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GNÉTACÉES. 53 
GENERA 
I. GNETEÆ. 
1. Gmetum L. — Flores 1-sexuales; masculorum perianthio (?) 
lineari-clavato, apice obtuso, integro v. 2-fido, valvato. Andro- 
cæi loculi 2, distincti, ad apicem filamenti columnaris ex ore exserti 
sessiles, vertice 2-valvatim dehiscentes. Floris fæminei perianthium (?) 
ex utriculis 2, apice foramine parvo perviis; utriculo exteriore 
gamophyllo sacciformi, apice obtuso v. breviter acuminato, demum 
hinc fisso; interiore autem exteriore incluso eoque paulo breviore. 
Germen liberum, utriculo interiore inclusum, 1-loculare, apice in 
Stylum tenuem tubulosum longe exsertum et apice pervio sæpe 
dentatum v. fimbriatum productum. Stylus in floribus fœmineis im- 
perfectis (« quasi neutris ») subnullus. Fructus siceus, utriculis in 
drupam accretis inclusus, semen erectum et plus minus coalitum 
includens; albumine copioso carnoso ; embryonis axilis et ovoideo- 
clavati radicula in filum funiculiforme sæpius longissimum et 
intricato-flexuosum producta; cotyledonibus inferioribus brevibus 2. 
— Arbores v. frutices, erecti v. alte scandentes, glabri nodosi; foliis 
Oppositis coriaceis penninerviis; floribus in spicam densam v. inter- 
ruptam nodosam dispositis; spicis axillaribus et terminalibus, 
simplicibus, compositis v. fasciculatis; masculis intra cupulam e 
bracteis 2 oppositis connatis formatam spurie verticillatis sessilibus ; 
“RE pilis articulatis v. pulvino velutino cinetis v. ex parte immer- 
; fœmineis v. imperfectis verticillum spurium præcedenti inte- 
HR formantibus. (Asia, Africa, Oceania et America trop.) — 
Vid. p. 46. 
