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IT. MIMUSOPEÆ. 
64. Mimusops L. — Flores hermaphroditi v. nune raro (Muriea) 
Î-sexuales ; receptaculo convexiusculo ; sepalis 6-8, 2-seriatim imbri- 
catis v. exterioribus valvatis. Corolla sæpius subrotata ; tubo brevi v. 
brevissimo ; fauce plerumque dilatata ; limbo alte lobato; lobis pri- 
maris 6-8, plerumque oblongis acutiusculis, imbricatis ; additis 
12-16, accessoriis exterioribus, aut primariorum subæqualibus, aut 
longioribus, nunc minoribus, nune autem minimis (Semicipium, 
Northea, Muriea), v. rarius omnino evanidis, varie imbricatis v. circa 
stamen oppositum convolutis. Stamina fertilia lobis primariis v. et 
nunc (Labourdonnaisia) accessoriis opposita ; filamentis sub fauce 
corollæ affixis, apice reflexis ; anthera primum extrorsa, sæpe demum 
versatili; connectivo apice obtuso v. apiculato. Staminodia cum lobis 
primariis alternantia, linearia simplicia v. 2, 3-partita, nunc brevia 
crassa, integra v. denticulata, nunc rarius brevissima crassa v. mem- 
branacea el digitato-dentata. Stamina tam epipetala quam alterni- 
petala nunc (Muriea) in floribus fœmineis sterilia lineari-subulata, 
apice glanduliformia; anthera in massam parvam subsphæricam 
mutata. Germen 6-19-loculare ; stylo plus minus elongato v. apice 
attenuato subsimplici. Ovulum subbasilare suberectum v. angulo 
interno plus minus alte affixum et plus minus incomplete anatropum. 
Bacca globosa, depressa v. ovoidea, nunc magna; epicarpio tenui v. 
induralo crasso corticato. Semina pauca v. excentricum 1; hilo subba- 
silari suborbiculari v. plus minus elongato ventrali, nunc elliptico 
latove; testa lucida v. opaca, nunc (/mbricaria) ad margines inæqui- 
crenata v. lobulata v. supra hilum auriculata ; albumine copioso car- 
noso, duro v. (Northea) ad membranam reducto; embryonis inversi 
cotyledonibus foliaceis planis v. rarius crassis plano-convexis, aut 
sessilibus, aut basi plus minus contracta subarcuatis'. — Arbores v. 
frutices lactescentes; foliis alternis coriaceis penninerviis, sæpe ad 
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1. Genera sequentia, pleraque e seminc v.  deraso lato ventrali semini subæquali; albu- 
onia). 
nunc € folio condita, fluribus et plerumque frué- mine vrarer er 
tibus ignotis, breviter tantummodo enumeranda Tieghemella Pierre, loc. cit., 18; semine 
videntur fere prit ler subobovato, ‘inferne atte- 
Treubella PIERRE, Mot. bot., 5; <emine  nuato recurvo; hilo elliptico deraso; albumine 
magno, dorso cum endocarpio cohærente; subnullo (Gabonia). 
embryone exalbuminoso; cotyledonibus sulcato- Bureavella Pirate, loc. SE 16 (Illipe Mac- 
rugosis (Arch. 1 leyana F. MuELL.); fi boso ; seminis “se 
aillonella PIERRE, loc. mine  valde convexo; raphe gi: em e 
RR £, cihs 13; 
subelliptico compresso, ou se: hilo  crasso; cotyledonibus obovatis mono 
