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multiovulatum ; placenta 2 , pariétales, nerviformes ; ovula ana- 

 tropa, horizontalia, pluriseriata (an semper?); funiculi bre- 

 vissimi v. nulli. Styli. 2 (raro 3 v. rarissime 4)? nunc abasi fere 

 liberi, divergentes, nunc ultra médium vel ad apicem usque con- 

 creti V. cohaîrentes. Stigmata ( nunquam concreta) intégra, 

 obtusa. 



Fericarpium : Bsiccâ calyce omarcido coronata, subumbilicata, 

 carnosa, i-locularis, evalvis, poîysperma, v. abortu oligo- 

 sperma. 



Semina niduïantia, subhorizontalia, funiculo demum elon- 

 gato usque ad chalazam libero affixa,arillo gelatinoso obvoluta, 

 oblonga, v. siibovata, v. teretia, v. lentiformia, v. sœpius angu- 

 losa ; epispermium crustaceum, perispermio arcte adhaîrens; 

 perispermium corneum v. carnosum; embryo in perispermiî 

 extremitate chalazaî opposîta locatus, minimus, subteres : radi- 

 cula obtusa, cotyledonibus subrotundis sublongior. 



Frutices interdum aculeis infra-axillaribus v. inordinate spar- 

 sis armati. Rami teretes v. angolosi, inarticulati» Gemmas squa- 

 mosœ. Folia sparsa v. fasciculata, exstipulata, annua, v. raro 

 perennia, simplicia, palmatinervia, sœpe palmatifida, v. lobata, 

 dentata, v. serrata, v. crenata, v. subincisa ;, nonnunquam gut- 

 tulis resinosis conspersa, vernatione plicata rugosaque; petio- 

 lus canalicuîatus, basi dilatatus, ssepe pilis longis plumosis 

 (v. raro simplicibus ) mox deciduis ciliatus. Infiorescentia ra~ 

 mulos brevissimos v. abortivos foliis rosulatis suffultos termi- 

 nans (saepe autem ramulis novellis mox ex eadem gemma pro- 

 deuntibus quasi lateralis evadit) , vel raro e gemmis aphyllis. 

 Flores in racemos (interdum depauperatos ) conferti , v. ad 

 pedunculi apicem subcapitati, v. subsolitarii, varie colorati 

 (nunquam tamen cœrulei), hermaphroditi , v. abortu dioici, 

 regulares, v. raro subirreguîares ; pedunculi solitarii (raris- 

 sime fascicuîati), plerumque cernui v. penduli; pedicelli apice 

 V. infra apicem articulati, sparsi, basi bractea unica suffulti, 

 nec raro apice vel paulo inferius bracteolis 1 oppositis instructi. 



Grossularieœ a Saxifrageis vix nisi fructu baccato seminibus- 

 que arillo pnlposo obvolutis recedunt, nec forsan infauste 

 illis annumerentur ; qiiibusdam quoque speciebus maxime 



IV. BoTAiî. -=. Juillet. 2 



