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ribus solitariis, cymosis v. breviter racemosis; pedunculo bracteifero 
v. rarius foliüfero; bractea nune stipuliformi. (Orbis totius reg. calid. 
el temp. ") 
II. NEPENTHEÆ,. 
4. Nepenthes L. — Flores diæci; receptaculo convexo. Sepala 
plerumque #, intus glandulosa, 2-seriatim imbricata, v. exteriora val- 
vata, nune in flore fœmineo basi connata. Stamina 4-20; antheris co 
lumnæ centralis sub apiceinsertis, 1-v.rarins sub-2-seriatis, extrorsis, 
2-locularibus, 2-rimosis. Germen liberum, sæpius 4-gonum ; stylo 
brevissimo discoideo, integro v. 4-lobo ; lobis nunc 2-lobulatis pa- 
pilligeris. Germinis loculi sæpius #, oppositisepali, completi v. sæ- 
pius incompleti ; ovulis © , adscendentibus anatropis. Fructus capsu- 
laris coriaceus, sæpius 4-gonus, loculicidus; valvis coriaceis, medio 
seminigeris. Semina adscendentia, imbricata ; testa membranacea 
utrinque v. ad chalazam in alam un aa v. in caudam producta, 
nunc raro (Anourosperma) lata ; embryone in axi albuminis 
carnosi recto ; cotyledonibus linearibus. — Frutices v. suffrutices sæpe 
sarmentosi cirrhorumque petiolarium ope plerumque scandentes; 
foliis alternis exstipulatis; petiolo inferne v. usque ad basin in lami- 
nam foliaceam dilatato, altius nudo ibique cirrhoso ; limbo in asci- 
diam intus glandulosam et lympham secernentem mutato : ; lobo ejus 
terminali in opereulum mutato; floribus in racemum simplicem, 
nune spiciformem, v. compositum, dispositis, in axilla bractearum 
solitartis, 2-nis v. cymulosis. (Asia frop., Oceania calid., Africa or. 
trop. insul.) — Vid. p.7 
pec. ad 200. Ku., in Monatsb. Akad. Berl. VI, 207, — Le x à. . : sf 1075. — GREN. 
850), 583, 1. 2. — DUCHTRE, in a se. nal., Govr., F1. — Bot, Mag., 
sér. 4, I1, 29, t. 5, 6; in DC. Prodr., XV, p. 1, t. 3640, 3756, 4 PT + 4361, 4268, 
ss. HAM. et SCHLCHTEL, in HA VII, 4369, A467, 4018, 5995, 5345, 5700, 5756, 5869, 
— GRISE8., FI, brit., W.-Ind., 29) 5880, ST 6586. — WALP:, Ann., I, 593; 
FR F1. argent., 148. _ BENTH., FI. Austral., 1, 
