90 



CONNARACE^. L Connakus. IL Omphalobium. 



frutescens, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 467. t. 187. Robergiafrutescens, 

 Willd. spec. 2. p. 752. Flowers white, sweet-scented, disposed in 



Indian Omphalobium. Clt. ? Shrub 6 feet. 



2 O. Africa^num (D. C. prod. 2. p. 85.) leaflets 3, ova! 



axillary and terminal panicles. Fruit very like that of C mo- acuminated, smooth on both surfaces, somewhat membranous 



nocarpus. 



Pubescent Connarus. Clt. 1822. Shrub 5 feet. 



3 C. Java'nicus (Blum, bijdr. 116G.) leaves ternate and pin- 

 nate, ovate, or elliptical-oblong, obtusely acuminated, veiny, 

 smooth ; racemes crowded, axillary ; flowers pentagynous ; stem 

 sarmentose. ^ . S. Native of Java. 



Java Connarus. Fl. May. Shrub 8 feet. 



"I" Species not sufficiently hnomi. 



and feather-nerved ; flowers panicled ; carpels solitary, stipitate. 

 S. Native of Sierra Leone. 



diet. 



2. p. 95. Cav. diss. 7. p. 



Connarus Africanus, Lam. 



FIG. 20. 



375. t. 221. Connarus venosus, 

 Smeathm- mss. Flowers white. 

 Capsule about an inch and a half 

 long, and evidently stipitate. Ra- 

 dicle under the top of the seed, 

 usually germinating in a simple or 



.^0 X /T\ n in cr\i/ii.oc 11 branched root in the fruit (f 20, i.). 



4 C ? GLA BER (D. L. prod. 2. p. 85.) leaflets 3-5, oblong, ... ^ i i i* i7i at 



somewhat cordate, acuminated, quite smooth ; panicles axillary, 

 twin, simple, nuich shorter than the leaves, ^2 • ^* Native of 

 South America, on the banks of the river Orinoco, near Caycara, 

 Rourea glal)ra, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. auier. 7. p-^I. 

 Flowers white. Fruit unknown. 

 Smooth Connarus. Shrub G feet. 



5 C. ? SANTALOiDES (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 87.) leaVes with 2-4 

 pairs of ovate, acuminated, smooth leaflets, with an odd one ; 

 peduncles axillary, aggregate ; flowers disposed in racemes, mo- 

 nogynous. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Santaloides, 

 Lin, fl, zeyl. no. 408. Segments of calyx rounded (ex Lin.) 

 acute (ex Vahl,). Flowers white. Fruit not sufficiently known. 

 It is probably a species of Omj^halobitim, 



Santalurn-likc Connarus. Shrub 6 feet. 



6 C. MiMOSoiDEs (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 87.) leaflets about 10 



African Omphalobium. Fl.Mar. 

 Clt. 1822, Shrub 8 feet. 



3 O. nervosum; leaflets 3, obo- , 

 vate, acuminated, 3-nerved at the 

 base, pubescent beneath, smooth 

 above, on long pubescent petioles ; 



flowers terminal, panicled. 

 Native of Sierra Leone. 



T2. S. 



A^e/'i;e(/ -leaved Omphalobium. 

 Shrub 10 feet. 



4 O. Gaudicha'udi (D. C. prod. 2. p. 85.) leaflets 3, ovate, 

 acuminated, quite smooth on both surfaces; fruit racemose; 

 carpels solitary, stipitate, somewhat obovate, obtuse, smooth. 



Native of the Moluccas, in marshes by the sea-side at 



Radicle at the 



S. 



Rawak. 



pairs, with an odd one, oval-oblong, emarginate ; petioles and ^^^ \}^j ^^^, 



Capsule 12-14 lines long, 7-8 broad. 



branchlets pubescent; racemes axillary; flowers monogynous, 

 ^j.S. Native of the islands of Nicobar. This is also pro- 

 bably a species of Omphalbhiunu 



3fimosa-fikc Connarus. Shrub G feet. 



G audichaud' s Omphalobium, Shrub 6 feet. 



5 O. Lambe'rtii (D. C. prod. 2. p. 85.) leaflets 3, elliptical- 

 oblong, acuminated, smooth on both surfaces, somewhat mem- 

 branous : flowers panicled ; carpels solitary, stipitate, incurved, 



Cult. ^ A mixture of ^lonm and peat "will answer the species f \i"'^ ''"''^'f ' ^'^^^^\ ^ • »• ^ Native of Guiana, in the in- 



of this gemis, and ripened cuttings will root in sand, under a 

 hand-glass, in lieat. 



