126 DICOTYLEDONEJE. MICONIA, — 
Flores 4-8-meri s:epissime 5-meri. Calycis glabri furfuracei tomen- 
tosi vel rarius setosi tubus urceolatus campanulatus vel globosus ; 
limbus truncatus vel lobatus, rarius irregulariter rumpens, persistens 
vel interdum deciduus; lobi breves, extus inappendiculati vel appen- 
dicibus punctiformibus aut parvis aucti. Petala obovata vel oblonga, 
patentia vel reflexa rarius erecta, szepe inzequilatera, apice rotundata 
vel retusa. Stamina :equalia vel paulo inzequalia, petalorum numero 
dupla rarissime numerosiora (4 in una specie), filamentis subulatis vel 
filiformibus; antherz polymorphæ, breves vel elongatze, sæpe linea- 
res oblongz* vel subulatæ, nune obovatz vel cuneiformes, sæpius 
incurvze, apice 1-2-4-porosz poro parvo vel magno, rarius longitudi- 
naliter 1-2-rimosze, conneectivo sub loculis nullo vel szepius breviter 
producto, basi simplici vel dilatato lateraliter vel antice biaurieulato 
aut bitubereulato, rarius dorso subcornuto. Ovarium sæpissime par- 
tim adhærens, raro omnino liberum vel usque ad apicem eum calyce 
adnatum, ovoideum aut globosum, vertice libero intruso conico vel 
hemisphzrieo glabrum vel setosum, 2-5-loculare, loculis multiovula- 
tis vel rarissime 1-2-ovulatis; stylus brevis vel elongatus, gracilis vel 
crassus, rectus vel curvus, sepissime glaberrimus, stigmate puncti- 
formi truncato capitato vel peltato. Bacca ssepius globosa, sicca 
coriacea vel rarius membranacea, 1-5-locularis, mono-polysperma. 
Semina varia, pyramidata vel angulata rarius ovoidea, vel si pauca 
subhemisphzeriea, szepissime lævia et nitida. 
Frutices et arbores polymorph:e, in utraque America inter tropicos 
copiosissime crescentes. Folia szpissime petiolata, integerrima denti- 
culata vel serrulata, opposita vel rarissime verticillata, in eodem jugo 
nonnunquam subdisparia, glabra villosa vel tomentosa. Flores inter 
minores, in panieulas corymbosve terminales rarissime laterales dis- 
positi, in paucis glomerati et spicati, albi rosei rubri purpurei vel - 
luteoli, breviter pedicellati vel sessiles, interdum secus ramulos 
seriati. 
CONSPECTUS SECTIONUM. 
I. Anthere elongate, subulate vel lineari-subulatze. 
A. Vm limbus apertus, exse »" regulariter lobatus. 
l. Calyx oblongus vel obl 
a. Connectivurn uitis: folia pe yeliolata. 
T Calycis limbus distincte lobatus, lobis trian- 
meer vel subulatis; petala sæpe sub- 
Im iE e AE D I. Jueunda (sp. 1-12). 
Tf xh limbus truneatus vel itira: 
petala obtusa vel retusa. ...... TUER eS II. Tamonea (sp. 13-17). 
