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v. rarissime regularem annuliformem, vulgo papillosum, dilatatus, apice circa gyno- 
phorum urceolato-depressus. 
Stamina hypogyna, 10— circ. 40; filamenta basi inter se et cum gynophoro 
connata, supra discum v. omnino libera v. rarius brevissime cohaerentia, lineari-su- 
bulata, raro sub connectivo modice dilatata, parte libera decidua v. longe sub fructu 
persistentia; antherae 4-loculares, demum dissepimentis resorptis, biloculares et ad 
latera longitudinaliter birimoso-dehiscentes, subovoideae obtusae basi subcordatae, 
leves v. apice luberculato-asperae.  Grana pollinis ellipsoidea v. subglobosa longi- 
trorsum profunde 3-sulcata, levia, e membrana simplici fovillam includente formata, 
secus sulcos, 1/0—1/30"" diametro majore aequantia. 
O varium (foliorum more) praesertim basi accrescens, uniloculare, ante et post 
foecundationem apice hians, obtuse 3—4-gonum , apice 3—4-dentatum, inter dentes 
turgidos inflexo-lobulatum et hic secus margines inflexos à dentium apicibus usque 
ad placentas papilloso-stigmatosum; quoad formam inter globosam et clavato-cylindri- 
cam varians. Placentae parietales cum dentibus ovarii allernantes, a basi usque ad 
lobulos inflexos (stigmata) extensae v. raro superne bifurcatae et supra lobulorum 
apicem productae. 
Ovula campylitropa, sessilia, pendula, 2—4-serialia, numerosa: radicula ar- 
cualo-supera. 
Capsula polymorpha, apice hians, sicca, membranacea v. subcoriacea , semper 
polysperma. 
Semina subrotundato-reniformia, radicula hylo plus minusve approximata, inter- 
dum inter eam et hylum massa spongioso-cellulosa tumefacta epidermidem haud rum— 
pente albido-notata. Epidermis tenuis, irregulariter flexuoso-cellulosa; testa crusta— 
cea, levis v. scrobiculata et tum epidermide laxius tecta; endopleura tenuis v. cras— 
siuscula albida, interdum cavilatem massa albida, a tinctura Jodina non coeruleo-vo- 
lorata, subcarnosulo-pulveracea replens et albumen simulans. 
Albumen nullum. 
Embryo cavitatem saepius subreplens v. in pseudo-albumine nidulans, cotyle- 
dones incumbentes, semicylindricae, radiculam eylindricam subaequantes. Plumula nulla. 
Herbae annuae v. biennes v. rarius perennes, per totam zonam lemperatam et 
subtropicam orbis terrarum antiqui sponte crescentes; semipedales v. pedales v. 
1—2-—3—6 pedales, plus minusve ramosae, foliosae. Folia simplicia, integra v. ter- 
nato- v. bi-tri-ternato-incisa, v. pinnatifido- v. bipinnatifido-incisa. Inflorescentia 
