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pymnsa, floribus ebracteolatis peduunilo communi apice paul- 

 Inlam crassiori impositis , albis vel pallidc roseis. 



Centrundra Karst, geu. uov. Kuphorbiacearum Eiidl. 

 5828. 1. 

 Flores monoiri in racemis terniiiialibus dispositi, bra- 

 ctcati, masi'iilini siiperiores. Calya- oampaniilatiis 5-par- 

 titiis laciiiiis triangiiiaribus acntis, in fnndo glandiilas 5 iis 

 oppositas gerens, aestivationp imbricatis. (orolla petalis 5, 

 laciniis calycinis alternantibns liueari - spathnlatis hyaliiiis. 

 Stamina undecira, annin thalami reutrnni ocrnpans, Klameuta 

 8ubnla(a pilosa, deceut exteriora toinenti ope basi conncxa, 

 alterna petalis opposita iniuora; antherae ovales, basifixae, 

 introrse birimosae. 



Florum femininorum caltf.v 5-pailitns, iaciniis sub- 

 aequalibns lanceolato-lriangularibns, acntis margine pectiua- 

 tis, basi in axilla glandulam subglobosam foventibus, aesti- 

 vatione valvatis, petaia et stamina nnlia. Ovarium globosum 

 pilis Stellatis hirsntnm triloculare; styli tros bipartiti filiformes, 

 segmenta biHda sligmatosa. Frnctns tapsnlaris, tricoccjis, 

 cocris bivalvibns, monospermis. Semionm testa brunnea pun- 

 ctnlata. 



Centrandra Hondeiisis. 

 Frntex 5 — 6-pedalis raniosus, ramis et ramnlis tereti- 

 bns, tonnis, uti petioli pagiua inferior lolioruni et inflorescen- 

 tiae Organa pilis stellatis nlbidis, indnmentnni tennissimnm 

 formantibus, tertns; folia alterna, slipnlata, stipniis linearibns 

 diutius persistentibns, petiolata ovata vel lanceolata aonta 

 basi rotundata, snpra lepidibns snbtilissimis snbscabra, subtns 

 costata nervisqne prominentibns notata, integerrima ; inHorescen- 

 tia coaretata, tlores brevissinie pedicellati, bracteis niinntis tili- 

 formibus fulti. 



