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trivalvatim nimpente, fusco-Iulescenle, paniin hyalina, lormala. Fovilla viscido- 

 liquida liyaliiia. 



Ovarium foliorum inore pracsertim basi accrescens, superum, e carpidiis 3 — (i 

 coinpositiiiii, lere seinper stipiti Jibbreviato cum lubo staminali coiinalo, ab axi pedi- 

 celli parum extus declinalo, apice aequali v. pulvinato-dilatato, inipositiim, v. rariiis in 

 calyce sessile. Carpidia stylis el stisiiiutibus distinclis desliluta, saepissime in ovarium 

 3_4-oonum, 3 — 4-deiilalum, uiiiioculare, multiovulaüim, ante et post foecundationeni 

 apice hiaas connala, cujusplacenl ae parietales, multiovulatae, tot quot dcntes et iis al- 

 ternae, marginales; carpidia inter dcntes intus lobulato-reflexa et ibi a dentibus usque ad 

 placenlas secus margines lobulorum inllexoruin lurgidorum papilloso- et glutinoso- 

 stigmatosa; — v. inter se libera: in Astrocarpo intus longitrorsuni biantia, sub apice 

 cucullato-incrassata (dorso gibbosa), uniovuiata, placenta nerviformis ventralis; v. in 

 Caylusea circa apiceni gynopbori cylindrici supra tubum staminalem gracile elongali 

 insidentia, vacua, intus a basi usque fere ad apicem biantia, ventricoso-navicularia, 

 hie placenta depresso-centralis, circ. 12— 18-ovulata. 



Ovula campylitropa, e tegumentis duobus et nucleo composita, saepissime in 

 placentis parietalibus 2— 4-serialia numerosa, sessilia; v. in Astrocarpo solitaria, 

 pendula, radicula supera; v. in Caylusea in placenta depresso-centraii pulviniformi 

 apicem gynopbori obvallante erecta, circ. 12—18, radicula infera, carpidia spectans. 



Fructus (Coilocarpium Uchb.) subcapsularis, evalvis , siccus, coriaceo-membra- 

 naceus, apertus, v. rarissime carnoso-succulentus et clausus, quoad formam inter de- 

 presso-globosam et clavato-cylindricam varians. 



Semina reniformia v. subhippocrepica, numerosa, in Astrocarpo solitaria, in 

 Caylusea saepe abortu tot quot carpidia, scrobiculata v. levia; radicula bylo plus 

 minusve approximata, quam inier et bylum, praesertim si levia, saepe massa spon- 

 gioso-cellulosa tumefacta ab epidermide tecta subalbido-carunculata. Epidermis mem- 

 branacea, byalina, tenuissima irregulariter flexuoso-subrliombeo-cellulosa, in semi- 

 nibus scrobiculatis facile solubilis, in levibus aretius testae adhaerens. Testa crustacea 

 v. levissima v. plus minusve profunde scrobiculata a pallide ochroleuco in luteo-fus- 

 cum V. nigrum colorata. Endopleura leuuis v. raro crassiuscula et carnosula albida. 



Albumen nulluni. Hujus loci interdum massa albida carnosulo-pulveracea, a 

 tinclura Jodina non in coeruleum colorata, embryonem involvens invenitur, quae a 

 sacco embryonaü (cellulae endospermicae) originem ducit. 



Embryo dicotyledoneus, arcuatus, ca vitalem subreplens v. in psendo-albumine 



