tl54 



TEREBINTrilNEAE. CCM. DTOSMEAE. 



lis inono-dispermis. Scmina invert», testa crus- 

 tacea, umbilico ventrali, lineari, epidcrmide tenui, 

 succulenta, arillifonni. Enibryo in axi albuminis 

 carnosi rectus ; c o tyl e do ni li u s magnis, ovatis, 

 raiticula brevi, supera. _ Suffrutex b rasilicn- 

 sis, caudice subsimptici, crasso , gluberrimo; folns 

 alternis, simpticibus , magnis , pettucido -punctatis, 

 integerrimis, ramulis termtnalibus, corymbose multi- 

 jloris, pcdunculis crassis, bracteatts, pedicellis brac- 

 teolalis, jloribus roscis. 



Hortia Velloxo ex VandelU in lliimer Script. 188. 

 DC. Prodr. I. 732. St. Hilaire Plant. ut. Branl. t. 17. Flor. 

 Itrasil. I. 80. Adr. Juifcieii in Alem. Mus. XII, 489. t. 22, 

 /. 30. Meiauer Gen. 63. (4$) 



«OOI. CHoisya KUSTH. Calyxpcnta- 

 phyllus, deciduus. Corollae petala 5, ad hasim 

 gynophori brevissiini inserta, calyce duplo tiiogie- 

 ra, subunguiculata, patentia. S tamina 10, t-uui 

 petalis inscrta, alterna iisdein opposita et brevinra; 

 filamenta subiilata, antberae introrsae, bilo- 

 culares, cordiformes, obtusae, dorso affixac, mobi- 

 les, longitudinaliter dchistentes. Ovaria5, gy- 

 nopbort» brevissimo insidcntia, in unlrnm quinque- 

 lonulare, pubesccns coalita. Ovula in loculis ge- 

 mina, an<;ulu ccntrali snperposite appensa, anatro- 

 pa. Stylus brevis , quinquesulcus, hispiduius; 

 stigma glabrum, capitatum, obsolete quinquelo- 

 bnin. Capsula qiiinqnesiilca. quinquernstrata. — 

 Frutcx mexicanns; foliis oppositis, pctiotatis,tri- 

 fotiolatis, fotiolis integerrimis, pettucido-punctutis, 

 petiolis subtus cunaliculatis , peduncutis in upice ra- 

 mutorum axUtaribus , apice trijidis , subumbellatim 

 plurifloris , basi biacteatis, ad divisuras et sub pedi- 

 ccllis bracteotatis, hractcis magnis, deciduis, corottis 

 albis catycibusfjue gtandutoso-punctatis. 



t y a K.uiit)i in Humb. et Bonpl. Kov. gen. 



GENUS NON SATIS NOTUM. 



<;<»<>?. tteijera SCHOTT. Calyx quin- 

 qtiepartitus, persistens. C oro II ae petala 5, ovata, 

 patcntissima v. recurva. Stamina 5, sub disco 

 inserta, pelalis alterna et breviora; filamenta 

 subulnta, erecta, antherae introrsae, bilocula- 

 res, ovatae, mutlcac, lnn<>itudinaliter dehiscentes. 

 Ovaria 5, disci orbicularis, carnnsi, plani. lac 



lila. Stylus centralis, brevis; itiffma capita- 

 tuiu. Capsula abortu monn-iricncca, eocei* basi 

 t-obaerentibus, glandulusn-punctatis, munofpermis. 



Sein e n aibuminosum _ Fruiex Novac-Ilnt 



lan diac tropicac\ foliis utternis, brcve petiota- 

 tis, lanceotatis , tntcgcrrimis, gtabris , injlorescentia 

 tcrminali, cymoso-paniculata , pauvijlora, brevt. 



Geijera Scliott Rutac. 7. t.4. Meisuer Gen. 60. (44.) 



TRIBIS III. BOKOAIEAE Barlling 

 Ord. nat. 388. Flores re^ulares. Pelala 

 Hbera v. rarissime basi coalila. Stamina hy- 

 pogyna, rarissime perigyna, duplo, rarissime 

 simnlici petalorum numero. Ovaria petalis 

 numero aoqualia, libera , unilocularia, biovu- 

 lata, ovulis superpositis , superiure adscen- 

 dente, inferiore pendulo. Styli superne coa- 

 liti. Seminis lesta crustacea. Embryo in 

 axi albuininis carnosi rectus, graeilis, teres 

 radicula cot,>ledonibus linearibus lonuiore 

 supera — Frutice* r. ar&ores, inAustrala- 



sia indiffeni; foliis opposifisv. alternis, sivi- 

 plicibus , rarius ternatis v.imparipinnatis. 



