Glotralaneae dc. 
.^iirtclblitmcn. 
Endlicher, Gen, 
Flores hermaphroditi, pentameri, sym- 
metrici. 
Calyx inferus, tubulosus, laciniis tri- 
bus posticis; nonnunquam subinaequa- 
libus labiatus, persistens. 
Corolla hypogyna, sympetala, tubo 
angusto, limbo plus minusve libero, sym- 
metrico labiato, lobis inferioribus majori- 
bus, superioribus minoribus v. deficienti- 
bus; decidua. 
Stamina corolliflora , 4, antica; fila- 
menta exserta haud raro inaequalia sub- 
didyma, antherae rotundatae loculis sub 
anthesi confluentibus. Staminodium (ne- 
ctarium) annulare v. semicirculare aut glan- 
dula hypogyna. Pollen ellipticum triri- 
mosum. 
Germen liberum, uniloculare ; stylus 1, 
stigmate indiviso v. breviter bilobo. Ovu- 
lum 1, ex apice loculi pendulum, anatropum 
micropyle supera pericarpium versus spe- 
ctante. 
Fructus tenuiter membranaceus calyce 
velatus. Semen testa membranacea, albu- 
mine carnoso copioso. Embryo rectus 
cotyledonibus maiusculis, ovalis. 
Frutices v. suffrutices humiles, rarius 
herbae perennes. Folia sparsa, integerrima 
apice saepe tridentala, nunc basi caulis 
congesta nunc distantia. Inflorescen- 
tia in ramo laterali nonnunquam scapi- 
formi foliato v. aphyllo capitata; involu- 
cro paleisque munita. 
pl. Ordo 139. 
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