 3- v. 5-tidus; stigma nunc 

 punctiforme, nunc capitatum, nunc striis 3 v. 5, raro 6 crassis v. tenuibus, 

 brevibus v. alte decurrentibus papillosis notatum. Fructus aut parvus 

 lignosus, coriaceus v. chartaceus indehiscens v. irregulariter ruptus, aut 

 Capsula breviter obconica, globulosa, ovalis, turbinata usque linearis, extrin- 

 secus striata v. costata, recta v. dextrorsum sive sinistrorsum coutorta, apice 

 3 — 7-valvis v. longitrorsum secus commissuras dehiscens; placentae cum 

 valvis alternantes, forma variae. Semina solitaria, fructui couformia v. 

 pluria V. numerosa et forma, magnitudine, testae structura valde variabilia; 

 albumen raro nullum \. parcum, plerumque mediocre carnosum et saepius 

 oleosum. Embryo rectus v. curvatus linearis oblongus, ovatus v. ovalis; 

 cotyledones plano-convexae v. transversim semiteretes; radicula brevis, medio- 

 eris V. raro elongata. 



Herbae, raro frutescentes v. arbusciilae, erectae v. volubiles, rarissime 

 scandentes, indumento valde variabili, piiis verticillatim glochidiatis creberrimis 

 fere seniper obviis, setis urentibus laevibus saepius adjectis, hinc illinc setulis 



