s 
ORDO iil. Z'odocarpeew. 
A nsgonzs procerz ligno duro, rarius frutices. Foria 
perennia, nunc sparsa, linearia, v. ovata, uniner- 
via v. enervia, plana, subtus v. rarius utrinque 
stomata gerentia, sessilia et adnato decurrentia v. 
interdum petiolata, nune opposita, subacicularia 
v. squamzformia, imbricata, quandoque dimorpha. 
Grwxwz nud» v. perulatz. 
FLonrs dioici aut szpissime in ramis diversis 
monoici, staminibus circa axim communem im- 
bricatis amenta terminalia formantibus; squamis 
gemmuliferis in spicam laxam, v. szpissime abbre- 
viatam uni — bifloram dispositis, abortu plerumque 
solitariis. 
Á MENTA STAMINIGERA nunc ramulos continue ter- 
minantia ovoidea abbreviata, nunc in axillis folio- 
rum v. e gemma terminali erumpentia, solitaria 
sive aggregata, crasse cylindrica v. filiformia. Sta- 
mina plurima, ebracteata, axi undique inserta, 
conferta. Filamenta brevissima, superne in con- 
nectivum squamzforme, rarissime obsoletum pro- 
ducta. nthere biloculares, loculis ovatis v. sub- 
globosis, appositis, transversim v. longitudinaliter 
ruptis. Pollen globosum. 
