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lare v. perfecte v. imperfecte 3- rarius 4-9-loculare, integrum v. 3-lobum v. e carpellis 3 distinctis 
v. basi connatis. S#ylus O v. brevissimus, rarius elongatus, rarissime gracilis et rectus v. flexuosus; 
stigmata 3 v. 6, sessilia, brevia, erecta v. recurva, apice v. Introrsum papillosa, subulata v. in paucis 
elongata. Ovrrla in carpellis solitaria et erecta v. angulo interiori basi lata affixa, et subhorizontalia 
v. pendula, anatropa v. hemi-anatropa. Æctus perianthio plus minus (interdum insigniter) aucto 
stipatus, siccus baccatus v. drupaceus, stigmatum stylive reliquiis terminalibus excentricis latera- 
libus v. basilaribus, 1- rarius 2-plurilocularis et -spermus, rarius € carpellis 1-3 distinctis 1-sper- 
mis; epicarpium membranaceum, v. squamoso-loricatum, v. fibrosum, mezocar pin pulposum, 
fibroso-gommosum v. amylaceum, v. oleosum, v. fibroso-siccum (Barb. Rodr.); exdocarpuim mem- 
branaceum crustaceum ligneum v. lapideum, intus læve v. rugosum et rapheos seminis ramis 
notatum, in Cocoiners foveis 3 æquidistantibus quarum 2 loculis effætis respondent perfossum. 
Semina loculis endocarpii conformia, libera v. endocarpio adhærentia, hilo basilari v. laterali; 
testa albumini arctissime adhærens; raphe brevis v. elongata, sæpe endocarpio adhærens, inter- 
dum semen circumambiens, ramis numerosis et directione variis, simplicibus ramulosis v. reti- 
culatis interdum supra testam diffusis. Æ/buwmen corneum v. cartilagineum, non raro oleosum, 
solidum v. cavum v. vertice v. latere insculptum, æquabile v. ruminatum, sulcis radiatis v. irre- 
gularibus simplicibus v. ramosis testæ materia farctis. Æwmbryo parvus, conoideus trochlearis 
v. cylindraceus, in foveola propria juxta albuminis peripheriam immersus, sæpius hilo latere 
dorsali proximus, rarius lateralis v. apicalis. 
Plantæ soktarie v. gregarie, v. stoloniferæ, habitu peculiart, arborescentes v. Jrutescentes, 
pleræque perennes et polycarpice, pancæ monocarpicæ, monocarpicarum alu inflorescentia termrnalr 
semel florent, aliæ inflorescentia axillari semel v. serialim ab apice deorsum florent; radix primaria 
cito evanida, caudice basi radiculas plurimas cylindraceas simplices v. ramosas cpigæas v. hypogæas 
emittente. Caudex gracilis v. robustus, elatus mediocris v. humilis, non raro sobohiferus, rarissime 
stolomiferus, simplex, rarissime 2-12-cholome ramosus, ereclus v. ofe uncarum longissime 
scandens, annulatus v. cicatricatus, tnernns v. aculeis S&pius HIQTIS COMpressis v. concis armalus. 
Folia Ærminalia v. apicem versus caudrcis elongahi gracilis remota, pro planta magna, tnterdum 
maxima, primum tulegra, cito palmatin v. pinnatim secta v. rarissime bipinnabisectim fissa; foliola 
discreta v. plus minus confluentia, vernahone marguribus induplicalis v. reduplicatis, apicibus 
acuminatis 2-fidis laciniatis v. præmorsis, costa sœpius valide, nervis parallelis in apicem conver- 
genhibus v. flabellatim divaricatis; rhachis 2x Jolirs pinnatisectis dorso convexa, facie carinata, 
lateribus exsculphis segmentrs sulco insertrs; petiolus subcylindraceus, v. antice concavus v. canali- 
culatus, rarius planoconvexus, v. biconvexus, apice in folis flabelliformbus swpe in unguem brevem 
prodnctus, bast in vaginan brevem v. elongatam clausam v. apertam dilatatus; vagina margtubus 
sæpe late v. anguste fibrosis v. vagina tota denim tn fibras soluta, ore obliquo simple v. in ligulam 
v. ocream producto. Inflorescentia (spadix dicta) v. interfoliacea el longe pedunculata, v. infrafo- 
liacea et breviter pedunculata, v. subsessilis, nunc lappuriformas rachri brevi ramisque elongatis 
æquilongis pendulis, nunc rachr elongata ramis flabellatim v. pamiculatin dsposihis. Spathæ varie, 
aunc mumerosæ tubulosæ pedunculum v. pedunculum ef ramos spadicis vaginantes, v. sæpius 
2-4 pedunculo inserte, quarum tnferiores incomplete vaginæformes, cortaceæ v. membranacer ; 
superior sæpe mullo major, cymbiformas, coriacea v. hignosa, spadicem fere maturum includens, 
demum ventre longitudinaliter rupta, persistens v. caduca, integra v. 2-parhta. Flores cum spadice 
arhculati v. continui, non raro cavis ramorum v. foveolrs e bracteis connatis formatris immnersi, 
solitarit v. sœpius tn speciebus monorcis $-nr intermedio 9, v. tnferiores in spadice v. ramo spadicis 
3-ni, superiores solitarir v. bini &; bracteæ sub quovis flore v. grege florum sohtarie, cum rhachi 
continue, interdum spathelliformes coriaceæ membranaceæ v. O; bracteolæ sub quovrs flore 0772770) 
2-n&, distincte et squamformes v. tn cupulam connatæ, non raro bracteæ et bracteolæ confus 
v. omnino de cientes. Fructus varius. (Ex Benth. ef Hook. 72 part. Barb. Rodr. emend.). 
O8s. — J'aurais voulu présenter ici les caractères de cet ordre; mais ils ont été très bien décrits par Bentham et 
Hooker dans les Gerera plantarum, vol. III, p. 870. Je me contenterai donc de donner cette description, en y intro- 
duisant toutefois quelques additions justifiées par mes observations. 
