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L o a s e a e Jnss. in Aim. mm. 14 (1804) p. 18; BC. Fmlr. I I I . S3!); Camh. iu St. ìiiì. Flor. Bras.
mer. I L 150; lìleissn. Gen. 125 (90); Endl. Gen. p. 929; Gay Cìnl I L 420; Schnizl. Iconoejr. ad
t. 199; Hook, in Benth. cf Hook. Gen. Flant. I . 801; Le Maout et Bene. Trait, hot. p. 278; Frid.
Bini. Cat. plant. Chil. 82. — L o a s in a e Lk. Eniim. I L (1822) p. 72. — L o a s e a e v e r a e H.B.K.
Nov. Gen. VI. (182.0) p. 115. — Loasaceae div. L o a s e a e Ridà. Coimp. (1828) p. 160. — L o a s a c e a e
Lindi. Hat. Syst. I L ed. (1836) p. ~}3 et Veg. Kiiiejd. 744: EicM. Biiitheudiagr. TI. 448; Wats. Bill.
Ind. I. 3 8 9 ; Baili. Hist, plant. VILI. 458.
DiCOTYI-EDONEAE OlIORTPIiTAl.AE EPIGYNAE; f l o r i b u s KKGULARIBrs; PERIANTinO DUPLICE 5-, RARO
4 - AL 6 — 7 -MIìRO ; c a l y c i s t u b o o v a r i o ADNATO; l o b i s AESTIVATIONE PARUM IMBRICATIS V. APEIITIS ;
PETALIS ALTEIÌNANTIBUS, AESTIVATIONli PARUM IMBRICATIS V. DEXTROKSUM CONTORTIS V. VALVATIS, FAUCI
CALYCIS INSERTISI STAMINIBUS co, BARO DEFINITIS 2 VEL 5 EPISEPALIS, CUM PETALIS INSERTIS, EPISEPALIS
SAEPE IN STAMtNODIA V. IN SQUAMAS NECTARIFERAS MUTATIS, ANTHERIS LATEIIALITER DEHISCENTIBUS DITJIECIS
BIRIAIOSIS; OVARIO INFERO I-LOCULARI, OVULIS 1— co ANATROPIS, OVARII APICI V. PLERUMQUE PLACENTIS
PARIETALIRUS AFFIXIS, STYLO SOLITARIO APICE STIGMATIFERO | FRUCTU CAPSULARI RECTO V. Sl'IRALITER CONTORTO
APICE V. LONGITRORSUM 3 — T-VALVI, RARO INDEIIISCENTE | SEMINIBUS VARIIS, ALBUMINE CARNOSO:
EMBllVONE RECTO V. CURVATO. ---- H e RBAÌC, R.ì RO E RU TESCENTES , E RECTAE V. VOLUBlhES, R .iR IS S IM E SCAND
E X T E S ; FOLUS A L T E R S IS V. O PPOS ITIS , IN TEG R IS LO B ,\T IS V. l'IN N A T IF ID IS , E X S T IP U L A T IS ; INFLORESC
E N T IIS Y r iR llS .
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F l o r e s lioniiaplinxlili honiogaiiii pi-otorandri. S e p a l a 5 , raro 4 (Schrotlirix, Klaprothia) v.
0— 7 (Binmcnhacliiac spec.^, sibi parum imbrioiita v. pleruiiwiue aperta, inferne in tubum
cum ovario comialum linourom, oblongiim, lurbinatnm, breviter obconicum v. globulosum, rectum v.
spii'iiliter cnnlorliim coalita, supra ovarium libera vel poibreviter connata herbácea, post antliesin fere
senipor pereistentia. saepe elongata, rarissime (Kisscnia) aliformi-oxcrescentia. P e t a l a cum sepalis altcì-na
iisqiio immei'O aoqiialia fauci calycis inserta, per aestivationem quincuncialiter sibi imbricata v. ilextrorsuni
contorta v. valvata. libera, raro eobacrcntia (P(tulonyx). rarissimo in tubum coalita (Sgmpctalcia), planius-
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