BilTTNERIACEiE. 3n 



Corolla pentapetala; petala a?qualia, sa-pissimc basi, rarius apice saccato-concava • plana 



m Glossostemone. 



tamkia io-3o (65 in GJossostemone). Filamenta magis minusve connataj quinque, laciniis 

 calycrais opposita, antherh destituta, alius formae. Artheue didymaB, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 



Ovabium scssilc, rarissime stipitatum (in Ayenia), 5-Ioculare; ovula duo aut plura, angulo 

 mterno loculi affixa, biseriata. Stvli 5 aut i , stigmate 5-fido. 







Fructus quinquelocularis vel pentacoccus; loculis coccisvc i-polyspermis. 



Endospermium carnosum et cotyledones planiuscula; in Abromate, Commersouia , Butlneria, 

 plicatic in Guazuma; cndospermium nullum ct cotylcdones corrugata; aut convoluta; inTheo- 

 bromate ct Aycnia. 



Arbores, frutices, rarissime herboe. Folia alterna, integra, rarissime lobata. Stipula* petio- 

 lares gcmina?. Pedunculi axillares, oppositifolii et terminales, i- multiilori. 



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Tlieobroma Linn. 

 Guazuma Plum. 

 Abroma Jacq. 

 Glossostemon Desf. ' 

 Biittneria Linn. 

 Ayenia Linn. 

 Commersonia Forst. a 







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(.lossostemon Bruguri. Dcsf.-CALYX quinquepartitus.iuenibranaccus, extcrnc stellulato-tomentosus; laciniis oblongis, 

 aeutis, 3-4-ncrviis, planis, aqualibus. PrxDoratio valvata. Petala quinquc, hypogyna, lanceolato-oblonga, acuminato-cuspidata' 

 multinervia, mcmbranacca, glabra, Calyce duplo Iriplovc longiora, axpialia, patentia. Filamenta 35, hypogyna; 5,Iaciniis 

 calycinis opposita, antberis deslituta, longiora, mcmbranacea, lanccolato-linearia, acuta, trinervia, subrcticulato-ccllulosa. 

 corolla triplo breviora; 3o fertilia, dianlhera, filiformia, glabra, ima basi annulatim connata, decem contigua filamentis 

 sterilibus iisque usque ad mcdium adnata. Anther.e biloculares, geminx connatx (?).Ovarium superum, parvum, ovalum . 

 quinqucsulcatum, stellulato-tomcntosum, quinquclocularc; loculis lO-spcrmis. Ovula axi ccntrali pcr duas scries affiia. StTLC* 

 ercctus, brcvis, glaber. Stioma 5-fidum; laciniissubulatis, connivcntibus. Fructus 





'■ Commersonia cchinata. L.— Calyx quinqucpartitus, pcrsistcns; laciniisovatis, acutis, aqualibus; pncfloratio valvata. Petala 

 quinque, hypogyna, cum laciniis calycinis altcrnantia , axmalia, ovata , sessUia, subconcava, in ligulam liuearcm crassiusculam , 

 calycem subxquantem producU- Filamenta deccm, basi connata; quinquc cum pctalis altcrnantia intcriora, sterilia, lanceolata. 

 acuta, membranacea , erccta , apicc rccurvata ; quinquc pctalis opposita brcviora , extcriora , lincaria , apice trifida ; laciniis latcra- 

 libus subulatis, divcrgenti-curvatls; lacinia intcrmedia brcvi, monantbcra. Anther.ie didymx, biloculares, suberccta^ tardius 

 rellesa;; loculis ellipticis , clorso connatis, bivalvihus. Ovarium supcrum, sessilc, subglobosum , 5-locuIarc ; loculis a-spermis 

 Stvli 5, crccti, liberi. Stigmata sui)Capitcllata. Fructus (immaturus) suhglobosus , villoso-sctosus, calyce persistentc sufFultus, 

 5- locularis ; loculis di-, interdum 3-spcrmis. — C. hermanniwfolia Gay. — Calyx et Corolla ut in C. echinata. Kilamenta io 

 hvpogyna, basi connata; 5 cum petalis altcrliantia slerilia, intcriora, lanccolala, acuta, crccta, mcmbranacca;quinuuepctalisopposita- 

 cxtcriora, brcviora, capillacca, indivisa, l-anthera. Anther.* subrotundo-ellipticx, basi bifidx, dorso intus spcctante aflix^. 



