920 . XXXII. STERCULIACEJE, — — Helicteree. 
demum libera, decidug. Petala inzequalia, superiora longius unguiceulata et basi complicata. 
. Columna staminea elongata, gynophoro adnata, apice campanulato-5-fida, laciniis 3-antheri- 
feris eum dentibus anantheris alternantibus; anther» breviter stipitatee, loculis divaricatis 
distinctis. Ovarium intra columnze staminec apicem dilatatum insertum, 5-lobum, 5-locu- 
lare, loculis sub-4-ovulatis; stylus tenuis, demum divisus. Capsula membranaceo-inflata, 
turbinato-o-loba, loculieide 5-valvis. Semina abortu solitaria, globosa, nuda tuberculata, 
exalbuminosa; cotyledones spiraliter convolute, radicula hilo proxima.—Arbor. Folia 
integerrima, 3-7-nervia. Flores rosei, in paniculam amplam terminalem dispositi. 
Species 1, Indiea. DC. Prod.i. 488. Cav. Diss. t. 146. 
10. zrelieteres, Linn. Gen. n. 1025.—Bracteole parve v. a calyce remote. — Calyx tu- 
bulosus, apice 5-fidus, sspe inrequalis, — Petala 5b, sequalia v. subbilabiata, unguibus elon- 
gatis omnium v. inferiorum sspe auriculato-appendieulatis. Columna staminea elongata, 
gynophoro adnata, apice truncata 5-dentata v. lacinias 5 anantheras ferens, sinubus extror- 
sum l-2-antheriferis; antherm stipitatz, loculis divarieatis nunc in unum confluentibus. 
Ovarium intra columnz apicem antheriferum insertum, 5-lobum, 5-loculare, loculis oc- 
ovulatis; styli 5, subulati, plus minus coaliti, apice leviter incrassato-stigmatosi. —Carpella 
matura secedentia v. soluta, sutura ventrali dehiscentia, recta v. spiraliter contorta. Semina 
verruculosa, albumine parco ; cotyledones foliacese, circa radieulam hilo proximam replicato- 
convolutze.—A rbores v. frutices, pube v. tomento stellato v. ramoso. Folia integerrima v. 
serrata. Flores axillares, solitarii v. fasciculati. Capsule ssepiusstellato-tomentosse, tomenti 
fascieulis nonnunquam in processus tomentosos abeuntibus. 
Species ad 30, in regionibus calidioribus utriusque orbis imprimis Americze crescentes. DC. Prod, 
i.476. Walp. Rep. i. 332; ii, 794: -4mn.i. 105; ii. 169; iv. 319. — Mig. FI. Ind. Bat. i. pars ii. 
169 (Oudemansia). St. Hil. Pl. Us. t. 64: Fl. Bras. Mer. 1. t£. 54. Moric. Pl. Nouv. Amer. t. 63. 
A. Rich. Fl. Cub. t. 18, 19. Wight, Ic. t. 180. — Bot. Reg. t. 903. — Bot. Mag. t. 2061. 
Genus olim in sectiones 2 divisum fuit, seil. Spirocarpeam capsula spiraliter torta et Orzhocarpeam 
eapsula recta. Schott postea, Meletem. 30, 31, genera 5 condidit, MErROoRtUM, Scott, L. c. 29. t. 5, 
HzurrcrEREM, Linn., IsonaM, Schott, l. c. 31, AxicrEREM, Neok. ex Schott, l. c., et OnrROTHECIUM, 
Schott, 1. c., ceharaeteribus levioris momenti e petalorum auriculis, staminodiorum (column: tubi 
dentium seu laciniarum) forma, ete, sumptis, quz:e tamen omnia preter Methorium ab Endlichero, 
Gen. 992, ad sectiones Ze/icteris reducuntur. Miquelius iterum, Pl. Jungh. i. 296, genus OupEMAN- 
SrAM admisit (idem ae Methorium, Schott, s. OrtAothecium, Hassk. non Schott) species continens 
Asiatieas, carpellis reetis tardius quam in OrtAocarpeis Americanis solvendis. 
ll. Pterospermum, Schreb. Gen. 461. (Velaga, Geertn. Fruct. 1i. 245. t. 183.)— Bracteole 
3, integre laciniate v. 0. — Calyx tubulosus, 5-fidus v. 5-partitus, deeiduus, ^ Petala 5, obo- 
vata, oblonga v. linearia, decidua. Columna staminea gynophoro adnata, apice in lacinias 
seu staminodia 5 elongata subelavata divisa, sinubus 3-antheriferis; anthere stipitate, 
lineares, erecte, loculis parallelis, connectivo apiculato. Ovarium intra apicem column: 
insertum, 5-loculare, loeulis co-ovulatis; stylus integer, apice clavato-stigmatosus ó-suleus. 
Capsula lignosa v. coriacea, ovoidea v. oblonga, teres v, angulata, loculicide b-valvis. Se- 
mina adscendentia, superne in alam producía; albumen tenue v. nullum; cotyledones 
corrugatie v. plieatze ; radicula longiuscula, infera, Arbores v. frutices, lepidoti v. stellato- 
tomentosi. Folia coriacea, sepe obliqua, integra v. superne angulato-dentata, penninervia 
et basi 9-7-nervia, Pedunculi axillares, breves, l-flori v. paucillori, Flores swpe elongati, 
nune oo-pollicares. 
Species ad 14, in Asia tropiea ereseentes, DO. Prod. i. 500. Walp. Rep.i. 850; v. 114 : Ana. 
ji. 168. DC. in Mem. Mus. Par. x. t. 9. Wight, Ic, t. 489, 631. Hook. Ic. Dl. t. 125. Bot. Mag. 
t. 620, 1526. 
SezzarggWwIA, T'urez. in Bull. Mosc. 1858, i, 233, perperam Tiliaceis adscripta, a Plerospermis ce- 
teris non differt nisi bracteis oo linearibus seeus pedicellum sparsis involucrum mentientibus. 
Tursus III. Emro0LENEX. 
12. £riolena, DC. ín Mem. Mus. x. 109. t. 5. —Bracteolm 3-5, nune laeiniatse, nune parve 
v.caducs. Calyx G-fidus v. demum 5-partitus, Petala 5, decidua, unguibus dilatatis tomen- 
