454 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
cendentia ; raphe ob placentam involutam extrorsa ; micropyle introrsutn 
supera. Folliculi 2, intus dehiscentes ; marginibus valde involutis. 
Semina 1, 2, descendentia ; albumine embryoneque Codiæe; micropyle 
superà In alam membranaceam producta. — Frutices ; foliis 3-5-natim 
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ver serratis; stipulis caducis ; capitulis Codæ. (Nova-Caledonia.) 
— Vid. p. 382. 
8h. Callicoma Anpr. — Flores hermaphroditi, fere Code; calyce 
h, 5-mero colorato, valvato. Petala 0. Stamina 8-10, cum calyce recep- 
taculi vix concavi v. obconici ori inserta ; filamentis longe exsertis. Ger- 
men magna ex parte v. ad medium liberum ; loculis 2, v. rarius 3, com- 
pletis v. incompletis; ovulis & ; stylis 2, 3, valde elongatis, in alabastro 
circinatis, demum rectis, longe exsertis. Capsula plus minus calyce 
inclusa, septicide 2, 3-valvis; endocarpio chartaceo a mesocarplo sece- 
dente. Semina 4, v. pauca; esta crustacea papillosa ; embryone parvo 
albuminoso. — Arbores parvæ ; foliis oppositis simplicibus serratis 
petiolatis; stipulis deciduis ; capitulis pedunculatis (Codiæ) axillaribus v. 
ad summos ramos opposite racemosis ; bracteis florum inferiorum nunc 
majoribus et involucrum simulantibus. (Australia) — Vid. p. 385. 
XV. BRUNIEÆ. 
85. Brunia Burm. — Flores hermaphroditi regulares; receptaculo 
concavo plus minus profundo. Sepala 5, imbricata, apice glandulosa. 
Petala 5, cum sepalis alternis margini receptaculi inserta, ovata v. sub- 
spathulata unguiculata, intus ultra unguem glandulosum plus minus 
alte 2-cristato-carinata, imbricata v. subvalvale. Stamina 5, alterni- 
petala, inclusa v. exserta; filamentis filiformibus v. subulatis, æqualibus 
v. inæqualibus; antheris 2-dymis v. oblongis, introrsum 2-rimosis. Ger- 
men seminferum, basi intus receptaculo adnatum; loculis 2; altero 
nunc vacuo ; stylo 2-fido v. 2-partito ; ramis divergentibus, ie obtuso 
v. capitellato stigmatosis ; ovulis in loculis singulis 1, 2, sub apice disse- 
pimenti insertis, descendentibus ; micropyle introrsum supera, demum 
(torsione funiculi) extus laterali. Fructus capsularis, coriaceus v. sub- 
membranaceus, aut 1-locularis, sæpius indehiscens, aut 2-locularis, 
septicidus ; loculis sæpe 1 v. 2, aspermis, septo incrassato spongios0 V- 
suberoso repletis. Semina lævia ovato-compressa; embryone ad apicen 
albuminis carnosi minuto. — Suffrutices polymorphi, sæpe ericoidei; 
