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glandiiloso-pnnctata, senipcr cxstipulata. Flores perfecti, regularesaut rarius irregulares, in foliorum axillis solitarii, glomerati, fasci-culati v. cymosi, interdum foliis floralibus abbreviatis, bracteae-formibus spicati aut racemosi, rarissime panieulati, pedunculis p c 'dicellisque basi, medio aut interdum apice bibracteolatis, alabastrumincludentibus, persistentibus sive deciduis. Calyx liber, persistens,tubulosus v. campanulatus, rarius urceolatus, ’ tri-multidentatus,tubo saepissime nervoso v. costato, recto aut rarissime oblique,basi gibboso aut subealcarato, limbi dentibus plus minus profundis,nunc uniseriatis, aequalibus, aestivatione valvatis, nunc biseriatis,dentibus alternis exterioribus angustioribus, saepe simul breviori'bus, interdum minutis v. fere obsoletis, per aestivationem inte-riorum valvatim accumbentium commissurae incumbentibus, tubicostis in medias lacinias excurrentibus. Corollae petala (rarissim edeficientia) summae calycis fauci inserta, ejusdem dentibus inte'rioribus numero aequalia et alterna, exterioribus dum adsuidopposita, sessilia v. unguiculata, obovata, ovata v. oblonga, ae-qualia v. rarissime postica majora, tenera, aestivatione imbricata,margine saepissime plicato-undulata, sub anthesi patentia, decidua,nonnunquam fugacissima. Stamina calycis tubo prope faucem,medio v. paullo supra basim inserta, ejusdem nervis continua,petalis numero aequalia et alterna, rarissime pauciora, saepissim®dupla aut tripla, uni-pluriseriata, inclusa aut exserta, aequah®sive inaequalia, omnia fertilia v. rarissime nonnulla sterilia. t l 'lamenta filiformia, libera, aestivatione recta v. inflexa. JntherUeintrorsae, biloculares, ovatae v. oblongae, erectae s. incumbent 65 ’longitudinaliler dehiscentes. Germen liberum, sessile v. brevite 1-stipitatum, rarissime basi annulo carnoso cinctum, v. glandi»'unilaterali stipatum, bi-tri-quadri-quinque-sexloculare, interd » 10septis abbreviatis v. apice fatiscentibus subuniloculare. Gemmatin trophospermiis dissepimenti medio v. loculorum angulo centi’» 1adnatis, aut semiseptorum basim nectentibus plurimae, rariss » 1 ! 6paucae, adseendentes v. horizontales, analropae. Stylus ter 1111nalis, simplex, plus minus longus; stigmate simplici, obtuso |capitato, rarissime emarginato-bilobo. Capsula membranacea »rarius coriaceo-lignosa, calyce (interdum aucto) basi cinct»inclusa, bi-plurilocularis aut saepissime septis sub matur»oblileralis unilocularis, irregulariter rumpens, circumscis s »regulariter valvis dehiscens, valvis medio septa aut scp torrudimenta gerentibus, trophospermiis in columnam persiste» .liberam coalitis. Semina plurima aut rarius pauca, ovato -» 00lata v. cuneata, aptera, v. plano-compressa, membranaceo-ginata v. alata, integumento coriaceo, hilo in his margin»^.^illis basilari. Embryo exalbuminosus, orthotropus; cotyl 61 ^ 111saepissime suborbiculatis, plano-convexis, basi biauriculnt lS ’rissime semicylindricis, radicula Lrevi, hilo proxima.