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Ordo CCXIMi Iliittnerlaceae.

Arbores , frutices v. sujfrutices, erecti aut interdum sca®'dentes, rarius herbae , annuae v. perennes, pube stellata aut b|furca, rarius lepidota. Folia alterna, petiolata, simplicia, pen® 1nervia v. palinatinervia, integra, pinnatifida v. saepius palmatil 0 ^' 1 'dentata v. serrata, rarissime integerrima. Stipulae ad basim P®tiolorum liberae, deciduae, rarius foliaceae et persistentes, ra r,s ..sime nullae. Flores perfecti regulares, axillares v. oppositif®rarius subterminales, paniculati, spicati v. glomerati, nudi v. J ®^volucello unilaterali aut ambiente, rarius involucro communiniti. Calyx herbaceus, membranaceus v. coriaceus, intero®coloratus, quadri-quinquefidus v. partitus, aestivatione valva 1 ® 5 ’Corolla nulla, v. petala calycis laciniis numero aequalia et alter® 3 'receptaculo inserta, unguiculata, nunc plana, aestivatione coo'lutiva v. spiratiin contorta-, nunc concavo-fornicata, supernelaminam ligulaeformem, indivisam aut partitam, saepe cumstaminei lobis cohaerentem producta, aestivatione valvatimduplicata, persistentia v. decidua. Stamina receptaculo inse 1nunc petalis numero aequalia et opposita!, nunc dupla alt® r j.fertilia petalis opposita, nunc multipla uniseriata, sterilia cal )' clobis numero aequalia et opposita cum fertilibus pluribus abnantia, rarissime omnia fertilia et coalita. Filamenta in cup®'

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trorsae aut rarius subintrorsae, in singulis tubi staminei 1 ^singulae v. rarissime plures transversim superpositae, .erecta®.^,incumbentes, biloculares, loculis juxta totam longitudinem, f® ^prope apiqpni poro v. rimula dehiscentibus. Germen lil»® 1 •$-sessile v. breviter stipitatum, tetra-pentaphyllum, rarius P jjaut abortu interdum di-monopliyllum, carpidiorum marginib® j r j-dissepimenta introflexis columnam centralem attingentibus q ® <1# tf |oquinque- v. interdum decemloculare. Gemmulae in quovis 1® C v .geminae, collaterales aut plurimae biseriatae, adscendent®^^subhorizontales, rarissime pendulae, anatropae. Styli teriB‘® 3 j; ; i.in unicum coaliti; stigmata loculorum numero, erecta v. p® tC ,.,jja'Fructus rarissime indehiscens, plerumque capsularis, nieB^^nCceus, coriaceus v. lignosus, quadri-quinque-decemloculari^j.titaloculicide dehiscens, valvis medio septa saepius demumgerentibus, nunc septicide in elementa carpica solutus» g0 li-tandem bivalvibus. Semina in loculis _nunc gemina v. ab® rt ^ r duiBtaria, nunc plurima, plerumque adscendentia, rotundata- lB

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compressa et superne in alam membranaceam productai j^si®*mento crustaceo v. membranaceo, hilo basilari v. P^^rnoS® 111laterali, nudo aut strophiolato. Embryo intra alburne 11 g a®'v. mucilaginosum, nunc exalbuminosus, rectus v. h o0i - s aU t 1®'cuatus; cotyledonibus carnosis v. saepe foliaceis, int e 8'‘