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oppositas altius coalita, staminodium lanceolatum in medio phalangir 

 utrinque 3-4 s.taminibus stipaturn. Ovarium quinqueloculare loculis 

 multiovulatis. Slyli in unum coaliti. Stigmata 5 subulala conniventia. 

 Fructus.... — Herba perennis. 



G. Bruguieri (dc. Prodr. I, p. 486) tolum indumento brevi 

 stellato leproso scabrum, caule crasso sulcato dicholomo, foliis amplis 

 petiolo crasso longo insidentibus ovato-orbiculatis sublobatis palmi- 

 nerviis, racemis corymbosis in axillis superioribus pedunculis brevi- 

 bus petiolo breviter adnatis sufTullis, pedicellis calyce longioribus, 

 bracteis setaceis, petalis roseis calycinos lobos ovato-oblongos acutius- 

 culos superantibus ¥ . 



Hab. in Mesopotamia circa Bagdad (Oliv. et Brug! Aucher exs. 

 2489!). 



Indumentumi4/c'gflrttwnoDnullarura, foliorum praesertim inferiorum lamina 

 ampla ssepe diametro semipedalis. Corymbi 5-9 flori petiolos vix sequantes, 

 flores magnit. Solani tuberosi, petala planiuscula unde genus inter Dom- 

 beyam et Byltneriam intermedium , in unaquaque phalange filamenta quo 

 magis inleriora eo longius cum Btaminodio centrali coalita. 



ORD. XXIII. TILIACEAE. Juss. Gen. p. 290. 



Flores regulares in nostris hermaphroditi. Galyx 5 (rarius 4) petalus 

 aeslivatim valvatus. Petala (in nostris) tot quol petala circa basin tori 

 inserta contorlo - imbricata. Stamina hypogyna saepius indefinita toro 

 inserta libera vel breviter 5-6 adelpha, antherse biloculares rimd du- 

 plici dehiscentes. Ovarium liberum pluriloculare, loculi 4-pluriovulati, 

 placentpe centrales, ovula anatropa. Fructus plurilocularis drupaceus 

 aut baccatus, indehiscens vel capsularis loculicide dehiscens. Semina 

 saepius albuminosa, embryo rectus axillis. 



GREWIA (L. Gen. 1026). 



Sepala 5 subcoriacea. Petala 5 basi intus foveolala circa basin tori 

 plus minus elevati apice staminiferi inserla. Stamina libera. Stylus 

 subulatus, stigma 2-4 lobum. Fruclus infrmis drupaceus 1-4 pyrenus 

 inleger vel 2-4 lobus pyrenis 1-2 vel polyspermis. — Arbores vel 

 frutices tloribus in cymulas saepius axillares disposilis. 



G. populifolia (Vahl Symb. 1 , p. 33) fruticosa ramis virgatis, 

 foliis parvis breviter petiolatis rigidulis orbiculatis vel obovatis argute 



