Oxalidee.] XXXVIII. GERANIACEJE. 277 
16. Averrhoa, Linn. Gen, n. 576.—Flores regulares. Sepala 5, imbricata. ^ Petala 5, 
hypogyna, contorta. Glandule disci 0. Stamina 10, basi brevissime coalita, omnia an- 
therifera v. 5 ananthera. Ovarium sub-5-lobum, 5-loculare, erostre; styli distincti, stig- 
matibus capitatis; ovula in loculis oo. Bacca oblonga, indehiscens. Semina nuda v. 
arillata; albumen carnosum, parcum ; embryo rectus.—Arbores. Folia alterna, imparipin- 
nata, exstipulata. Flores parvi, cymulosi, cymis in paniculas breves axillares v. rameales 
dispositis, 
Species 2, in Asia tropiea indigens, nune per regiones calidiores utriusque orbis ex cultura 
disperse. JC. Prod.i. 689. Walp. Ann.ii. 241. Cav. Diss. t. 219, 220. 
l7. Connaropsis, P/anch. in Herb. .Hook.—Flores regulares. Sepala 5, imbricata, 
basi breviter connata, Petala 5, hypogyna, imbricata.  Glandule disci 0. Stamina 10, 
basi in annulum brevissime connata. Ovarium O-angulato-lobatum, 5-loeulare; styli 5, 
subulati, stigmatibus terminalibus vix dilatatis; ovula in loculis 2, superposita. —Fruc- 
tus (immaturus tantum a nobis visus) carnosus, subglobosus, costis 5 valde elevatis lobatus. 
Semina . . .—Frutices v. arbores. Folia pinnatim 3-foliolata v. ad apicem petioli articula- 
. tim l-foliolata, foliolis coriaceis. —Flores minimi, cymulosi, cymulis ad apices ramorum ra- 
cemoso-paniculatis. 
Species 3, in Asia tropica orientali erescentes, Zook. f. in Linn. Trans. xxiii, 166. Habitus fere 
Connaracearwm, sed gynccium syncarpicum, 
18? Dapania, KoríA, in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1854, 881.— Flores regulares. Sepala 5, 
imbricata, basi in tubum connata. Petala 5, hypogyna, imbricata. Stamina 10, majora 
basi squamula 2-fida aucta. —Carpella subcoalita, stigmatibus brevibus acutis coronata, l- 
ovulata. Fructus carnosus, b-lobus, profunde 5-suleus. Semina arillo laciniato sub-2-la- 
biato obtecta; albumen carnosum; embryo subineurvus, cotyledonibus ovalibus basi cor- 
datis, radicula hilo proxima.—Arbuscula. Folia alterna, simplicia, ovato-oblonga, coriacea, 
petiolo medio articulato. Inflorescentia axillaris, racemoso-spicata. (JDescr. ex Korth.) 
Species 1, Sumatrana, a nobis non visa. Genus a Planchonio in Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 4. ii. 266, in 
planta quadam Griffithiana recognitum, sed nobis non occurrit. Connaropsis Griffithii, Planch. ms., 
pluribus notis a charactere Korthalsii differt. An Siziarubea? cfr, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. i. 398. 
Tnrsvus VIL —BALSAMINEEX. 
19. Empatiens, Lin». Gen. n. 1008. (Balsamina, Gertn. Fruct. ii. 151. t. 113.)—Flores 
irregulares. Sepala 3, rarissime 5, colorata, imbricata, 2 lateralia plana, 2 antica dum adsint 
parva, posticum maximum in calear cavum productum. Petala 3, anticum exterius com- 
cavum, lateralia 2-fida (e 2 coalitis composita), lobo superiore exteriore.  Glandule disci 
0. Stamina 5, filamentis brevibus complanatis; antherz circa pistillum conniventes v. 
cohzrentes, loculis introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium oblongum, 5-loculare; stigma ses- 
sile, 5-dentatum, v. stigmata 5 parva; ovula in loculis co, superposita, l-seriata. Capsula 
brevis v. elongata, loculis nonnullis swpe abortientibus, loeulieide dehiscens; valvis 5 
elastice dissilientibus, columna placentifera nune persistente nunc cum valvis decidua. 
Seminum testa glabra v. villosa; albumen 0; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus plano-convexis, 
radicula supera.—Herbz, nunc suffrutescentes, glabre v. rarius tomentose v. villosw. 
Folia opposita alterna v. radicalia, serrata v. dentata, exstipulata, ad basin petioli sepius 
glandulifera. Pedunculi axillares, solitarii v. aggregati, l-oo-flori, superiores nunc pani- 
culam terminalem formantes. Flores sepe speciosi, purpurei flavi rosei v. albidi. Flores 
pedicello debili fulti, sspius propter pondus calearis invertuntur, et calcar, revera pos- 
ticum, anticum apparet. 
Species ad 135, 2 in America boreali, 3 in Europa v. Asia boreali, ad 20 in Africa v. Madagascaria, 
ceterze omnes in Asia tropica crescentes, DC. Prod. i. 685 (Balsamina) et 687. Walp. Rep. i. 467; 
ji. 821; v. 382: A4nn.i. 143; ii. 239; iv. 398. Hook. f. et Thoms. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 106. 
A. Gray, Gen, Ill. t. 152. — Iieichb, Ie, Fl. Germ. v. t. 198 b, Wight, Ic. t. 323, 741 ad. 101, 966 ad 
970 bis, 1049, 1060, 1602, 1603. 
