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Urban : 



multiraniulosi. Ovula 3— anatropa, placentis 3 parietalibus nervi- 

 formibus 1-pluriseriatim ad medium versus v. saltem non ad apicein 

 nec ad basin, rarissime paullo supra basin, funiculis plerumque longius- 

 culis inserta, typice biseriata et horizontalia, sed ubi permulta, media 

 horizontalia, caetera omui parte radiantia, micropyle ad plaeentam 

 spectante. Capsula globulosa usque linearis 1-locularis, ab apice ad 

 basin v. fere usque ad basin 3-valvis, nunc e medio 1-, deinde 3-latera- 

 liter ad basin et apicem versus dehiscens, valvis medio plaeentam fili- 

 formem gerentibus. Semina breviter obovata usque oblonga, trans- 

 versim paene Semper teretia, recta v. curvata, basi in hilum conicum 

 v. semiglobosum abrupte contracta, rarissime supra hilum constricta, 

 chalaza saepius mamilliformi-prominente et coneaviuscula mediante raphe 

 filiformi cum hilo coüjuncta, testa crustacea, reticulato- striata et plus 

 minus foveolata, striis plerumque elevatis, transversis raro subincon- 

 spieuis, nodis reticuli raro gibberoso-prominentibus, areolis — 2-porosis; 

 arillus Semper obvius tenuissime membranaceus, nunc semen dimidium 

 aequans , nunc ad chalazam ascendens , ad raphen versus unilateralis 

 v. inferne semen subamplectens, integer v. margine lobulatus v. lacer, 

 rarissime quam semen pluries longior et in pilos serieeos dissectus; 

 endopleura tenuissime membranacea; albumen carnosum copiosum. Em- 

 bryo magnus axilis rectus v. curvatus; cotyledones piano -convexae 

 ovales v. oblongae radiculam teretem hilum attingentem aequantes, 

 paullo breviores v. longiores, germinatione foliaceae. 



Herbae annuae v. perennes, fruticuli, frutices v. raro arbores, glabra 

 v. plerumque pubescentia, pube varia non urente, ramulk serialibus inter 

 ramos et caules sicut inter peduneulos et caales saepius obviis. Folia 

 infimis binis exceptio alterna petiolata? raro sessilia, serrata y crenata v. 

 dentata, nunc subintegra, interdum pinnatifida v-partita, rarissime dupli- 

 cato-pinnatipartita, pinnatinervia v. angustissima sub-l-nervia. Stipulae 

 parvae v. 0. Flor es axillares solitarii, inter sese remoti v. approximati 

 v. in capitula v. glomerulos aggregati, rarissime bracteis subdeficientibus in 

 apice caulium racemosi, interdum in peduneulo pauci v. midti et in cymam, 

 nunc capituliformem , v. in cincinnum racemiformem collecti; peduneuli 

 liberi v. cum petiolo connati, sub v. supra prophylla interdum callis tantum 

 notata articulati, raro subnulli. Petala plerumque flava, raro caendea, 

 coccinea v. alba, interdum ad basin atropurpurea. 



Species 83, perplurimae Americanae a Carolina septentrionali et 

 Mexico usque ad Argentinam divulgatae, sed in latere Andium occi- 

 dentali rarissimae, nonnullae Africanae, una varietatibus duabus in 

 insulis Africanis et Asia australi inquilina. 



Obs. I. Flerbae „perennes- verisimiliter pro parte tantum 2- v. 3-ennes sunt. 

 Obs. II. Petala ab insertionis loco, filamenta a basi calycis inensus sum. 

 Obs. III. leones sub „Urb. in Mart. Flor. Bras." laudatae proximo tempore in 

 lucem prodibunt. 



