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plernmque ex ovariolis 2 I. pluribus, Introrsum apertis, mar- 

 glnibns placentiferis concrctis compositum, placentis multiovu- 

 latis rarissime unioviilatis, contignis connatis, stigmatibus^ 

 placeutas terminantibus , plerumqiie in lineam adsceudentera 

 et descendentcm coiinatis ]. interdnm in prolongationcs, nu- 

 mero placentarnm diiplicato elevatis, stylo uuico 1. uullo, 



Fructns siccns rarissime ex capsnlis pluribus distinctis, 

 in articulos cJausos mouosperraos separabilibus constans, ple- 

 rumque unilocularis 1. rarius incremeuto ariliorum simulate 

 bilocularis, inapertus , 1. ope valvularum duarum 1. pluriara, 

 complctarnm I. iucompletarum dehiscens, valvulis vel a su- 

 tnris placentiferis interjectis secedentibus, vel suturicidis cum 

 altera placentarnm, in qualibct sutura contiguarnm , disjnnctis 

 margine placentiferis. Placentae tenues filiformes 1. proces- 

 sibus lamelliformibus dissepimenta incompleta formantibus, 



Seinina saepe numerosa, rarius solitarla, plerumque 

 sessilia, rarius stipitata 1. funlcnlo brevi affixa, supra nm- 

 bilicum varic cristata 1. saepius crista destituta, tunicis 2 1, 

 1 tecta. Albumen carnoso- oleosum, semini conforme, saepe 

 curvatum. 



Embryo minimus in basi albuminis reconditus, rostello 

 centrifugo. Cotyledones post gcrminationera foliaceae, sessi- 

 les vel petiolatae duae, rarius 3 1. 4 1. bifidae. 



Die Abtheiliingen Hunncmannieae und Platystemoneae, wo- 

 Ton erstere an der Gattung .Dendroraecon einen Zuwachs er- 

 halten hat, lassen sich so beschreiben: 



HUiNNE]VIANNIEA.E. 



Herbae subbiennes 1. fruticnlosac, succis limpidioribus 

 foetae, radice subsimplici, interdnm succnm croceum conti- 

 nentc. Canles teretos. Folia integra 1. in lacinias lineares 

 sccta, Pcdunculi solitarii praclougi uniflori, terminales 1. op- 

 positifolii I. axillares. Calyx diphjllus 1. coalitu mouophjU 



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