402 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
crassis; stylis 2, 3, gracilibus. Ovule œ, æ-seriata. Fructus capsu- 
laris, septicide 2-4-valvis v. inæqui-ruptus, placentas 2, 3, solutas 
v. coalitas liberans. Semina œ, parva, inæqui-rugosa. — Herbæ v. 
suffrutices, glabri v. villosi, inermes v. ramis axillaribus sterilibus 
spinescentibus armati; foliis alternis integris; floribus ad apices 
ramosum confertim cymosis v. raro solitariis. (Orbis utriusq. reg. 
trop.) — Vid. p. 363. 
