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Ordo CIXXX. Ranunculaceae.

Herbae, rarius suffrutices v. frutices plerumque sarmentosi,v c «o aqueo. Caules ramique teretes v. angulati; pubes simplex* l '»Ua. Folia alterna, rarius opposita, petiolata, petiolo cumcontinuo, basi in vaginae speciem dilatato, lamina varieSs ecta, rarius simplici, rarissime petiolo ramoso imposita, non-"quam abortiva, petiolo phyllodineo. Stipulae nullae. FloresJ, rte cti v. abortu imperfecti, regulares v. irregulares, solitarii,r ®®®osi v. paniculati, nudi v. involucro calyeiformi, calyci co-^ uno admoto, stipati. Calyx liber, tri-hexaphyllus, foliolisind. • e ' s v ' petaloideis, omnino distinctis, aestivatibne saepissime“cieatis, rarius valvatis v. induplicatis. Corollae petala rece-d Cu lo inserta, calycis foliolis numero aequalia et alterna, nuncV. tripla, unguiculata, aestivatione imbricata, decidua,b Idalia v. inaequalia, forma admodum varia, nunc plana, nunc® Sl tubulosa, cucullata, saccata v. bilabiata, saepe nulla. Sta-d , a Plurima receptaculo inserta, saepissime multiseriata, libera,ter *• " Filamenta filiformia, interdum elongata. Jlnlherae

Sj^unles, biloculares, loculis adnatis, extrorsis v. lateralibus,l 0l) f! us connectivo interposito sejunctis et producto superatis,l a , ^'ludinaliter dehiscentibus. Germina nunc definita, verticil-f a t calycis ^foliolis numero aequalia v. pauciora, rarius plura,^ ri ssime solitaria, unilocularia, libera, sessilia v. substipitata autplus minus cohaerentia, gemmulis juxta suturam ventraleme®», biseriatis, anatropis, — nunc germina indefinita, toropi e ls Pu aer ico v. cylindrico spiraliter inserta, libera, unilocularia,* 1 tin'v. rnt ^ Ue S emmu ^ a unica, erecta v. pendula foeta. Styli ger-Sfj . “us continui, setacei v. subulati, persistentes sive decidui;^ r '! alt bus simplicibus. Fructus nunc achenia monosperma, epi-tOnp' 0 CUm sem i ne concreto, supra torum congesta v. spicata,^Per* ant sae P' ss * rae st yl° persistente, interdum barbato-plumosolap ata , nunc baccae mono-oligospermae v. capsulae unilocu-liberae v. angulo centrali inter se coalitae, juxta suturamePam apice v. secundum totam longitudinem dehiscentes.s ut «« nunc solitaria, erecta v. inversa, nunc plurima, juxta«p** ventralem biseriata, horizontalia; integumento in mono-s P®tii»' S sae P issime cum endocarpio connato, in polyspermis saepe8ae Pe'° S0 'membranaceo, interdum in marginem expanso, rhaphelhot r VaU <l a . Embryo in basi albuminis cornei minimus, or-Pfo^s; cotyledonibus germinatione foliaceis, radicula hilo

! a lvaJ? /fi ^s /. CLEMATIDEAE. Calyx coloratus, aestivatione" a tia, v. induplicatus. Corolla nulla v. petala calyce breviora,Achenia monosperma, stylis barbato-plumosis caudata. Se-

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