C A U L OP H Y L L U M.
KmuAo? , cauli.s. 4>oAAoy, folium : a folio caulipetio~
liformi quasi continuo.
Caulis simplex, petioli vicem gerens ; terminates
folio composita, basi pedunculifero.
Cal. 6-phyllus , patens , foliolis lanceo-
latis.
Cor. calyce multo major eique opposita^
6-petala; petalis obovali-oblongis, obtu-
sis, basi introrsum appendiculiferis, lon-
gitudinaliter venosis.
Stam. sex, petalis opposita, bis multoties
breviora ; utraque ad contactum basis
ovarii inserta : filamenta brevissima:
antherae iis longiore^, oblongo-cordatae,
2-loculares; loculis margine exteriore de-
hiscentibus.
Pist. ovarium obovatum : stylus brevis-
simus, exceUtricus : stigma obtusum.
Frtjct. drupa stipitata, globosa; molliter
carnosa; nux globosa, cornea, crassis-
sima, cavitate central! minima, monos-
perm a.
Sem. erectum, oblongum.
—Embryo erectus , albumine tenui, cor-
neo inclusus.
Qss. Genus affine Epimediou
