hh HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
simplices v. rarius compositas dispositis, 3-bracteatis. (Australia, Nov.- 
Zelandia, ins. Philippin.) — Vid. p.77. 
III. AZIMEÆ, 
30. Azima Lauk. — Flores polygamo-diæeci regulares ; calyce sacci- 
formi membranaceo, valvato, 4-fido v. inæquali-fisso. Petala 4, sæpe 
angusta, basi nequidem contigua. Stamina 4, alternipetala; filamentis 
subulatis corolla longioribus (nune in flore fæmineo cum ea in annulum 
brevem conuatis); antheris brevibus, introrsum 2-rimosis {in flore fæmi- 
neo effœtis). Germen (in flore masculo rudimentarium) liberum, 2-locn- 
lare ; loculis nunc 2-locellatis; stylo brevi, apice stigmatoso capitato sub- 
integro v. in lobos 2 reflexos acutatos diviso. Loculi 1-ovulati (Æuazèma) 
v. 2-ovulati (Actegelon) et septo spurio inter ovulum utrumque muniti. 
Ovula subbasilaria adscendentia; micropyle extrorsum infera (sæpe 
demum faterali). Fructus baccatus globosus, 1-/4-spermus ; seminis 
erecti tesla carlilaginea ; embryonis exalbuminosi carnosi cotyledonibus 
suborb'culatis plano-convexis, basi auriculatis ; radicula brevi infera in 
auriculis latente, — Frutices plus minus sarmentosi ; foliis oppositis inte- 
gris Coriaceis ; stipulis lateralibus articulatis, spinis (foliorum eostis) in 
axillis foliorum 2, v. 4-6 (quorum miuores 2); floribus in axillis folio- 
rum solitaris, glomeratis, cymosis v. racemoso-cymosis. (Asia trop., 
Arch. ind. Africa austr. et trop. or. cont. et ins.) — Vid. p. 10. 
31. Dobera J. ! — Flores (fere Azèmeæ) polygami (v. hermaphroditi ?); 
receptaculo breviter cupuliformi. Calyx gamophyllus, valvatus, inæ- 
quali-ruptus v. 4-lobus. Petala 4, libera. Glandulæ 4, oppositipetake 
planæ crassæ. Stamina 4, alternipetala ; filamentis ad medium 1-adel- 
phis *; antheris elongato-subsagittatis introrsis. Germen (in flore fœæmi- 
neo effætum) 2-5-loculare ; loculo 1 fertili; ovulo Azäne. Bacca ellip- 
soidea, semen * cæteraque Azinæ. — Arbores; foliis oppositis integris 
aiticulatis; stipulis minimis ; floribus * in spicas axillares terminalesque 
4. Gen., 425. = Poin., Dict., .: Ve Fi. Abyss. Tent., 1, 108. — ENDL., Gen., Suppl., 
493. — PL., in Ann. sc. nat. sér. 3, X, EV; 75: 
— H, Bx, in Adansohit: X, 31. — À, a . 2. Meliarum more. 
3. Indumento purpureo subearnoso; em- 
erab., 32 (nec L., nec Tuuxs.). — Schizocalyr  bryone viridi (ex ERRENS., icon. lithogr. ined.) 
Hocusr., in Flora (1844), Beibl., 4. — A. Ricu., 4. Albis. 
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