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carplo demum secedente. — Frutex; foliis, inflorescentia cæterisque 
Cratoxyl. (Madagascaria.) — Vid. p. 382. 
7. Hyperieum T. -— Flores 5-meri v. rarius (Ascyrum) h-meri; 
sepalis æqualibus v. nunc valde inæqualibus (interioribus multo minori- 
bus), imbricalis, glabris v. glanduligeris; glandulis sæpe capitatis stipi- 
tatis (nigrescentibus). Petala totidem alterna, intus calva, sæpius torta, 
raro Imbricata. Stamina © , in phalanges oppositipetalas 5, v. 3 (v. ra- 
rius 6-8) disposita ; filamentis longe v. rarius brevissime in phalanges 
inferne connatis, nunc subliberis (Brathys); antheris parvis, introrsis, 
2-rimosis. Glandulæ hypogynæ cum staminum phalangibus alternantes 5, 
v. 0. Germen liberum ; loculis 3-5, subcompletis v. sæpius plus minus 
incompletis; stylis totidem liberis v. raro inferne connatis, apice plus 
minus dilatato stigmatosis. Ovula in placentis singulis æ , rarius pauca, 
anatropa. Fructus capsularis, v. ante maturitatem carnosus (Andro- 
serum), seplicidus v. nune rarius irregulariter ruptus; placentis ab axi 
v. demum à valvis solutis. Semina exalata æ , nunc extus carnosula 
v. cellulosa; embryonis recti v. raro incurvi, cylindrici v. oblongi, coty- 
ledonibus radicula tereti brevioribus v. nune brevissimis. — Frutices, 
suffrutices v. herbæ odorati ; foliis oppositis v. rarius verticillatis, simpli- 
cibus integris v. glauduloso-serratis dentatisve, penninerviis, pellucido- 
punetatis, exstipulatis ; floribus terminalibus, rarius axillaribus, solitariis 
Y. Sæpius in cymas simplices v. racemoso-compositas, regulares v. à basi 
superneve 1-laterales, dispositis. (Orbis utriusque reg. temp. et calid. 
mont.) — Vid, p. 383. 
