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rectum) formantia, llnibo profunde 5-fido, laciniae longissi- 

 luac, laiiceolatae , vel liueares, siihnlalae, stellatira patentes 

 vel reflexae. Stamina 5, c. petalis allernatim sninmae caljcis 

 fauci inserta, inaeqnalia, tria longiora, diio altera alterna 

 Lreviora. Filanienta iilifonnia, plana, aequaiia vel versns 

 Ijasiu seusiin dilatata. Antherae filanienlis dorso adnatae, 

 ovales, vel apicc paiillo angnstiores, basi inlorduni crcnatae, 

 introrsae, bilocularcs, locnli saepins basi paiillo divergentes, 

 rima longitiidinali dehiscentes. Fellinis grana sicca oblonga, 

 riraa longitndinali instructa, triporosa, extiis celluloso-reticu- 

 lata , snlphnrca. Ovaiium sessile, snborbicnlare , basi paiillo 

 atteunatmn, e coccis tribns forniatiMn. Cocci singnii oblongi, 

 Tel siibrotimdi, in statu jnniori inarginibns connati, coliiraellae 

 ceutrali tota longitudiiie aduati, rugosi vel verrncosi, glabri, 

 imiovulati. Ovula ftmiciilo teniii lilifornii e basi inferiore 

 erecta, anatropa, integiiinenlis diiobns vestita. Coliimella cen- 

 tralis persistens, post foecnndationein indiirescens, angiilata, 

 versus basin paiillo dilatata, cocci ante polliiiis emissionem 

 latere interno in angulis adnati. Stylus siniplex, Lrevis, teres. 

 Stigmata tria, obtusiuscula vel acinuinata, apice divergentia, 

 teretia, undique papulosa. Fnictns tricoccns, alatns. Cocci 

 siuguli a coluniella centrali oninino soluti, ovales, subcora- 

 pressi j paullo rugoso- verrncosi, trialali, indehiscentes, alae 

 laterales coccorura vicinorum dense accurabenlps^ pleruraque 

 dorsali multo latiores, ala dorsalis interdum fere uulla, alae 

 laterales saepius basi attennatae. Semina in coccis solitaria, 

 obtuse trigona, erecla, panllo curvata, testa rugoso- verru- 

 cosa membranacea rufo-fnsca vestita, albumiuosa. Embryo 

 ut in Stackliousia. 



Herbae pereunes vel sulFrutescentes, caulibns simplicibus 

 vel ramosis, glaberrimis, snbtetragonis vel teretibns, lougitn- 

 dinaliter sulcato -striatis, parte inferiore dense foliatis, parte 



