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XLVIL COMMELINliE. 



229t CoMMELiNE^ sunt Liliiflorae pe- 

 rigonio duplici infero, staminibu$, hypo- 

 gjnis* 



Ephemerea Batscli., & Rich. 



Plantae herbaceae. Caulis foliosus, foliis va- 

 gina instructis. Calyx tiipaititus. Gorolla 3pe- 

 tala, petalis unguibus connatis. Stamina 6 vei 

 pauciora, hypogyna , quaedam saepe castrata vel 

 antheris difformibus. Stylus i. Stigma i , vel 

 triplex. Capsuia 2-3-locuIaris, ^-S-valvis, val- 

 vis medio septiferis. Grana saepius bina , angulo 

 interno loculi affixa. Corculum trochleare, in ca- 

 vitate endospermii dense carnosi umbilico oppo- 

 sita immersus. 



Pkilydrum Banks. 3 sp. 



Cartonema Br. i sp. 



Bonapartea R. & P. (Littcea^^Yxmnh.^ ^can^ 



thospora Spr.) 2 sp. 

 Floscopa Lour. i sp. 

 Syena Scieh. {Mai/aca Aubl. ) i sp. 

 Gsllisia luinn. 3 sp. 

 ^ Tradescantia Linn. (cum Campelia Rich.) 3i sp. 

 \^ ' Commelina Linn. (cum Aneilema^w) 79 sp. 

 Potlia Th. i sp. 

 Cyanella Linn, 4 sp. 



JPolliee bacca 8c stamina aegualia. — Cartonemati 

 slylus 8c staraina persistentia, Philydro proximo. — 

 Tradeseantite stamina aequalia, stigma trifidura. — Cal- 

 lisitB staaiina singula antheris 2, stigmata 3 penicilla- 

 ta. Cyanellam ad Asphodeleas Jussieus refert, — - 



"Fhilydro perigonium simplex , sed bractea persistente 

 subteusura , diphyllum ; stamina lateralia petaloidca 

 sterilia. Structura granorum &: staminym Oi*cliideis 

 quodammodo couvenit. Licet Cartonemati affine, genus 



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