14 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. 
rum apice produetorum cohærentes aut penitus fuse; 4 antheræ in 
Stauranthera Coronanthera eruciatim unite; 5 antheræ in Conan- 
drone ope marginum loculorum conjunctæ, connectivis in rostrum 
tubulosum productis; pollen ellipsoideum, parvum. Discus hypogynus 
annularis cupuliformis aut nullus, integer obscure 5-crenatus aut in 
uno latere fissus (neque in glandulas oblongas divisus). 
varium plane superum ssepius substipitatum, 2-carpellare, 1-locu- 
lare rarius ima basi 2-loculare ; placentæ parietales, sæpe altius (imo 
usque ad axin ovarii) intrusæ, ibique bifidæ recurvatæ ; undique ovu- 
ligeræ, aut (si alte intrusæ) per facies nudas approximate (nec coa- 
litæ) in marginibus laminarum recurvatis ovuligeræ ; stylus longus 
aut brevis; stigma simplex, aut sepius breviter bifidus, ramo altero 
minore vel obsoleto, altero integro aut (prssertim post anthesin) 
bifido; ovula numerosissima, anatropa. Fructus indehiscens (carnosus 
aut siccus), aut capsula loculicide vel septicide bivalvis, interdum 
proventu 4-valvis, in Epithemate circumscissa; baeca aut capsula 
globosa elongata aut anguste linearis, teres per-raro angulata; pla- 
cente sepius lente, persistentes, in valvis capsule fixe vel rarius 
proventu in axi liberæ relictæ: valve vel torte. Semina numerosis- 
sima, minima, sessilia aut e funiculis pendentia, ovoidea aut oblonga, 
levia (in Coronantherâ minute seabra), inappendiculata, aut (in sub- 
tribu Trichosporeis) apice a filo unico, basi a filo 1 aut 0 vel 2-pluri- 
mis appendiculata; albumen 0, in Rhabdothamno paucisque aliis 
Australiensibus parcum; embryo rectus ` radieula juxta hilum 
— des frutices, Taro —- FORM Hetpueon; viridia met si 
nulla, ), opposita, sæpe plus 
minus disparia vel ‘plane alterna, integra aut dentata, indivisa; gla- 
bra aut a pilis multicellularibus plus minus vestita, sericea aut tomen- 
tosa, nunquam (nisi obscure in Klugia Zeylanica) stellatim pilosa; sti- 
puli nullæ (petioli per-raro a linea angusta conjunctis). Inflorescentia 
varia, axillaris aut terminalis; flores solitarii, eymosi, racemosi aut 
capitati ; inflorescentiæ bracteæ parve aut magne, haud raro coalitæ 
involucriformes; bractea prope basin pedicelli parva rarius magna ; 
bractea vel bracteolæ sub calyce ipso (nisi pedicello obsoleto) nullz. 
Flores speciosi, mediocres parvi vel minimi, coccinei albi violacei 
rarius flavi; hermaphroditi, in plurimis speciebus Æschynanthi Agal- 
eii ama ie: aliorum) quoad longitudinem styli staminumque 
imorphi. 
st iaito hs he inclusa) 460 adhue note; Ameri- 
cane Ti 
