Classis h. Colnnmiferae.

Arbores y. frutices, rarius herbae, succo aq ne °v. limcilaginoso, pube saepissime stellata; foliis alterD'^plerumque simplicibus, peiminerviis v. palmatiuerviis, l ftegris, pinnatifidis v. ]>almatilobis, rarissime palma !* 111compositis, stipulis ad basim petiolorum liberis, cahflibero, aestivatione valvato, corollae petalis receptacidinsertis, calycis foliolis numero aequalibus, aestivati "*' 6convolutivis, saepe tamen nullis, staminibus indelinibf’saepissime monadeljibis, v. delinitis, sterilibus cal) f . lSlobis op]tositis, carpidiis liberis v. cum axi centrali 1,1germen pluriloculare connatis, gemmulis axi insertis, s °litariis v. plurimis, anatropis v. amphitropis, frcapsulari, rarius baccato v. nucamentaceo, embryo * 1intra albumen parcum, mucilaginosuin v. carnosum sa*'dum incluso, rarius exalbuminoso, cotyledonibusceis v. carnosis, saepisime corrugatis v. complicatis.

Ordo C€X1. Malvaceae.

Herbae, suffrulices y. frutices, rarius arbores, puLesime stellata. Folia alterna, simplicia, plerumque palmatin clintegra v. palmatiloba aut partita, saepissime crenata v. de"*‘

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Stipulae laterales geminae, persistentes v,perfecti, regulares, axillares, solitarii v. congesti, interdu>" mcemosi, paniculati v. corymbosi. Calyx saepissime bra c j llS;verticillatis, distinctis v. coalitis involucellatus, rarius 1,11 (r ppentapbyllus v. quinquefidus ' aut quinquepartitus, far h t'>quadnlidus, aestivatione valvatus, persistens aut rarius dcc* u (C -Corollae petala tot quot laciniae calycis, iisdemque'altcrn®’.^»ceptaculo inserta, unguibus saepissime mediante tubo st * 1 j v ,i,coalita, lamina plerumque inaequilatera, aestivatione eon ' 0 egirdecidua. Stamina in tubum, basi dilatata germina tegente " 1 tlI( ii

lita, apice v. infra apicem nudum, truncatum aut quinque

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in filamenta plurima, monantherifera solutum coalita; f l ;o»'distinctis v. inferne fasciculatim cohaerentibus, antheris t<! jjiid'libus reniformibus, sinu insertis, simplicibus, receptacufero unico, rima semicirculari bivalvibus, demum c> *,jj,uS ''Germen sessile, e carpidiis quinque v. pluribus, rarius g( yli'quatuor compositum, carpidiis nunc circa axim central e "^ iinU jr

feram, plus minus evolutam, interdum apice expansam, j]cX' squam tenuem, columnacformem verticillatis, marginibus i°