MENISPERMACE. 
series. Petals wanting. Male flowers with 6 monodelphous 
stamens. Female flowers unknown. 
3 Burasa‘ta. Sepals and petals disposed in a ternary order 
in2 series. Male flowers with 6 stamens, which are connected 
at the base. Ovary triple. Drupes 3. 
4 Horsö'rrra. Flowers monoecious. Sepals 6, in two 
series. Male flowers with 6 stamens, furnished with a gland at 
the base of each stamen. Berries 3, distinct, oblong, follicular, 
1-celled, many-seeded. 
5 Gynoste’mma. Sepals 10, in 2 series, connected at the 
base. Petals wanting. Male flowers with 5 monodelphous sta- 
mens; female ones with 3-4-celled ovary; cells 1-seeded. 
Trige II. 
Menispe’ruem. D.C. prod.1. p.96. Flowers usually dioe- 
cious. Male ones with a symmetrical number of parts (f. 29. a.b.). 
Carpels numerous, distinct (f. 80.a.), 1-celled, 1-seeded (f. 30. b.). 
Leaves simple. Flowers small, usually greenish yellow. 
6 SPIROSPE’RMUM, Sepals and petals disposed in a ternary 
order in 2 series. Male flowers with 6 stamens, the 3 inner ones 
connected at the base ; female ones with 8 or 9 carpels. 
. 7 Co’ccutus. Sepals and petals disposed in a ternary order, 
in 2, rarely 3, series (f. 29. a. b.). Male flowers with 6 free 
stamens, which are opposite the petals, female ones with 3-6 
carpels, 
| 8 Coscr’ntum, Sepals and petals disposed in a ternary order, 
in 2 series. Male flowers with 6 free stamens, female ones with 
4 ovaries. Berries 1-3. 
Seed pierced by a large hole. 
9 Tittaco'Ra. 
Sepals and petals disposed in a ternary order ; 
sepals 6 ; petals 3. Male flowers with 6 stamens, alternate ones 
shortest ; female flowers with about 12 ovaries. Berries on 
pedicels, 
10 Anamrrra. Calyx of 2 sepals. Petals 6 in 2 series. 
Stamens 6, monodelphous ; anthers collected into a globe. Fe- 
male flowers unknown. 
a ans Sepals and petals disposed in a ternary order, 
witht we Male flowers with 6 free stamens; female ones 
M on swithout petals, witha single ovary and a trifid stigma. 
and 4 a MPELOs. Male flowers with 4 sepals, without petals, 
renal ona p onodelphous stamens. Female flowers with 1 lateral 
D 1 petal in front of the sepal. Ovary 1. Stigmas 3. 
rupe obliquely kidney-shaped. 
nary ode aE RMM. Sepals and petals disposed in a quater- 
female Y, m 2 or 3 series. Male flowers with 16-20 stamens, 
n ones with 2 or 4 ovaries. Drupe baccate, roundish-kid- 
ey-shaped. 
on coal TA. Flowers unknown. Berries 2 or 3, rising from 
pressed with nee 30. a.), large, ovate, dry, somewhat com- 
1s Trees a ragile covering, (f. 30. b.). 
Male fone. A. Sepals and petals 3, reflexed at the top. 
one ares swith 6 stamens inserted in the disk, the 3 outer 
monodelphou, e alternating with the petals, the 3 central ones 
lsa. ta and fertile. Female flowers with 6 sterile stamens 
18 A p “cous, coriaceous, oblong, villous, carpels. 
SPE stis. Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 4. Petals 
I. LarpizABALA. 
‘dioecious or polygamous. 
103 
wanting. Stamens 24. Anthers bifid at both ends. Carpels 
4, connected together into one 4-furrowed ovary, bearing only 
one style, which is terminated by 4 spreading stigmas. 
17 Cry’pea. Male flowers with 6 sepals, the 3 alternate ones 
smaller. Petals 3. Filament 1, truncate, crowned by an an- 
nular anther. 
Stigma filiform. 
Female flowers with 6 sepals without petals. 
Berry superior. 
Allied Genera. 
18 Menisco’sta. Flowers polygamous, male ones with a 
small 4-5-cleft calyx and 4-5 petals disposed in two series. 
Stamens 5, broad, opposite the petals, and glued to them at the 
base. Ovary didymous, sterile. Female flowers with the calyx, 
corolla, and stamens as in the male. Ovary didymous. Stigmas 
2, bluntish. Drupes 2, baccate, kidney-shaped, compressed, 
1-seeded. 
19 Jones. Flowers dioecious, male ones with a 5-parted 
calyx, a 5-parted corolla, and 5 stamens which are connected at 
the base; female ones with the calyx and corolla as in the male, | 
but are usually 6-cleft. Ovary simple, ovate-globose, 1-seeded. 
Stigma sessile, orbicular, radiately emarginate. Fruit unknown. 
Tribe I. 
LARDIZABA LE (plants agreeing in character with Lar- 
dizabala). D.C. prod. 1. p. 95. Flowers usually dioecious. 
Male flowers equal in number of parts. Carpels many, distinct, 
many-seeded, 1 or many-celled. Leaves compound. 
I. LARDIZABA‘LA, (in honour of Michael Lardizala y 
Uribe, a Spanish naturalist, mentioned by the authors of Flora 
Peruviana, p. 133.) Ruiz, et Pav. prod. p. 143. t. 37. D. C. sys. 1. 
p. 511. prod. 1. p. 95. 
Lin. syst. Die'cia or Polygamia, Monodélphia. Flowers 
Sepals and petals disposed in a ter- 
nary order in 2 or 3 series (f. 28. a.d.h.). Male flowers with 
6 monodelphous stamens (f. 28. c.b.). Female with 3 or 6 6-celled 
berries (f. 28. i. e.); cells many-seeded. Pulp of fruit sweet and 
eatable. 
1. L. prrerna’ta (Ruiz. et Pav. 
fl. per. syst. 286. prod. t. 37.) 
leaves 2-3-ternate ; leaflets oblong, 
acute, unequal at the base, hence a 
little toothed ; bracteas 2, large, un- 
equally cordate, situated at the base 
of peduncle. k. ©. S. Native 
of Chili in woods at Conception ; 
also in Peru about Arauco. The 
fruit eatable, and is gathered and 
sold at markets by the natives of 
Peru and Chili. The pulp is sweet 
and grateful to the taste. It is 
known in Peru by the name of Aguil- 
boguil and Guilbogui, and in Chili 
by that of Coguill-Vochi. 
Biternate-\eaved Lardizabala. 
Shrub twining. 
2 L. TRITERNA TA (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. syst. 287.) leaves 2- 
3-ternate ; leaflets oval or obovate, obtuse, quite entire ; bracteas 
2, large, ovate, situated at the base of the peduncle. k. ^. S. 
Native of Chili in the woods at Conception. Deless. icon. sel. 
l. t. 91. Flowers unknown. Fruit 3, oblong cylindrical ; 
younger ones crowned by the thick stigma. 
Triternate-leaved Lardizabala. Shrub twining. 
3 L. rrironsa'ra (D. C. syst. 1. p. 513.) leaves ternate, tri- 
FIG, 28. 
