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Character naturalis fructificationis. 
Calyx monophjllus 4 ad i 5 dentatus lobatusve, persistens, 
sæpè post efïlorescentiam crescens. 
Corolla monopetala, rotata; tubus brevis ; limbus magnus, 
plicatus, 5 -angulatus, lobatusve, interdum 4-6-lobalus, patens. 
Stamina 5 , aliquando 4-6. Filamenta subula ta, minima , inter¬ 
dum inæqualia; antheræ oblongae, approximatæ dislantesve , 
sæpiùs aequales, interdum inaequales, apice poris duobus dehis¬ 
centes. 
Pistillum. Ovarium subrotundum, ovatum. Stylus filiformis , 
rectus vel deflexus; in floribus fertilibus, staminibus longior; 
in floribus sterilibus, filamenta subæquantes. Stigma oblusum , 
subsimplex aut 2-3-4-fidus. 
Pericarpium. Bacca subrotunda, ovata, oblonga, glabra, apice 
puncto notata, 2,-3-4-locularis. Placenta carnosa, convexa aut 
convexo-concava , nunc à dissepimento non discreta, nunc ope 
îaminæ intermediae longitudinalis dissepimento utrinquè ad 
axem affixa. 
Semina plurima, subrotunda, ovata, sæpiùs compressa, margine 
cincta, glabra aut minutissimè scrobiculata , pulpa molli dia- 
phani sæpissimè convoluta. 
Character naturalis vegetationis. 
Caulis herbaceus aut frutescens, inermis aut aculeatus aut 
raro spinosus. Folia simplicia, integra, sinuata, lobala deconi- 
posilaque, alterna, in plurimis geminata , raro lernata. Pedun¬ 
culi solitarii aut plures , simplices aut multifidi , uni aut mul¬ 
tiflori , axillares aut extra - axillares , opposilifolii aut sparsi 
aut terminales. Pedicelli Sol. tuberosi, sub fore articulati. Fructus 
Sol. esculenti, magnus , sub b-locularis. Huic Jios 6-9-divisits. 