IL OMPILVLO'DIUM (from o^^^aXoc, omphalos^ a navel, and 

 Xo/3oc, lohos, a pod). Gaert. fruct. 1. p. 217. t. 46. D. C. 

 diss. prod. 2. p. 85. — Connarus, species of authors. 



LiK. SYST. 



terior or sandy savannahs. 

 Flowers white ? 



Connarus Guianensis, Lamb, herb- 



Radicle 



Capsule 8-10 lines long, 5-8 broad. 

 at the vertex of the seed. 



Lambert's Omphalobium. Shrub 6 feet. 

 G O. fascicula'tum (D. C. prod. 



2. 



Monadclphia, Decdndria. CaWx 5-parted, per- • i ^i r'v ''i * i 



manent, girding the fruit loosely at the base ; lobes oblong, acute, '"^^\'^"g' ^ ^'''f^ ^Z^^^- 



imbricate in aestivation. Petals 5 (f. 20. k). Stamens 10 (f. 20. ^^711: 'Zf 7.^^^^^^^^^ 

 c), monadelphous at the base (f 20. c/.), or somewhat polyadel- 



p. 86.) leaves? fruit 

 risinix in fascicles from the branches ; carpels solitary, stipitat^t 



S. Native of French Guiana. Capsule an 



In the disposition of the flowers tins 



compressed. 



TZ 



phous. Carpels 5, each bearing a style, and containing 2 ova, 

 some of them usually abortive. Capsules 1 (f. 20. A:.) -5, legume- 

 formed, 2"valved, dehiscent (f. 20. Z;.), narrowed or stipitate at 

 the base. Seeds twin, but usually solitary, not inserted at the 

 base, but in tlie lower part along the suture, arillate, without 

 albumen. Cotyledons thick. — Trees and shrubs with impari- 

 pinnate leaves, having 1 or many pairs of leaflets. Racemes 

 axillary, usually disposed in a terminal panicle. 



^ 1. Connarmdea (from their similarity to Connarus, In 

 having a solitary carpel). D. C. prod. 2. p. 85. Carpels so- 

 litary (f. 20. k.). 



Fascicled- lowered Omphalobium. Shrub 6 feet. 



7 O. PATRfsii (D, C. diss, with a figure,) leaflets 5-9, oval- 

 oblong, acuminated, quite smooth on both surfaces, coriaceous; 

 flowers panicled ; carpels solitary, stipitate, obovate, blunj 

 smooth. ^2 • S. Native of Cayenne. Leaves smooth, ^^j 

 3-4 pairs of leaflets and an odd one. Carpels dehiscent. Seefl* 

 arillate. 



Patris's Omphalobium. Sluub 6 feet. 



8 O, Thonn/ngii (D. C. prod. 2. p. 86.) leafletii 3'5y ellif 

 tical, acute, smooth on both surfaces, somewhat niembranou^t 



feather-nerved, and almost veinless between the lateral nerveaj 



Native ^ 



i 



panicle terminal ; 



Guinea. 



ovary hairy, solitary. 



^ 



S. 



Leaver 



1 O. Lndicum (Gaert. fruct. 1. p. 217. t. 46.) leaflets .S, long-linear. 



Connarus florulcntus, Thonn. in herb. Puer. 



Petals o> 



somewhat membranous. 



ovate, somewhat acute, quite smooth on both surHices, coria- 

 ceous ; flowers panicled ; carpels solitary, stipitate. ^ . S. 

 Native of Ceylon. Rhus, &c. Burm. zeyl. 199. t. 89. ? and 

 therefore Conn;\rus Asiaticus, Willd. spec. 3. p. 691. 



Flowers very numerous. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Thonning's Omphalobium. Shr»b 6 feet. 

 9 O. pinna'tum (D. C. prod. 2 



Rl 



uis 



u o leei. , 



. p. 86.) leaflets 3-5, orf^ 

 th surfaces, feather-ner^'^ 



Raedaelijavel, Mill. diet. no. 13.? Flowers panicled, and the 

 stamens are, according to Gi4,>rtner, somewhat polyadelphous. 

 Capsules nearly an inch and a half long, and evidently stalked. 

 Radicle at the vertex of the seed. 



M 



1 



oblong, acute, quite smooth on botl 



with the lateral veins confluent at the apex ; panicle terini 



elongated ; ovary solitary, downy ; petals with two bristles 



the base of each. h . S. Native of the East Lidies. 



Cav. diss. / 



n^rus pinnatus, 

 p. 376. t. 222. 



Con- 



Lam, diet. 2. p. 95. ill. t. 572 

 Flowers white. 



