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tum), estipitatum, v. substipitatum, coriaceum, i-loculare, 1-2-v. 

 pleio-spermum , bivalve, incrassato-marginulatum; sutures sub- 

 œquicrassœ , ecarinatœ. Semina ovata, v. ovalia, v. subrotunda, 

 v. subcorclata, lenticularia , v. subplano-compressa (spècie unica 

 subglobosa), strophiolata , v. estrophiolata , pendula, v. oblique 

 appensa, lsevigata, lucida, campylotropa ; hilus ovatus v. or- 

 bicularis, concavus, subterminalis , exostomate infra - positus 

 et contiguus ; chalaza superficie iuconspicua ; raphe nulla ; inte- 

 gumentum crassum, coriaceum. Embryo curvus , strato albumi- 

 noso crassiusculo corneo inclusus; cotyledones subrotundae, v. 

 obovatse , v. ovales , carnosse , plano-convexae , rectae ; radicula 

 subclavata, obtusa, adscendens, subarcuata, cotyledonibus sequi- 

 longa v. sublongior , accumbens , apice decurva et ad exostoma 

 versa. Funiculi brèves, crassiusculi, subhorizontales. 



Frutices v. fruticuli , spinosi , v. inermes , ramosissimi , habitu 

 vario (speciebus haud paucis ephedroideo). Rami et ramuli op- 

 positi v. alterni, striati v. angulati: novelli foliati (speciebus qui- 

 busdam citissime autem aphylli) ; seniores speciebus plerisque fo- 

 liorum jam delapsorum pulvinulis persistentibus nodulosi v. quasi 

 tuberculati. Ramuli floriferi haud raro annui v. biennes. Gemmée 

 perulatae : perulis scariosis, v. herbaceis, v. coriaceis. Folia op- 

 posita, v. alterna, sessilia, v. petiolata, stipulata, v. exstipulata, 

 1-v. 3-foliolata, floribus prœcociora v. coaetanea; petiolus (v. eo 

 déficiente foliola) pulvinulo (plerumque axi adnato) squamaceo 

 v. tuberculiformi tricostato durescente persistente insertus ; sti- 

 pulée dentiformes v. aculeoliformes , durescentes , persistentes , 

 inferne cum pulvinuli margine concretaB ; foliola fugacia , v. in- 

 eunte hieme solum decidua, v. subpersistentia, integerrima, bre- 

 vissime petiolulata, speciebus plerisque crassiuscula. Flores ver- 

 nales, v. aestivales, brevius v. longius pedicellati , aut ad ramuios 

 novellos terminales v. axillares terminalesque (racemosi, v. fasci- 

 culati, v. subcapitati), aut ad ramuios annotinos solitarie v. fasci- 

 culatim latérales (e gemmis solitariis axillaribus simul foliigenis 

 orti) ; pedicelli ad basin folio v. bracteâ stipati , v. supra basin 

 bracteâ falti, apice v. secus médium bibracteolati : bracteolis 

 seepissime oppositis, speciebus quibusdam basi calyce aclnatis. 



