412 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
contiguis. Corollæ subrotatæ v. late campanulatæ petala 9, libera v. 
basi connata, subsimilia v. dissimilia, imbricata. Stamina 9, aut sub- 
æquali-distantia, aut 4 per paria approximata inferneve connala; 
quinto alternipetalo ; filamentis brevibus, omnino v. superne tantum 
liberis; antheris liberis v. varie cohærentibus, rectis, Curvis v. varie 
flexuosis, secundum marginem rimosis ! ; connectivo sub anthera plus 
minus dilatato compressove 1bique sæpe papilloso glandulosove. Ger- 
men rudimentarium breve glanduliforme v. 0. Floris fwminei recepta- 
culum sub collo constricto in saccum germen inferum intus foventem, 
tubulosum v. lageniformem, productum ; perianthio maris; squamis 
decurrentibus quam in masculis brevioribus. Staminodia 9, quorum 
sæpius 4 per paria approximala, v. libera omnia. Germen fusiforme 
v. oblongum eylindraceum, 8-placentiferum ; placentis angulo interno 
contiguis v. superne liberis; ovulis ®, subhorizontalibus (Cucurbitæ) 
vel rarius paucis (Raphanistrocarpus ©) adscendentibus descenden- 
tibusque, nunc 2 (Raphunocarpus #); superiore descendente, inferiore 
autem adscendente. Stylus erectus ; ramis 2, 5, apice dilatato subsim- 
plici v. 2-lobo stigmatosis. Fructus oblongus, cylindrieus nunc inter se- 
mina subconstrictus (Raphanistrocarpus) v. fusiformis, glaber v. varie 
verrucosus, indehiscens, carnosus v. subsiccus, nunc Sæpe 3-valvis. 
Semina 2-œ, complanata subeylindrica v. turgida, brevia v. apice 
rugosa, papillosa, nune varie exsculpta v. sublobata; embryone Carr 
noso exalbuminoso. — Herbæ annuæ v. rhizomate perenni, prostratæ 
v. sæpius scandentes ; foliis integris, lobatis v. pedatis, 3-7-foliolatis ; 
cirrhis simplicibus v. 2-fidis; floribus* masculis solitariis v. nune 2, 
3-natis nuncque ad summum petiolum elevatis; fœæmineis solitariis 
v. raro 2-nis. (Africa trop. cont. et ins. or., Orbis utriusq. reg. trop”) 
36. Acanthosieyos WELw.f — Flores diœæei (?); masculorum re- 
ceptaculo obconico-cupulari. Sepala 5, inæqualia Corlacea, apice 
indurata. Petala alterna 5, ovata integra coriacea. Stamina 9, 011 
receptaculi inserta, quorum 4 per paria connala ; quinto hbero; 
antheris linearibus valde flexuosis exsertis; connectivo lato haud pro- 
4. Pollen 3-sulcum, 3-porosum. V, 20. — Hook. r., in Oliv. M1. trop. Afr.s M 
2, H. Bx, in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par., 309. 534, 540 (Raphanocarpus). — BENTH» l° ws- 
3. Hook. F., Icon. pl., t. 1084. — Coën., Cu-  tral., II, 318. — Bot. Reg. |. 980. — Bot 
curb., 426. fag., t. 2455, 5145. — WALP., Rep., W, 200 
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4. Flavis v. raro albis, majuseulis v. parvis. Ann., H, 615. : 
5. Spec. 27. WicuT, /con., t. 504-506. — A. 6. In B. H. Gen., 1, 824; in Trans. Fe 
Riu, FL. abyss., t. 53. — HARY. et SOND., FL.  Soc., XXI, t. 11, 11-A. — COGN:, Cucurb-» 
cap., W, 491.— Naup., in Ann. sc. nat.,sér. 5, 418. — MH. BN, in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par; #2 
