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V. rarissiine regulärem anniiliforniein, vulgo papillosiun, dilatatus, apice circa gyno- 

 pliorum urceolato-depressus. 



Stainina hypogyiia, 10— circ. 40; Clamenta basi iiiter se et cum gynophoro 

 counata, supra discum v. omnino libera v. rarius brevissime cohaerentia, lineari-su- 

 bulata, raro sab connectivo modice dilatata, parte libera decidua v. longe sub fructu 

 persisleiitia; antherae 4-loculares, demum dissepimentis resorptis , biloculares et ad 

 latera longitudinaliter birimoso-dehiscentes , subovoideae obtusae basi subcordatae, 

 leves V. apice tuberculalo-asperae. Graiia pollinis ellipsoidea v. subglobosa longi- 

 trorsum profunde 3-sulcata, levia, e membrana siniplici fovillam iiichidente formata, 

 secus sulcos, '/zo— Vso""" diametro majore aequantia. 



Ovarium (foliorum more) pracsertim basi accrescens , uniloculare, ante et post 

 foecundationem apice hians, obtuse 3 — 4-gonum, apice 3— 4-dentatum, inter dentes 

 turffidos iullexo-lobulatum et bic secus margines inflexos a dentium apicibus usque 

 ad placentas papilloso-stigmatosum; quoad formam inter globosam et clavato-cylindri- 

 cam varians. Placentae parietales cum dentibus ovarii alternantes, a basi usque ad 

 lobulos inflexos (stigmata) extensae v. raro superne bifurcatae et supra lobulorum 

 apicem produclae. 



Ovula campylitropa, sessilia, pendula, 2— 4-serialia, numerosa; radicula ar- 

 cuato-supera. 



Capsula polymorpba. apice hians, sicca, membranacea v. subcoriacea, scraper 

 polysperma. 



Semina subrotundato-reniformia, radicula hylo plus minusve approximata, inter- 

 dum inter eam et bylum massa spongioso-cellulosa tumefacta epidermidem band rum- 

 pente albido-nolata. Epidermis tenuis, irregulariter flexuoso-cellulosa; testa crusta- 

 cea, levis v. scrübiculata et tum opidormide laxius tecta; endopleura tenuis v. cras- 

 siuscula albida, interdum cavilalem massa albida, a tinctura Jodina non coeruleo-oo- 

 lorata, subcarnosulo-pulveracca replens et albumen simulaus. 



Albumen nulluni. 



Embryo cavitatem saepius subrcplens v. in pseudo-albumine nidulans, cotyle- 

 dones incumbcnles, semicylindricae, radiculam cylindricam subaequantes. Plumula nulla. 



Ilcrbae annuae v. bionnes v. rarius {lerennes. per lotam zonam lemperatam et 

 subtropicam orbis terrarum antiqui sponte crcsccntes; semipedales v. pedales v. 

 1 — 2—3 — (i pedales, plus minusve ramosae, foliosae. Folia simplicia, integra v. ter- 

 nalo- v. bi-tri-ternato-incisa , v. pinnatilido- v. bipinnatilido-incisa. Inflorescentia 



