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GHLORANTIIEiE. 



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basi cincti bractea minuta, adnata, semiovata, concava, sub-ciijmliformij intc- 

 gerrima vel exigue denticulata, sub lente glanduloso-punctata, liermaplirodiLi. 



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ANTHERiE coalitas in massam ovatam, latam, semitrifidam, carnosam, extra 



convexam, intus sub-concavamj iacteam, ante lapsum in llavum migrantemj 



qux ovarium occultatj et in liujus ipsius dorso margini s. gibberi vixprominulo, 



semicirculari, carnoso inscritur; lacihicG hrcyesj semiovatx', acutlusculae : inter- 



media lateralibus paullo elongatior acutiorque , infra apicem latere internobilo- 



cularisj laterales contra uniloculares : loculis omnibus latere laciniarum interno 



margini sat approximatis , secus longitudinem adnatis, polline flavicante sub- 

 globoso refertis. 



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OvARiuM* sessile, parvulum, ovato-globosum gibbereve dorsali prope dimi- 

 diato-ovato-globosum, sursum quidpiam attenuatum, intus ovulo sub-oblique 

 suspenso. Stigma sessile, obtusumj deprcsso-emarginatum. 



Drupa sub-baccata, ovalis, superne sub-oblique truncata, stigmatis cicatricc 

 plana, rostellataque condecorata eminentia, ex margine insertionis staminum 

 pedetentim assurgcnte oborta, ad basin bractea persistente sufTuIta. Pericar-^ 

 pium tenuiusculum, extrinsecus laevigatum, decolor aut stramincum, intus sub- 

 carnosum, nuculam undique arctissimeque circumvolvens. Receptaculum nuculce, 

 apice suo superiore pericarpio arctius adbxrentis, proprium nullum. Nucula 

 elliptico-globosa, superne, et magis adhuc ad basin, in acumen brevissimum 

 dcslnens,putaminetcnui, fragili, flavido-fusca, extus sub-fibrosa, monosperma. 

 Semen nuculse conforme', ejusdemque putamen ex asse explens, testa [^peri- 

 spermo Rich.) simpliee, tenuissima, membranaeea, albumen quam arctissime 

 investiente, pallide flavicante, ad seminis portionem superiorem paululum cras- 

 siore et dilute fusca. Alhumen carndsum, lacteum, Emhryo obscure dicotyledo- 

 neus, albuminis basin occupans, erectus, minutissimus, carnosus, obovatus 

 vel quasi cordatus, portione nempe superiore cotyledonacea latiori per sinum 

 planum emarginatus, versus radiculam vero nonniliil attenuatus. Cotyiedones 

 fere inconspicu^, tantummodo superne per sinum indigatata^, brcvissimce, obtu- 

 sissimac, carnosge, crassai. Radicula cotyledonibus major, cum iisdem continua, 

 crassa, obconica, basin versus acutiuscula, infera. 



EXPLICATIO TABUL^. 



Ramus Chloranthi offlcinalis floribus fructibusque ornatus ; magn. nat. 



Fig. I- PortJo splcula;, cujus flores partim gemtalibus raasculis instructi, partlm Jlsdcm jam orbati 

 - sunt ; auct. 



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* F]os ovario abortivo. 

 Fig. 2. Flos bractea basilari denudatus, massa antlierarum adhuc ovai-ii dorso inhffireiUe • mict. 



* Ovario — rarissime (juidem — abortivo, anthera, Itidem plus minus deformata, ex Inleriori 

 bracleffi angulo , proxime rachiu, escendit, utut monstrat.flos, sub Fig. i *, Tab. I , depictus. 



