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æquali- v. sub-2-labiatim patentibus. Stamina 5-7 ; filamentis omnibus 
in tubum corollæ agglutinatum connatis v. coalitis, apice tantum ad 
faucem liberis, quorum alternipetala 5, omnia tiénitoe v. ananthera 
3; Oppositipetala autem 1, 2, minora sterilia ; antheris erectis elongatis, 
basi nudis v. auriculatis, introrsum 2-rimosis. Discus alte conico-tubu- 
losus, germinibus longior. Germina 5, oppositipetala libera, 4-locularia ; 
stylis totilem summo angulo interno insertis, nune in columnam apice 
late capitato-5-lobam stigmatosam cohærentibus ; ovulis in germinibus 
singulis ?, descendentibus ; micropyle extrorsum supera. Fructus (calyce 
ancti) cocci 5, 2-valves; endocarpie soluto elastice 2-lobo. Semina in 
sngulis 1,:2, subreniformia; testa coriacea tuberculata v. muricata, 
intus hilo lato et ad chalazam opereulo orbiculari notata ; embryonis 
parce albuminosi cotyledonibus valde plicato-convolutis ; dorsali exte- 
riore ventralem involvente; radicula supera incurva. — Frutices glabri, 
Simplices v. parce ramosi; foliis versus apicem caulis v. ramorum 
crebris alternis elongato- lanceolatis, 1-foliolatis integris; floribus hypo- 
phyllis v. in pedunculis quoad folia lateralibus extra-alaribus et cum 
ramis plus minus elevato-conratis, nunc foliiferis alterne cymosis. (Bra- 
Sa, Guiana, Columbia, Mexico.) — Vid. p. 
7. Almeidea A. S. H. ! — Flores regulares v. subregulares ; calyce 
brevi, 5-dentato, leviter imbricato. Petala 5°, erecta, basi altenuata 
nune intus foveolata, erecta, imbricata. Stamina 5, alternipetala, libera ; 
filamentis complanatis, intus supra medium canaliculatis supraque bar- 
batis, apice subulatis; antheris oblongis, introrsum 2-rimosis, demum 
ersatilibus. Discus breviter tubulosus gynæceumque Æ7 ythrochitons. 
ruclus Capsularis ; coccis liberis 1-5, 2_-valvibus, 1-spermis ; endo- 
(rpio soluto ; oinibus fere Erythrochitonis. — Axbores v. frutices ; 
lolis alternis y. in summis ramulis oppositis petiolatis , 1-foliolatis 
integris- glanduloso-punetatis ; floribus * in racemos compositos dispositis 
Macteatis ; pedicellis 2-bracteolatis. (Brasilia *.) 
8? Spiranthera A. S. H. ° — Flores subregulares (fere dde : 
. Pélalis 5, elongato-linearibus pubescentibus, nune leviler eurvis, imbri- 
1. In Bull, Soc. philom. (1823), 129; PI. nat. cur., XI, 152, : 19, 27, 29 (nec AUBL.). 
2, t. 153 FL 2 
tem Brés., 1, 44: Bras.mer. . Nunc carnosu 
85, CAR, C. Prodr ] He | lé: 3. Speciosis, se à lilacinis v. nunc cæru- 
U Mém. Mus NT 199. t 93. fie 33 e lese mr 
SPAcn, Suit. ü à Buffon, 11, 348 Qué. + de h. a ae ne % Rep. hs 199; Ann. * 
284, n — AG., Theor. Syst. pl., 4 49, I, it: PL, 246 : ; VIE, 
g. 10. ee «rs NFES et MarT., in Nov. Act. gr Bull, à hi (823), 130; PI rem. 
