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filiformia : antheræ dorso suprà basim aflixæ, mobiles, 2-loculares, 
singulis loculis basi poro dehiscentibus. Srvzus trifidus, iobis sin- 
gulis stigmate terminatis. Ovariun primüm uniloculare, demüum 
septis inter se coalitis triloculare. Ovura plurima , angulo interno 
loculorum affixa, linearia , erecta. Carsuta calyce filamentisque per- 
sistentibus vestita, 3-locularis, 3-valvis, valvi®tmarginibus intro- 
flexis dissepimenta constituentibus; columna centralis subulata, 
placentifera ; singulæ placentæ valvis oppositæ. SEmina in placentis 
plurima, linearia, scobiformia , tegumento membranaceo, tenui , 
utroque fine in alam excurrente. 
Arsores mediocres vel rrurices. ForrA sparsa, exstipulata, coriacer, 
integra. FLores terminales axillaresque; pedunculi 1 vel pluriflori. 
Species 3 brasilienses. 
Characteres floris et fructüs in B. ancepiti; seminis ex Mart. et 
Zucc. (Nov. gen. Spec.) 
ARCHITÆA. 
Architæa Mart. et Zucc. 
Carvx persistens, ebracteatus, 5-partitus , foliolis subæqualibus. 
Prraza 5, decidua. Sramina indefinita, in phalanges quinque usquè 
ad medium connata : filamenta apice libera , filiformia : antheræ 
anticæ, biloculares, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. SryLus 
simplex. Sricma lobatum ?. Ovarium 5-loculare, loculis biseriatim 
multiovulatis. Carsuza calyce staminibusque persistentibus cincta, 
5-Jocularis, incompletè à basi ad apicem vershs 5-valvis; valvulæ 
coriaceæ , marginibus introflexis dissepimenta constituentes; recep- 
taculum centrale conico-pentagonum, pro quovis loculo placentam 
lineari-lanceolatam , convexam emitiens. Semina plurima in quovis 
loculo, bifariam sursüm imbricata, linearia. 
ArguscuLA. Folia fasciculata, penninervia. 
Species unica brasiliensis. 
Genus vix à Bonnetiâ distinctum nisi staminibus pentadelphis, 
