Ordo CLXXIII. ! 



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(Juss: gen: p. 64- = R- Br: prodr: ed: i. p, "iog. \ 

 cd: 2. p. i6'5. = Rich; ann: mus: Paris: IV. = 



Bartl: ord: nat: p. 54- = \ 



J. S. Hill: fam: I. p. i58. t. 25.). ' 



i 

 Char-. essentialis. ^ 



I 



» Flores hermaphroditi irregulares. Perigon: supe- I 



t> rum petaloideum irregulariter 6-divisum duplici or- j 



» dioe , segmentis exteriorihus 3. , quorum alterum i 



» (^anticum vel dorsale Auctor:) ob germeu vel pe- \ 



» dicellum tortum saepe poslicum adparet , saepius i 



» fornicatum , raro basi calcaratura , i. posteriora \ 

 » (^lateria Auctor:) sub-aequalia ab antico dissimilia; 

 » interiorihus 3., quorum 2. lateralia cum antico ex- 

 » teriorum ssepe adscendentia vel plus minus conni- 



» ventia aut basi coalita, tertium (lahellum Auctor:) ; 

 » antico exteriorum obversum substantia et figura di- 



» versum basi ssepe i-2-calcaratum. Stam: 3. inter | 



» se et cucn stylo magis niinusve in columnam ( gy~ ] 



» nostemium Rich: ) connata intra perigonii segmen- ' 



» tum anticum posita, 2. lateralia ssepius sterilia ra- i 



» rissime fertilia (MonandrcE Auctor:), medium an- i 



» iheriferum vel rarissime sterile et tunc lateralia ; 



» fertilia ( DiandroB Auctor: ). Anthera 2 - locularis , 



» {ditheca R. Br:), loculis columnse adnatis, remotis j 



