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vel irregulariter disrumpens. Seminum integumentum exterius 
arillaceum succulentum. — Herbae minimae v. majores, suffru- 
tices, frutices, arbores habitu diversissimo. Flores nunquam 
solitarii, rarissime (in Arisaemate tantum) dieci, plerumque 
monoici, in spicas multifloras, raro, 2—3-floras congesti, semper 
ebracteati. 
Flores regulares 2—3-meri, aut hermaphroditi perigoniati vel 
nudi, aut unisexuales monoici, rarius simplicissimi e stamine vel 
ovario solitario constantes. Sepala, si adsunt, 2 -+ 2 (2 exteriora 
lateralia: Lasta, Cyrtosperma, Urospatha, Anthurzum) vel 34-3 
(exteriorum impar saepius inferum, rarius superum) vel 5—7—8—9 
(Dracontium), regulariter vel irregulariter imbricata (e. gr. in 47- 
thuris), fornicata CAnthurinae, Lasinae), vel obovata squami- 
formia (Pothoinae, Acorinae), raro in urceolum elevatum ((Spathi- 
phyllum, Anadendron) vel brevissimum (Szy/ochzton 5) connata.) 
Stamina plerumque tot quot sepala, iisdem opposita, libera, in 
floribus nudis 3 + 3 vel 2 + 3, rarissime plura [3 +3 + x 
(Typhonodorum)), saepius 2 + 2 (Monsterinae, Callinae) , aut 
3—2—1, libera (Dracunculus, Cryptocoryne, Lagenandra, Arisa- 
rum etc.) aut in synandrium connata (Colocasinae , Staurostig- 
matinae , Pistia), rarissime omnia spadicis masculi inter se con- 
nata (rzopszs). Filamenta raro filiformia (Szy/ocAztoz), saepius 
dilatata, brevia (JMozsterimae , Lasinae, Pothoimae , Anthurinae), 
saepissime brevissima vel subnulla, interdum in iube masculis 
in stipitem antherarum peltam ferentem connata (Stawrostigma- 
tinae). Antherae dithecae, thecis ovoideis (Monsterinae, Lasinae, 
Pothoinae) vel oblongis lineari-oblongisve (Colocasinae, Philoden- 
drinae), bilocularibus, oppositis vel juxtapositis (semper in synan- 
dris), rima longitudinali (Pothoinae, Monsterinae, Anthurium) 
vel verticali (Ambrosinia, Pinellia) vel poro (Staurostigmatinae, 
Colocasinae) vel processu tubuliformi (Bucephalandra) aperienti- 
bus, pollen liberum vel in farciminulis conglomeratum (Amorpho- 
phallinae , Colocasinae , Staurostigmatinae , Monsterinae yr. p.) 
emittentibus. Pollinis granula sphaeroideo -ellipsoidea , laevigata. 
Staminodia plerumque tot, quot stamina florum 5 fertilium , in 
floribus femineis ovarium ting entis (Spathicarpa , Pienbechie, 
Staurostigmatinae , Richardia); in floribus masculis a 3 
raro libera (Philodendron), saepius in synandrodia connata (Cala- 
dno vel tubereula tantum efformantia (Alocasia) , i 
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