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1-loculare, apice m stylum brevem “abiategr um v. 5, -fidum stigma- 
tosum préductons; placentis parietalibus 3, v. rarius 4; ovulis œ, 
anatropis. Fructus crassus, demum 3, 4-valvis; seminibus œ, extus 
pulpa involutis ; embryone parvo, recto v. leviter incurvo. — Arbores 
v. frutices; foliis integris alternis, suboppositis v. verticillatis; floribus 
in racemos breves simplices v. ramosos, raro umbelliformes, axillares 
v. terminales, dispositis. (Malacassia, ins. Mascaren., Zeylania.) — 
Vid. p, 18. 
8. Berberidopsis Hook. Fr. — Flores hermaphroditi ; perianthii 
foliolis 9-15, petaloideis, inæqualibus, imbricatis, ab exterioribus ad 
interiora majoribus. Stamina 6-10; filamentis liberis brevissimis supra 
receptacult annulum prominulum insertis ; antheris basifixis erectis, 
2-locularibus, subintrorsum rimosis. Germen liberum, 1-loculare, 
apice in stylum brevem truncatum, 3-radiatim stigmatiferum, attenua- 
tum; placentis 3, parietalibus; ovulis +, anatropis. Fructus...? — 
Frutex subsarmentosus sempervirens ; foliis alternis simplicibus pe- 
liolatis exstipulaceis grosse dentatis; floribus in racemum terminalem 
nunc subumbelliformem nutantem dispositis; bracteis tous, pedi- 
cells basi 2-bracteolatis. (CAë4.) — Vid. P. A9. 
III. BERBERIDEÆ. 
9. Berberis L. — Flores 3-meri; calycis petaloider foholis 6-12, 
2-4-seriatis, ab extimis parvis bracteiformibus ad intima majoribus, 
imbricatis. Petala 6, 2-seriata, sepalis sæpe subsimilia, ad basin intus 
Sæpius 2-glandulosa, imbricata. Stamina 6, 2-seriata ; filamentis liberis, 
basi articulatis ; antheris basifixis, 2-locularibus, Imtrorsum 2-rimosis ; 
loculorum singulorum pariete exteriore demum valvatim sursum dehis- 
cente. Carpellum 1 ; stylo brevi, apice peltato stigmatoso; germine 
L-loculari; ovulis sæpius paucis placentæ subbasilari v. oblique plus 
Minus parietali insertis, adscendentibus, anatropis; micropyle extror- 
sum infera. Bacca indehiscens. Semina plerumque pauca ; albumine 
Carn0so ; embryone majusculo. — Frutices ; foliis alternis, aut simpli- 
Gibus (1-foliolatis) penninerviis, aut pinnatis; costa ad juga singula 
articulata ; sæpius spinoso-dentatis v. In spinas simplices v. plurifidas 
Mulatis ; floribus in racemos dispositis v. solitariis geminisse, ramulos 
