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formia) interdum subpeltala, membrana simplice cel- 
lulosa, micropyle latiusculo apicali. Fructus follicula- 
ris ; folliculi 2, altero nunc abortiente, laeves vel spi- 
nis innocuis onusti, pergamacei vel rarissime carno- 
si, ad maturitatem brachiati, refracti arrective. Semi- 
na compressa, sæpius marginata, testa lævi vel îaigo- 
sa, fusca, opaca, suberosa, sæpissime ad micropylem 
comosa ; coma sericea alba folliculi verticem spec- 
tans rarissime deficiens ; perispermum tenue carno- 
so-corneum opalinum. Embryo rectus ; colyledones 
foliaceæ ; radicula brevis ; plumula inconspicua, Iler- 
bæ lactescentes perennes, radice interdum bulbosa 
eduli, rarius carnosæ, apbyllæ, caule angulato, den- 
ticulis acutis obsito, yel succulentae, suffruticuli vel 
frutices raro nodoso-arlieulati, sæpe scandentes folio- 
si vel aphylli, rarissime arbores, foliis oppositis ( oc- 
casu 3 — 4—6 verticillatis aut alternis) simplicibus, 
integerrimis , vulgo petiolalis in petiolo vel ad limbi 
ortum non raro glanduliferis , stipulis obscuris linea 
pilosa transversali reductis. Inflorescentia extra-axilla- 
ris rarius axillaris indefinita, racemiformis, corymbo- 
sa, vel sæpius umbelliformis, pedicellis cum peduncu- 
lo basi bracteatis, rarissime bibracteolatis. Flores rub- 
ri vel auranliaci lutei albi rarissime coerulei , inter- 
dum fastuosi suaveolentes vel odore stercorario. De- 
caisne in DC. proclr. VIII. p. 490. 491 . 
Tribus ASCLEPIADE /E VER/E R. Br. in Wern. 
Soc. I. p. 21. 
Filamenta connata. Antheræ biloculares. M assae 
