COMMELYNEAE brown. 



Couunelynaceae Endl., Ephemerae Batsch. pro part. 



Flores hermaphroditi vel ovariorum ahortu polygami. 

 Calyx duplex, uterque 3-sepalus; sepala exteriora distincta 

 vel rarius basi connata, persistentia, nonnunquam succosa; 

 interiora petaloidea, sessilia vel unguiculata, distincta vel 

 rarius hasi in tubum connata, unum (impar) saepe minus, 

 difforine, caduca vel marcescendo persistentia. Praefloratio: 

 sepalum impar utriusque calycis exterius, lateralia ainplectens. 

 Stamina 6, hypogyna vel basi sepalorum interiorum inserta, 

 sepalis opposita, rarissime abortu pauciora (1-5), nonnulla 

 saepius sterilia, decidua, nonnisi in Cartonemate persisten- 

 tia. Filamenta filiformia, libera, plermnque barbata. An- 

 therae hiloculares, introrsae : loculis connexivo magis minusv€ 

 distinctis, rarius parallele contiguis, interne secundum longi- 

 tudinem, rarissime poro terminali communi dehiscentibus, nun( 

 omnes fertiles, nunc plures cassae, difformes. Ovarium liberum 

 plerumque sessile, 3-, rarissime 2-loculare 5 loculi sepalis ex 

 terioribus oppositi ; ovula plerumque bina, superposita, inter 

 dum plura, uni- vel biseriata, rarissime solitaria, angulo cen 

 trali loculorum absque fmiiculo inserta, orthotropa. Stylm 

 terminalis, simplex. Stigma simplex, obtusum, capitellatum 

 peltato-ampliatum, excavatum vel obsolete trilobum, raris 

 siine penicillatum. Capsula 3-, rarissime 2-locularis, 3-2-val 

 vis, valvis medio septiferis, rarissime indehiscens. Semim 

 in loculis 2 vel 1, rarissime plura, compressa, angulata ve 

 quadrata, peltata, rarius basifixa. Testa membranacea, du 

 riuscula, reticulato-scrobiculata, rarissime rugosa, albumin 

 arcte adhaerens; hilo ventrali impresso, rarius basilar 



