III. ARTABOTRYS R. BROWN.
PoLYANDRIA, Tri- v el Polygynia LlNN. Syst. Sex.
R. Brown, in Botan. Reg. F , Tab. C C C C X X I I I . — Spreng.
Syst. Feg. I I , p. 565, 2023.
Anonce, Unonce et TJvarice spec, c/uced. Auct.
CHARACTER ESSENTIALIS:
Calyx tripartitus.
Petala sex, inferne supra genitalia constricta.
Stamina indefinita.
Ovaria plerumque 3- i i , rarius plura, libera, biovulata.
Carpella subsessilia, baccata.
Semina duo, erecta, juxta posita.
CHARACTER NATURALIS :
C a l y x parvus, constans e foliolis tribus basi cohaerentibus, deci-
duus.
Petala sex, hypogyna, ordine duplice disposita, linearia s.
oblonga, crassiuscula, sursum patentia, inferne excavata, glo-
boso-conniventia et super genitalia ita constricta, ut haec prorsus
abscondantur, decidua : interiora tria externis alternantia,
iisdem subeequalia vel minora.
Stamina indefinita, latera tori convexi occupantia, ut in Uvariis,
structuralque similis.
Ovaria minus numerosa, circa 5-i i (in A. uncato s.Uvaria uncata
L our, circa 3o ) , sessilia, libera, glabriuscula, unilocularia,
biovulata. Ovula erecta. Styli tot quot ovaria, iisdem continui,
coaliti. Stigmata obtusa, coalita.