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11 1 M O 8 £ A E.
giuninosarum DC. Prodr. I I . 424; Benth. ct Hook. Gm. PI- I. 462; Ordo
proprius Endl. Gen. p . 1323.
F lores regulares , pa r v i. C a ly x gamosepalus v. v a l ta tu i partitus. P etala valvata, in tra medium
SAEPIUS CONNATA. S tAJUNA LIBERA V. MONADELPEA.
F lores regulares, saepius 5- uunc 4-meri, rarius 3- v. 6-meri. S epala (exceptìs Parkieis)
valvata, in calycem 5-deutatum v. 5-lobum connata, rarius libera, tubo diseifero 0. P etala
numero sepalorum aequalia, valvata, libera v. in corollam lobatam connata, hypogyna v. obscure
perigyna. S tamina numero petalorum aequalia v. dupla v. indefinita, libera v. monadelpha v. basi
tubo corollae adnata; antherae parvae, versatiles, loculis longitudinaliter debiscentibus. O varium
in. fundo calycis liberura. S emina saepissime ovata v. orbiculata, compressa, hilo basilari, rarius
crassa globosa v. ovoidea ; testa dura ; albumen 0 v. parcum ; cotyledones planae ; radícula recta,
breviter exserta v. inclusa.
A rboues, frvtjcbs v. raris-iime hebbae, interdum alte scandente.i. F olia bipinnata v. (in Inga
et Affonseaj simpliciter pinnata. F lores pa rvi v. rarius elongato-tuhuhsi, sessiles, in capitula globosa v.
spicas cylindricas, rarius pedicellis cvolutis in raeemas gráciles v. umbellas globosas disposili. B racteae
parvae, angustae, apice saepe leviter dilatatae, in spicis nascmtibus cum alabastris imhricatae, p e r anthesin
saepe deciduae, rarius majore.s foliaceae. B bacteolae rarissime adsunt S emina in plet'isque gmeribus
subsimilia fa c ie interdum areola minus nitida v. subdiscolore nunc vix conspicua notata. F unículos saepe
in arillum parvum carnosum expansus, sed in speciebus caetmum similibus interdum valde diversus.
F ructus caeterum in quibusdam generibus fo rm a et sti'uctura constans, in aliis quam maxime a specie in
^eciem variai.