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Flacourtiacese Lindley, Introd. Bot. p. 21 (1830); Nat. Syst. Bot. 

 p. 70 (1836)-Agardh, Theor. p. 277 (1858)-Warburg in Nat. Pflan- 

 zenfam. III. 6 a p. 1 (1894). 



Syn. Flacourtianece Richard in Mem. Mus. I. p. 366 (1815)-A. P. 

 de Candolle, Prodr. I. p. 255 (1825)-Bartling, Ord. Nat. PI, p. 278 

 (1830)-G. Don, Gen. Hist. Dichlanay. PI. I. p. 290 (1831)-Spach, Hist. 

 Veg. VI. p. 131 (1838)-Clos in Ann. Sci. Nat. 4 ser. VIII. p. 209 (1857). 



BizacecB- Flacourtianece Endlicher, Gen. PL p. 921 (1836-40). 



Flacourtianees Clos in Ann. Sci. Nat. 4 ser. IV. p. 362 (1855). 



Bixinece-Flacourtiece Bentham & Hooker, Gen. PI. I. p. 123 (1862). 



Bixacece-Flacourtiece Eichler in Martius, Fl. Brasil. III. pt. 1. p. 

 426 (1871). 



Bixacees-Flacouiiece Baillon, Hist. PL IV. p. 302 (1873). 

 ■ Frutices vel ar bores. Folia alter na simplicia petiolata serrata vel 

 integra penninervia vel subpalmatinervia, annua vel biennia, stipullata 

 vel exstipullata. Flores axillares vel terminates, glornerati vel race- 

 mosi vel paniculati vel corymbosi. Flores hermaphroditi vel dioici vel 

 monceci; sepala 2-6 imbricata vel valvata, petala +oo— libera sepalis 

 isomera vel numerosa; disci forma varia; stamina numerosa rarius 

 sepalis isomera, antherte biloculares, connectlvum saepe bene evolutum 

 rotundatum vel triangulare vel appendiculatum ; ovarium 1 superum 

 vel semisuperum vel inferum 1-loculare; placenta parietalia 2-8; ovula 

 numerosa. Fructus baccatus vel exsuccus, niger vel ruber vel flavus, 

 vel rarius capsularis. Semina vulgo numerosa albuminosa, radicula 

 infera, cotyledones latae. 



