ORDO V. €net«aucew. 
ARBORES v. ARBUSCULE ramosissimz , aut FRUTICES, 
interdum sarmentosi, v. suffrutices humiles, ramis 
oppositis v. fascieulatis, nune foliis late ovatis, pen- 
ninerviis, integerrimis, nune vaginis ad articulos 
aphyllis v. folia minuta setacea gerentibus vestiti. 
Fronrs in amenta monoica v. dioica dispositi, 
vaginis v. paleis setaceo laceris stipati. Staminigeri 
vaginula propria bifida cincü.  St«men unicum v. 
plura in eolumnam connata, anthere bi — quadri- 
loculares, loculis apice poro oblongo dehiscentibus. 
GrwwvrLE sessiles, erect: , atropz, ztequmento 
prater membranam nuclei duplici. v. triplici, extimo 
ore angusto aperto, intimo in tubulum longe exser- 
tum, limbo obliquo, discoideo v. fimbriato lacero, 
persistentem , tandem evanidum producto. 
SrwrN intepumento exteriore coriaceo indurato v. 
carnoso nucamentaceum aut drupaceum. 
Ewsnyo in apice albuminis carnosi anlitropus, 
cotyledonibus duabus, radicula supera. 
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