Ordo CLYI (I ). PHYTOLACC ACELE (2). 
Atriplieum sect. 1 et 2 ( partirn ) Jim. gen. p. 84. — Phytolac- 
ce© R. Brown obs. herb. Congo , p. 35, Barth Beitr. 11, 
p. 142 etord. nat. p. 299, n. 171, non Endl. —Rivine© 
et Petivere© Agardh class, pt. n. 68 et 69. — Phytolacca- 
ce© et Petiveriaee© Lindl. nat . syst. bet. ed. 2, p. 210 et 
212. — Phytolaccace© Endl. gen. p. 975. 
Calyx 4-5-sepalus; sepalis saeplus basi plus minus inter se coa- 
litis, ©qualibus velinterdum inaequalibus, sgepius glabris, herba- 
ceis, margine s©pe membranaceis, intus non raro subeoloratis, 
post anthesin immutatis; ©stivatione imbricativa. Corolla s©pis- 
sime nulla, interdum (in Semonvillea, Limeo et Stegnospermate) 
petalaima basi ealycis inserta, sepaiis ejusdem numero ©qualia 
et alterna vel pauciora, libera, minuta, anguste unguiculata. 
Stamina subhypogyna v6t hypogyna, disci perigyni fundum 
ealycis yestientis vel tori convexiuseuli aut rarius carpophori 
minuti basi inserta, nunc sepalis numero ©qualia et alterna, 
nunc plura, exterioribus altemis, interioribus opposkis, raro in 
phalanges alternas congesta , rarius indefinita et inordinate 
disposita. Filamenta filiformia vel e basi ovata aut ovate-trian- 
gulari subulata, libera vel in cupulam ( nectarium Linn., dis¬ 
cus kypogynus Endl.) fimbriatam vel integram inferne coalita. 
StUminodia nulla. Anther© biloculares, erect© Vel incumbentes, 
ovat©, ovato-sagittat© vel oblongo-Kneares, intrors©, rima lon¬ 
gitudinal! dehiscentes, dorso vel basi affix©; loeufis oppositiff, 
connatis, interdum basi aut rarius basi et apice discretis. Polli- 
nis granula globoso-ovata vel sphmrica, rarissime subtriloba. 
Nectarmm nulhrm. Ovarium nunc simplex, paulo excentrieum, 
nunc compositum, carpellis pluribus distinctis aut plus minus 
connatU verticillatis (carpophoro obsoletissimo rarius stipitiformi 
vel column© centrali insidentibus) constans, nunc (septis defi- 
cientibus? ) compositum et uniloculare,' columna ovulifera per- 
cursum. Ovulum in locukmentis aut carpellis unicum ( rarissime 
ovula plura column© centrali affixa), basi fixnm, campylotropum, 
raro amphitropum aut anatropum. Styli introrsum laterales, ad 
carpellorum angulum centrale apice excurrentes, distincti, raro 
