Monographia Loasacearum. 9 



III. Loasoideae. 



Stamina 12 — <x> in fasciculos oppositipetalos fertiles et alternipetalo« 

 steriles v. plerumque ad squamas nectariferas transfonnatos, mmquam peta- 

 loideos, disjuncta. Ovarium 3 — 5-carpidiatum, 3 — multiovulatura. Ovula 

 placentis parietalibiis aftixa. Endospermium obvium. 



Trib. 4. Klaprotllieae. Flores 4-raeri. Stamina fertilia 4 — 28. 

 Starainodia in fasciculo quoque 1 — 5 libera v. basi leviter 

 cohaerentia. Ovarium 4-carpidiatuni 3 — 25-ovulatum. Capsula 

 1 - locularis. 



A. Calycis tubus turbinatus usque oblongo-lincaris. Stamina 4 — 14, 

 staminodia 6 — 10 apice nuda a'. autheram detbrmatam minutam 

 g'crentia. Capsula spiraliter torta, ab a])ice usque ad basin 

 dehiscens. VII. Sclerothrix Presl. 



B. Calycis tubus globosus, semiovatus, raro turbinatus. Stamina 

 12 — 18, staminodia 16 — 20 apice dilatato triloba. Capsula 

 recla, intra lobos calycinos postremo usque ad medium v. 

 ultra debiscens. < VIII. Klaprothia H. B. K. 



Trib. ö. Kisseilieae. Flores 5 -med. Staminodia cujusvis fasci- 

 culi 3 exteriora in squamam nectariferam connata, 2 interiora 

 eam intus subclaudentia. Ovarium placenta antica ad dorsum 

 excrescente postremo 2-loculare, 1 + 2-ovulatuni. Fructus 

 non debiscens lig-nescens, sepalis excrescentibus alatus. 



IX. Kissenia R. Br. 



Trib. 6. Loaseae. Flores 5-, raro 7-meri. Staminodia cujusvis 

 fasciculi 3 (rarissime 4 — 7) exteriora in squamam nectariferam 

 connata, 2 (rarissime 4) -interiora eäm intus plus minus clau- 

 dentia. Ovarium semper 1-loculare, pluri- v. multiovulatuni. 

 Capsula dehiscens chartacea v. coriacea, non alata. 



A. Capsula recta, clavata v. obconica, raro subglobosa, apice intra 

 lobos calycinos debiscens, valvis 3, rarius 5. 



X. Loasa Adans. 



B. Capsula recta, linearis v. tenuiter cylindracea siliquiformis, initif» 

 apice intra lobos calycinos, dein longitudinaliter a basi ad 



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