0003. Zlerla SMITII. Calyx quadrili- 

 dns. Ctirollae petala *, disci perij;yni, ovario- 

 rum hasim cingenlis margini inserta, calyce multo 

 longiora, ovata v. oblonga, subun^uicnlata, aesli- 

 vatione imbricata v. subvalvata, sub nntbesi pa- 

 tentia. Stamina 't , glandularum disci dorso j n - 

 serta, petaMs altcrna et longiora; filamenta 

 subulata, glabra, a n t berae introrsae, bilorulares, 

 cordironnes, versatilcs, longittidinaliter debiscen- 

 tes. Ovaria 4, jrynopboro brevi instdcntia, ejm- 

 dem margine basi cum calvce concreto, extus sta- 

 luinilero cincta, unilocularin, glabra. OvqIi in 

 loculis ^cmina, suturae ventrali superposite inser- 

 ta, superius adscendens. infcrius pendiilum. Styli 

 c\ ovariormu nn»ulo interiori, in unicuin brevem, 

 erassum, glabrum coaliti; stigma late capitatum, 

 obsolete quadrilobum. Capsuln tctracocca, coccig 

 patentiusculis, bivalvibus, endocarpio cnrtila<;ine<i, 

 soluto, elastice bivalvt, monosperiiHi. Semen ob- 

 )on<ruui, testa crustai:ea, crassa, nmhilico prope 

 basim laterali. Uinhryo in axt alhumini^ carnosi 

 rectus, cylindricus; r a il i ni I a supera. — Frntices v. 

 rarius arbores, in N ova- H o tland ia orientali 

 extratropica crescentes , glabri v. pilis stettatis 

 consperst; foliis oppositis, petiolatis, trifotiolatts, ra- 

 rius, intcrdum in eadcm stirpe, simptidbus, gtandu- 

 loso-punctatis, pcdnncutis axitlaribns aut rnrius ter- 

 minalibus, nunc unijlnris,nunc saepius ditrichotomis, 

 bi-mttltijloris , ad divisuras articulatis et opposite 

 bibraclcatis, jloribits parvis, albis. 



Zieria Smith in Linn. Traniact. If. 216. Rudge Ibid. 

 X. t. t7.f. 8. Audrews Bot. Ueposit. t.606. Bonpl. Navarr. 

 t. 24. Bot- Mag. t. t39S DC. i« Mem. Mu». XII. 483. t. 2S. 

 f. 27. Meisuer Gen. 60. (44.) Uelesiert Ic. select. III. 

 t. 48^50. 



6004. Boronla SMITH. C a I y x qnadriudus 

 v. quadripartitus. C oro 1 1 ae petala^.hypogyna.ca- 

 lyce longiorn,ovata,aestivationc imbritratn, sub an- 

 thcsi patentia, marceecenti-persistentia. S t a m i n a 8, 

 hypogyna, petalis hreviora, atterna ralycis laci- 

 niis opposlta pnullo reliquis longiura, interdum an- 

 theris efoetis sterilia ; filamenta linearia, cilia- 

 ta v. tuherculata. lihera . suh apice interdum dita- 

 tato in lilum antherircrum attenuata, antberae 

 introrsae, hilotmlares , cordifornies, apice mnticae 

 v. brcviter appendiculatae, lon^itudinaliter dehis- 

 rentes. Ovaria 4, gynophorti disciformi, margine 

 integerrimn v. sinuato insidentia, unilocularia, gla- 

 bra. Ovula in loculis jreauaa t suturae ventrali 

 superposite inserta, superius adsccndens, inferius 

 pendutnm. Styli ex ovariornm apice in unicuin 

 brevissimiim ^labrum coaliti; st i ^ma aequale et 

 subcapitatnm, quadrisulcuin. Capsula tetracocca, 

 coccis ovalilius v. oblon^is, interdnm leguminifor- 

 mihus, piurihus saepe efoetis, bivalvihus, endocnr- 

 pio cartiln^ineo soluto, clastice hilobo, basi semi- 

 nifero, ahortu montispermo v. rarissime dispenno. 

 Semen ovatuin, tcsta crustacea, umbilico prttpe 

 hasiin ventrali. Emhryo in axi alhnminis carnosi 

 rectus, teres, gracilis; radicula supera. — Fru- 

 tices in ftova-Hallandia tropica et extra- 

 tropica indigeni; foliis oppositis , simplictbus v. 

 intcrdum in eadcm stirpv imparipinnatis, integervi- 

 mis v. serrulatis, petlucide v. gtanduloso-punctalts, 

 petluncutis terminatibus v. sacpc prope apicem ratnu- 

 lorum axitlaribus , oppositis, nunc simpticibus, uni- 

 floris, nunc ramosis, bi-tri-muttifloris, pedicellis basi 

 v. medio articulatis, ad articulum bibracteolatis, 



