92 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES, 
IL KRAMERIEZÆ,. 
11. Krameria Lors. — Flores irregulares resupinati ; sepalis 4, 
intus coloratis, imbricatis; antico majore extimo; posticis 4, 2 dis 
altero minimo intimo). Petala 2, postica v. 3; mediante bts v. 0; aut 
sublibera aut basi plus minus connata angusta. Stamina 3, posteriora pe- 
talis opposita v. sæpius 4, 2-dynamia; lateralibus majoribus, uune raro 5; 
filamentis Aiberis v. sæpius basi plus minus alte 1-adelphis ; antheris 
basifixis erectis, 2-locularibus, apice infundibuliformi lacero-subpori- 
cidis, Germen liberum, basi glandulis2, hypogynis anticis crasse squami- 
formibus compressis, extus rugosis, sulcatis v. reticulatis, stipatum ; 
loculo fertili 1, antico ; stylo subulato longe tubuloso, apice haud v. vix 
dilatato stigmatoso; ovulis 2, placentæ posticæ prominulæ collateraliter 
insertis descendentibus ; micropyle antice v. lateraliter supera. Fructus 
siccus, indehiscens, subglobosus, extus aculeis apice reflexo-unciferis 
horridus ; seminis solitarii descendentis embryone exalbuminoso ; coty- 
ledonibus plano-convexis carnosis, basi auriculata circa radiculam 
brevem superam vaginantibus. — Frutices humiles canescentes sæpius 
valde ramosi ; folis alternis exstipulaceis, simplicibus v. rarius ex parte 
3-foliolatis; foliolis pinnatis articulatis ; floribus in axillis foliorum 
v. bractearum ramuli supremarum solitariis pedunculatis v. subsessi- 
libus ; pedunculo ad medium 2-bracteolato. (America utraque trop. et 
subtrop.) — Vid. p.77. 
