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micropyle extrorsum supera. Flos hermaphroditus fœmineo cæterum 
similis et intra perianthium staminibus hypogynis brevibus rectis (ferti- 
libus v. sterilibus) auctus. Fructus...? — Arbor; folis alternis, petio- 
latis, cordato-acuminatis serratis penninerviis, basi sub-3-7-nerviis'; 
floribus præcocibus; capitulis terminalibus peduneulatis; bracteis 2, 
subopposilis, late foliaceis, foliis conformibus æqualibusque, petaloideis 
coloratis (albis), involucrantibus demumque expansis. (Thibetia or.) 
III? ALANGIEÆ. 
12. Alangium Lamk. — Flores hermaphroditi v. raro polygami ; 
receptaculo concavo, turbinato, campanulato, v. subeylindrico, intus 
germen adnatum fovente. Calyx margini insertus, subinteger truncatus 
v. 4-10-dentatus. Petala 4-10, loriformia v. linearia, valvata, demum 
reflexa v. revoluta. Stamina cum perianthio inserta (epigyna), petalorum 
numero æqualia cumque is alternantia v. 2-4-plo pluria; filamentis 
liberis v. ima basi connatis, sub disco epigyno insertis; antheris lineari- 
elongalis, introrsis v. lateraliter rimosis. Germen inferum, 1-2-locuiare 
v. rarius 3-loculare; septis perfectis v. superne imperfectis ; stylo basi 
disco epigyno cupulari v. pulvinari cincto, ad apicem stigmatosum cla- 
vaio capitatove, minute sæpius 4 -lobato. Ovulum in loculis singulis 
1, sub apice insertum, descendens; micropyle extrorsum (?) supera, de- 
Mmum sæpius laterali. Fructus drupaceus, calyce v. ejus cicatrice coro- 
Naius; exocarpio tenui v. crasso carnoso; putamine plus minus duro, 
nunc crustaceo, 1-2-spermo. Semen oblongum; integumento tenui ; 
albumine carnoso, extus lævi v. nune sinuato ruminatove ; embryonis 
axilis cotyledonibus foliaceis, basi digitinerviis, aut planis, aut leviter 
Corrugatis v. nune contortuplicatis; radicula tereti supera. — Arbores 
v. frutices, inermes v. nunc spinescentes, glabri v. tomentosi; folüs alter- 
nis petiolatis e exstipulatis, integris v. angulato-lobatis, basi æqualibus 
*. nune ivæqualibus, penninerviis v. nune basi digitiverviüs; floribus in 
CYmas axillares plus minus composito-ramosas dispositis ; inflorescentiæ 
lamis elongatis v. nunc plus minus contractis; pedicellis plerumque 
arliculatis. Lhsie, Oceania et Africa trop., Malacassia.) — Vid. p. 268. 
1 Junioribus subtus v. utrinque sericeis. 2. Spec. 4. D. involucrata H. BN, doc. cit. 
