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rimosis, divaricatis v. nunc confluentibus. Gynæceum summæ columnæ 
antheriferæ insertum, 5-lobum; germinibus æ -ovulatis ; stylis 5, 
subulatis, plus minus coalitis, apice plus minus incrassato stigmatosis. 
Carpella matura secedentia v. soluta, recta (Orthocarpæa), v. spiraliter 
torta (Spérocarpæa), intus dehiscentia. Semina œ, anatropa verruculosa 
v. sublævia ; albumine parco; embryonis crassiuseuli cotyledonibus 
foliaceis ; circa radiculam involuto-convolutis. — Arbores v. fru- 
lices ; pube stellata v. ramosa; foliis integris v. serratis stipulaceis ; 
floribus axillaribus, solitariis v. paucis cymosis. (Orbis tot. reg. calid.) 
— Vid. p. 63. 
7. Kleinhovia L. — Sepala 5, valvata, decidua. Petala torta, æqua- 
lia v. leviter inæqualia, cum calyce inserta. Columna elongata, ad apicem 
leviter dilatata ibique antheras œ , breviter stipitatas, extrorsas, 2-locu- 
lares et cum dentibus 5 brevibus anantheris alternantes, gerens. Gynæ- 
cum summæ columnæ impositum ; ovario-5-loculari ; stylo tenui ad 
apicem stigmatosum 5-fido. Ovula in loculis singulis 4-, 2-seriata, 
adscendentia. Capsula membranaceo-inflata vesiculosa, turbinato-5-loba, 
loculicide 5-valvis. Semina in loculis singulis solitaria v. pauca globosa 
tuberculata ; embryonis corrugati cotyledonibus subconvolutis ; albu- 
mine parco v. 0.— Arbor ; foliis alternis integris, 3-7-nerviis, petiolatis 
stipulaceis ; floribus in racemum terminalem valde ramosum cymiferum 
dispositis ; bracteis minutis. (Asia trop.) — Vid. p. 64. 
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8. Pterospermum Scures. — Sepala 5, libera v. basi in calycem 
tubulosum connata, valvata, decidua. Petala torta, cum calyce inserta, 
decidua. Columna plus minus elongata, nunc brevis, ad apicem leviter 
dilatatum staminodia 5 elongata gerens staminaque fertilia sæpius 
10-15, per paria v. 3 sinubus alternis inserta ; filamentis linearibus ; 
antheris erectis linearibus ; connectivo ultra loculos parallelos apicu- 
lato. Germen summæ columnæ insertum, 3-loculare ; stylo integro ad 
äpicem clavato-stigmatosum 5-sulco. Ovula in loculis singulis 4-®, 
adscendentia : micropyle extrorsum infera. Capsula lignosa v. rarius 
Coriacea , ovoidea, oblonga , subeylindrica v. 5-angulata, loculicide 
9-Valvis. Semina superne alata; embryonis corrugati cotyledonibus 
Plicatis ; radicula infera longiuseula ; albumine parco v. 0. — Arbores 
v. frutices, lepidoti v. stellato-tomentosi ; foliis alternis, basi (sæpius 
ob Iqua) 3—-7-nerviis ; floribus axillaribus, solitariis v. paucis ; brac- 
les 8 V. œ (Sczegleewia), stipuliformibus, integris v. laciniatis, sub 
Îlvre insertis. (Asia trop.) — Vid. p. 65. 
