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multiramulosi. Ovula 3 — °°, anatropa, placentis 3 parietalibus nervi- 

 foraiibus 1-pluriseriatirn ad medium versus v. saltem nou ad apicem 

 nee ad basin, rarissime paullo supra basin, funiculis plerumque longius- 

 culis inserta, typice biseriata et horizontalia , sed ubi permulta, media 

 horizontalia, caetera omni parte radiantia, micropyle ad placentae 

 speetante. Capsula globulosa usque linearis 1-locularis, ab apice ad 

 basin v. fere usque ad basin 3-valvis, nunc e medio 1-, deinde 3-latera- 

 liter ad basin et apicem versus dehiscens, valvis medio placentam fili- 

 formem gerentibus. Semina breviter obovata usque oblonga, trans- 

 versim paene semper teretia, reeta v. curvata, basi in niluin conicum 

 v. semiglobosum abrupte contraeta, rarissime supra hilum constrieta, 

 chalaza saepius mamilliformi-prominente et coneaviuscula mediante raphe 

 filiformi cum hilo conjuneta, testa crustacea, reticulato- striata et plus 

 minus foveolata, striis plerumque elevatis, transversis raro subincon- 

 spieuis, nodis reticuli raro gibberoso-prominentibus, areolis — 2-porosis; 

 arillus semper obvius tenuissime membranaceus, nunc semen dimidium 

 aequans , nunc ad chalazam ascendens , ad raphen versus uuilateralis 

 v. inferne semen subamplectens, integer v. margine lobulatus v. lacer, 

 rarissime quam semen pluries longior et in pilos serieeos dissectus; 

 endopleura tenuissime membranacea; albumen carnosum copiosum. Em- 

 bryo magnus axilis rectus v. curvatus; cotyledones piano -convexae 

 ovales v. oblongae radiculam teretem hilum attingentem aequantes, 

 paullo breviores v. longiores, germinatione foliaceae. 



Herbae annuae v. perennes, fruticuli, frutices v. raro arbores, glabra 

 v. plerumque pubescentia, pube varia non urente, ramulk serialibus inter 

 ramos et caules sicut inter yeduneulos et caules saepnes obviis. Folia 

 infimis binis exceptis alterna petiolata, raro sessilia, serrata, crenata v. 

 dentata, nunc subintec/ra, interdiurn pinnatifida v.-partüa, rarissime dupli- 

 cato-pinnatipartdta, pinnatinervia v. angustissima sub-1-nervia. Stipulae 

 parvae v. 0. Flores axillares solitarii, inter sese remoti v. approximati 

 v. in capitula v. glomerulos aggregati, rarissime bracteis subdeßeientibus in 

 apice caulium race?nosi, interdum in peduneulo pauci v. multi et in cymam^ 

 nunc capituliformem , v. in cincinnum racemiformem collecti; peduneuli 

 liberi v. cum petiolo connati, sub v. supra prophylla interdum callis tantum 

 notata articulati, raro submdli. P et ala plerumque flava, raro caendea, 

 coccinea v. alba, interdum ad basin atropurpurea. 



Species 83, perplurimae Americanae a Carolina septentrionali et 

 Mexico usque ad Argentinam divulgatae, sed in latere Andium occi- 

 dentali rarissimae, nonnullae Africanae, una varietatibus duabus in 

 insulis Africanis et Asia australi inquilina. 



Obs. I. Herbae „perennes" verisimiliter pro parte tantum 2- v. 3-ennes sunt. 

 Obs. II. Petala ab insertionis loco, filamenta a basi calycis mensus sum. 

 Obs. III. Icones sub „Urb. in Mart. Flor. Bras." laudatae proximo tempore in 

 lucem prodibunt. 



