246 | XXXIV. LINE.E. [ £ronanthec, 
loso basi perigyno infra apicem extus inserta. Ovarium liberum, 5-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis 
nune spurie sub-2-locellatis; stylus simplex, stigmate diseoideo v. capitato-sub--lobo. 
Capsula coriacea v. sublignosa, oblonga v. ovoideo-conica, septicide dehiscens, carpellis 
intus apertis sepe spurie septatis. Semina (perfecta non vidimus) &pice ex Griffithio 
nune alata nune arillo mitreformi brevi coronata, sswpissime sterilia et varie deformia; 
albumen earnosum ; embryo lateralis, radicula supera.—Arbores glabre. Folia alterna, 
-chartacea v. coriacea, integerrima v. remote crenato-serrata, reticulato-penninervia. Stipulwe 
minute dentiformes v. 0. Flores parvuli, ad apicem pedunculi axillaris 2-chotome cymosi. 
Petala sub fructu scariosa v. indurata. 
Species 3 v. 4 in Asia tropica orientali crescentes. JWalp. Hep. v. 816: Ann. iv. 801. . Griff. Pl. 
- Cantor. 11. &. 1. .Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat.i. pars ii. 494. — Chainp. in. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxi. t. 18. 
PiEnor:iA, Blume, Mus. Bot. i. 179, ab lIxonanithe non diversa est ex auctore ipso l. e. 396. 
 BnuwsrERA, Han. Syn. i. 132 et 141, est Imonanthes icosandra. 
Macanisu, Thouars, Hist. Veg. Afr. 49. t. 14, e Madagascaria, est forte, ex Planch, adnot. in 
Herb. Hook., species Zzonanthis, sed ex auctoris char. et ic., ab omnibus Lineis differt capsula locu- 
lieide dehiseente, et ab £xonanthe foliis oppositis, et eapsula obtusa. — Cetera omnia convenire videntur, 
On»o XXXV. HUMIRIACIEZ. 
Endl. Gen. 1039 ; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 447. 
Flores hermaphroditi, regulares. Sepala b, parva, imbricata, basi subeonnata.  Pefala 5, 
hypogyna, decidua, leviter contorta. Stamina l0-coo, hypogyna, basi plus minus connata ; 
filamenta filiformia v. complanata, apice attenuata.  4méAere versatiles, loculis 2 ad basin 
connectivi conici erasso-carnosi adnatis. Discus annularis, truncatus dentatus v. e squamis 
distinctis compositus, oyarium basi arete cingens. Ovaríwm liberum, sessile, 5- rarius 
6-7-loculare. Stylus simplex, filiformis, stigmate terminali integro v. minute dentato. 
Ovula in loculis solitaria v. funiculis inzequalibus 2-3-na, ex apice anguli interioris pendula, 
'anatropa, raphe ventrali — Fructus drupaceus, earne swpius tenui, putamine osseo v. 
lignoso indehiscente, loculis nonnullis sepius abortientibus. Semina in loculis solitaria 
v. si gemina in locellis distinetis septo transverso separatis collocata, oblonga, pendula; 
testa membranacea. Zmbryo in axi albuminis carnosi copiosi rectus ; cotyledones breves, 
obtus:z ; radieula vulgo longior, supera, 
Arbores v. arbuscule, plereque balsamiferee, glabrs v. rarius minute puberule. Folia 
nlterna, simplicia, integerrima v. crenulata, coriacea, exstipulata. Flores albi, in cymas 
corymbiformes dispositi, axillares terminales v. laterales. 
, 
Species notz vix ultra 20, una Africana, ceterze omnes Brasilianz v. Guianenses. 
Ordo parvus Olacineis et. Ebenaceis (Symploceis) olim eomparatus ab illis testivatione peri- 
anthii, ovario, ovulis, ete., ab his petalis omnino liberis staminum insertione aliisque notis diversus, 
nobis ad Lineas Ixonantheas multo magis accedere videtur, sed antheris peculiaribus facile ab omni- 
bus finitimis dignoscitur. Meli 1-2-ovulatz, a nonnullis eum Humiriaceis comparatze, primo 
intuitu distinguuntur, antheris in tubo stamineo subsessilibus foliis sepissime compositis aliisque 
notis; Genera Humiriacearum inter se arcte affinia vix nisi staminum numero separantur, 
CONSPECTUS GENERUM. 
l1. VawTANEA. Stamina oO (ultra 50). Discus integer v. vix dentatus.— Amer. £rop. 
2. Huwigr,,  Staminum filamenta 20, l-antherifera v. ó majora 3-antherifera. Diseus 10- 
Jobus v. 10-partitus.—Aer. trop., Afr. 
3. Sacocrorri, Stamina 10. Discus Blubas v. e squamis 5 integris 2-fidisve constans.— 
Amer. trop. 
l. Vantanea, Aubl. Pl. Gui. 572 t. 229 (Lemniscia, Schreb. Gen. 358. Helleria, IVees 
et. Mart. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xii. 38. £. T).—Stamina — (ultra 50 et usque ad 150), 
basi breviter et irregulariter connata, exteriora longiora. Discus hypogynus annulatus, 
integer v. breviter dentatus. Ovarium 5- rarius 6-loculare ; ovula in loculis 2, rarius 3, 
