zo, e 
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/Sehimper, Pal. vég. UI, p. 814/; Hemsley, Biolog. Centr.-Am. II, p. 
70; Benth. et Hook. Gen. III, p. 146 (excl. Hernandieae). 
Flores hermaphroditi v. abortu dioiei, polygami (nunquam monoici), 
3- v. rarius 2- (v. rarissime 5 ? -)meri, regulares, Perian- 
thium gamosepalum, liberum, rotatum v. infundibulare v. urceolatum, 
6- v. rarius 4- (v. rarissime 10 ? -)fidum, lobis biseriatis alternan- 
tibus, deciduis v. persistentibus, tubo rarissime deciduo, saepissime 
in eupulam + baecam basi ineludentem mutato, rarius apice clauso 
drupae pericarpium praebente. Stamina calycis fauci inserta, numero 
definita v. rarissime (in Zitsaea Juss.) subindefinita, 4-seriata v. 
abortu seriei III saepissime 3-seriata, alternantia, serierum 2 exteriorum 
fertilia, introrsa v. rarius semiintrorsa v. rarissime extrorsa aut rarius in 
staminodia foliolacea v. stipitiformia mutata v, rarissime omnino abortiva; 
‘seriei III, rarius omnium, basi glandulis binis aucta, fertilia, extrorsa sive 
introrsa sive lateraliter dehiscentia v. rarius sterilia, staminodialia; seriei IV 
in staminodia mutata v. rarissime (in Zitsaeae speciebus) fertilia. Anthe- 
rae ovatae v. subrectangulares v. oblongae v. rarius triangulares, 
connectivo saepius ultra locellos longe producto, 2- v. 4-locellatae 
(locellorum numero in antheris serierum exteriorum semper aequali, 
à tertiae rarissime diverso), locellis tum per paria superpositis v. rarius 
arcuatim in serie unica horizontali positis, valvulis tot quod locelli a 
basi ad apicem (v. rarissime ab apice ad basin) dehiscentibus. Pollen 
simplex, globosum, eporatum, granulatum. Staminodia seriei IV aut per- 
fectiora, sagittato- v. cordato-capitulata, filamento breviusculo stipitata v. 
sessilia aut imperfecta v. obsoleta, stipitiformia v. ligulacea. Glandulae 
conspieuae v. rarissime obsoletae, sessiles v. rarius stipitatae, liberae 
v. rarissime binae s. in annulum carnosum circa filamentorum basin 
connatae, saepius e filamentis in varia altitudine abeuntes. Car- 
pella 3, in pistillum unicum arcte connata, cum staminodiis alter- 
nantia. Ovarium liberum, superum v. rarius subinferum, 1-loculare, 
placentis parietalibus 3 obsoletis v. nerviformibus v. rarissime sub- 
parietalibus. Ovulum unicum (v. rarissime abnormiterque 2), ex apice 
loculi pendulum, anatropum. Stylus filiformis, saepius brevis, rarissime 
subnullus, stigmate discoideo v. obtuso v. rarius capitulato. Fructus 
baccatus superus v. raro drupaceus inferus, saepissime calyeis tubo 
explanato v. cupuliformi truneato v. calyci toti persistenti 6-lobo 
insidens v. rarius perianthio omnino deciduo basi nudus. Semen ex- 
albuminosum; testa membranacea v. rarius coriacea. Cotyledones plano- 
convexae, accumbentes, corculum + includentes, subpeltatae, oleoso- 
carnosae, per germinationem hypogeae; plumula saepius hirsuta, evoluta 
(2 —8-phylla). 
