CÉLASTRACÉES. 47 
3-loculare ; stigmate sessili, 3-fido; ovulis in loculis 6-8, 2-scriatis. 
Fructus.. ? — Frutex scandeïs glaber; foliis oppositis oblongo-acumi- 
patis serratis ; floribus ? in cymas axillares folio multo breviores dispo- 
sitis ?. » (Arngola.) 
V. BUXEÆ. 
36. Buxus T. — Flores monœci v. rarius diœei apetali; calyce 
masculo 4-partito; laciniis decussatim imbricatis. Stamina 4, sepalis 
opposita ; filamentis liberis, sub gynæcei rudimento sæpius 4- gono inser- 
üs; antheris introrsis, 2-rimosis. Sepala fæminea sæpius 6, 2-seriatim 
9-nata, imbricata. Staminodia 0. Germen liberum 3-loculare ; loculis 
sepalis exterioribus oppositis ;"stylis 3, rarissime basi connatis, sæpius 
inter se distantibus et periphericis, intus sulcatis et apice subbilobo stig- 
matosis; summo germine inter stylos toruloso etturgide tuberculato. Ovula 
in loculis 2, sub apice angulo interno inserta, collateraliter descen- 
denlia; micropyle introrsum supera. Capsula coriacea, loculicida ; colu- 
mella brevi v. 0 ; valvis apice 2-cornutis, intus septiferis ; seminibus 
in singulis 4, 2; testa crustacea nitida ; hilo concavo intus in arillam 
incrassato ; albumine copioso carnoso ; embryonis axilis albumini longi- 
tudine subæquali, recti v. leviter arcuati, cotyledonibus oblongo-ellis- 
pücis; radicula æquali v. longiore supera. — Frutices v. sue utices 
(sempervirentes); ramis sæpe h-gonis; foliis oppositis petiolatis exsti- 
pulatis integris penninerviis; floribus axillaribus; fœmineo terminali 
pluribracteato ; masculis inferioribus spicatis (Eubuwrus) v. Sæpius raee- 
mosis pedicellatis (Tricera), 1-bracteatis; bracteis decussatis imbricatis. 
(Europa et Asia temp., Africa trop. or. cont., Madagascaria, America 
antll. et centr. cont.) — Vid. p. 16 
37. Pachysandra Micux *. — Flores fere Buri; sepalis masculis 4. 
Slamina 44, sub gynæcei rudimento inserta. Sepala fœminea 4-6. 
Germen parvum, sæpius 3-loculare; stylis multo longioribus patulis, 
intus et ad apicem subbilobum stigmatosis. Ovula (Buwri) in loculis 2 ; 
1. « Parvis, sulfureis. » n Diet. se. nat., All, — ENoz., Gen., 
2. Spec. 1, nob ignota, « Hippocrateas cum  n. 5870. — A. Bs, pres "Rs: 10, AS 55, 
cæteris Celastrineis arete connectit » (B. H.). t. 3, fig. 1-14; "= Adansonia, XI, 283. — 
3. FL. bor.-amer. ,1,477,t.45.—A.juss., M. ARG., Prodr., 
Pen Euphenbin., 42.4 4,0 a Tes à: Pulls TE EE 
