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Stamina 8-10, declinata, aequalia : JUamenta subulata, com- 
pressa, glabra aut hispida, basi dilatata : antheroe totius ordi- 
nis brevissimge, subcuneatse, crassjE, basi nudee, dorso cari- 
natpe, apice obtusge, duplici foramine hiantes ! Ovarium. 
sphsericum, calyce arete connatum. Stylus cylindraceus, 
glaber, declinatus v. erectus. Stigma orbiculato-peltatum, 
disco umbilicatum sulcis duobus cruciatiim. Capsula bac- 
cata, globosa, ^-locularis, 4-valvis, quandoque 5-locularis, 
5-valvis, calyce coriacea vestita et arete connata. Placentae 
4 V. 5, oblongag, latae, carnosse, valde scrobiculatse, imbri- 
cate seminiferae. Semina numerosa, subrotundo-ovalia v. 
pblonga, luteo-fasca, glabra, saspius nitida, umbilieo lateral! 
magno convexo pallido aucta : testa duplex ; exterior eras- 
siuscula, Crustacea; interior membranacea: albumen nul- 
lum. Embryo rectus, ochroleucus, ovoideus, cavitati semi- 
nis conformis : cotyl. breves, erass^, obtusae : radicula cy- 
lindracea, cotyledonibus longior, curvula, basi attenuata. 
Frutices (Peruviani) ramosi^ patentes et radicantes v. 
scandentes, alii erecti, glabri aut hispidi. Folia petiolata^ 
coriacea^ dentata v. serrulata rard integerrima, S v, 5-ner- 
via, quandoque enervia 1 Flores terminates, thyrsoideo- 
racemosi v. paniculati, albi^ sospius nutantes, 
Obs. Genus habitum Blakess asmulans, et antherse pari- 
ter duplici apertura hiantes, sed longe recidet calyce basi 
nudo, stigmate lato peltato, antheris basi nudis et inflores- 
centia. Nomen desumpsi a n^gii^cteo., suspendo, propter plures 
frutices hujus generis per arbores scandentes et flores saepe 
pendulos. 
§ Flores octandri. 
1. C. rotundifoUum, foliis orbiculato-eordatis integerrimis 
utrinque hispidis, floribus subquaternls breve pedi- 
cellatis, ramis tomentosis, caulc repcntc. 
