ROSIFLOUAE. CCLXXIV. CHRYSOBALANEAE. 



125t 



exalbominoai , OTthotropl co ty led o 



rftdicnla «upera. — Arbores v, fruti 



peratis ct calidioribus hcmispkacra 



obvii, in Am erica et Asia tropi 



foliis alternis, stipulatis, intcgerrimis v. serratis 



basi sacpe glandulosis, injlorescentia e gemmis squa 



mosis erumpente, saepe praecoci, varia , fructibus 



cultura cicuratls deliciosis. 



PmnDi Linu. Gen. n. 6S0. 



a. ARMENUCA Tnurnef. Drupa extus velutina, pulamint 



iiinc obluso, illinc acuto , compressiusenlo, ad n.argiiies 



utriuqiie sitlcato, caeterum laevi.— Folia juniora con- 



volutiva, Fiores foliis praecociores , e gemmis squa- 



mosis orti , solilarii v, pauci subsessiles, — Arme 



ii i a c a Tournet. Inst. 399. Jussicu Gen. 341. DC. Frodr. 



i»iitu 



foliit 



iiel. Inst.398. JuB»i*u G 

 Klem. n. 719, (Lede.our 

 . CERASUS Juss. Drupf 

 hoso, laevi. — Folia j 

 nunc in pediceliit unifi 

 pentibus, umbellato -fat 

 nunc terminales . racem 



li. Ceras 

 bellati , 

 S p. To 



oop 

 !>■■■' 



liora Necker Elem. n.Tl 

 cellis onlOori. , e ;n„,i„ 

 . (Wallich Plant. At. rar 



0. F 1 o r e ■ u 

 ortia Cera 

 t. 143. 18t.-) 



,1. Paous 



Plo 



res racemosi, e ramo ort 





a. Padi 

 CFIor 



dai 



l. 205. .lacq. Flor. autt 



i ap. Tooro 

 r. t. £2?.) 



b. Laur 



s l'i s 



Tournef. Inst. 628. 



tentia. L a r 



Ordo CCI/XXMW. Cltrysobalaneae. 



CHRYSOBALANEAE R. Browu in Tucltey Congo 433. 

 DC. Prodr. II. 525. Bartling Ord. nat. 405. Mcisi.er Gen. 

 101. (71.) CHRYSOBALANACEAE Lindley Inlroduct. edit. 

 II. p. 158. 



Akiiores v. friitices, inermes v. rarissime 

 ramulis spinescentibus arniati, Folia alterna, 

 simplicia, integerrinia, penninervia, coriacea, 

 petiolo eglanduloso. Stipulae liberae, de- 

 ciduae. 



Flores liermaphroditi v. aborlu unisexua- 

 les, saepissime plus minus irregulares, race- 

 mosi, subspicali v. paniculati. 



Calyx lubo turbinato v. campanulato, basi 

 plus ininus inaequilalero v. subcalcarato, limbi 

 quinquefidi laciniis aestivatione imbricalis. 



Corollae petala 5, calycis fauci inserta, 

 ejusdem laciniis alterna, breviler unguiculala, 

 saepe inaequalia, quandoque nulla. 



Stamina cuni petalis inserta, triplo v. mul- 

 tiplo eorundeni numero, subdefinila v. indefinita, 

 in altero floris latere, quo calyx productior, 

 saepe majora et fertilia, in altero breviora, sle- 

 riliav. nonnunquam rudimentaria. Filamenta 

 filiformi-subtilata , libera, aestivatione erecta , 

 complicata v. circinnata, sub anthesi exserta. 

 Antherae introrsae , hiloculares , longitudi- 

 naliter dehiscentes. 



Ovaricm unicum, in fundo calycis scssile 

 v. saepius stipiti ejusdem tubo hinc adnato im- 

 posilum , uniioculare, biovulatum, v. rarissinie 

 biloculare, loculis uniovulatis. Ovula e basi 

 erecta, collateralia, anatropa. Stylus late- 

 ralis v. fere basilaris, simplex, filiforinis ; 

 stigma simplex. 



Drlpa sessilis v. stipitata, sarcocarpio car- 

 noso v. fibroso, putamine osseo, fere bivalvi, 

 uniloculare, abortu monospermo , v. rarissime 

 biloculari, dispermo, rarius Bacca crustacea. 

 Semen erectum, sessile, testa meinbran.i- 

 . A lbu me n nullum. 



Embryoms exalbuminosi , ortbotropi coly- 

 ledones carnosae, crassae, margiuibus inter- 

 duni conferruminatae, radicula brevissima, 

 infera. 



Chrysobafan eae in regionibus tropicis 

 totius orbis, iniprimis Antericae indigenae , ab 

 Amygdaleis, quibus proxime affincs, calyce sae- 

 pissime basi ob adnatiim ovarii slipilem inae- 

 quali , staminibu.s allerius floris lateris imper- 

 fectioribus, ovulis et seminibus ereclis, nec 

 non acidi bydrocyanici defectu facillime distin- 

 uuntur. 



lil(f). 4 lirysolialailiiM LINN. Calyx 

 tubo turliinalo-raiiipanulato, iimbi qninquepartiti 

 laciniis suhaequalilius, nestivatione imhricatlf. Co- 

 rollae petaia 5, calyeis fauci inserta, ejusilein U- 

 ciniis nlternn, subspnthulnta, decidua. Stamin* 

 15— SO, calycis fauci inscrta, alterins lalcris nim 

 nuila auanthcra, libera; filamenta subulata, ex- 

 serta, anthcrac biiociilarcs, longiledinnliter ■!■> 

 liisccntes. Ovarium sessile, hireiitiiin, unilociila- 

 re, nvnlis (reminis, c basi ercctis, iiillatcralibos, 

 anatrcpis. Stylus basilaris, filiftirinis; sligniR 

 obtusum. Drupa pelticnla lenni, pulpa pauca, pu- 

 taniini arctissiuic adhaercnte, putainine quinqnc- 

 angutari, subquinquevalvi , aliurtu tnunosperiiiii. 

 Semcn crccltitn. Kmbryonis exalliuiuintisi, nr. 

 thotropi cotjledones crassac, i 

 cula brevissima, infcra. — Frutii 

 in America tropica et borei 



tes; folii» alternis , stipulatis, integerrimis, vanicu- 

 lis axillaribus et terminalibus , ramis dichotomis , 

 bracteaiis , fioribos albidis. 



rltuscuiue 



C ii r 





n. 621. 

 Bonpt. 



428. Kiu.tti in 

 sp. VI. 244 Nultall Gen. I. 301. DC Prodr. II. 525. Meis- 

 ner Gen. 102. (72.1 lcaco Plumier Gen. 43. t. 5. 



640S. lllrtella LINN. Caly x tubn brevi, 

 basi inacquilatcro, cum ovarii stipitc connatc, limbi 

 qninqucpartiti laciniis suhaequalibus , aesttvatione 

 imbricatis. C.irollae pclala5, calycis fauci in- 

 scrta, ejusdem laciniis alterna, breviseime ungui- 

 culata, dEcitltia. Stamina 3-15, calycis fauci in- 

 serta et basi in annulum coalita, ferlilia unilatcra- 

 lia 3—0, sterilia in altcro floTis latereiabbreviata v. 

 nulla; lilaincnta subulata, longe exserta, aesli- 

 vatinne circinnata, antherae Iiiloculares, longi- 

 tudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium stipiti calycis 

 ttibo hinc adnato insidens, exsertum, exlns ct in- 

 tus villosuin, unilocolare, ovulis gcmini», e basi 

 erectis, collateraiibus, analropif. Stylus basila- 

 157" 



