300 XXXIX. RUTACEJEF. [Zanthoaylec, 
integer v. 8-10-lobus. Stamina 4-5, basi disci inter lobos inserta, filamentis brevibus subu- 
latis; anthere didymse, mucronate. Ovarium disco sessile v. immersum, alte 4—5-lobum, 
4—b-loculare, lobis ssepissime granulatis v. tuberculatis interdum discretis ; stylus basilaris, 
breviusculus, stigmate simplici v. capitellato 4—5-lobo; ovula in loculis 2, collateralia. 
Capsula subglobosa, muricata v. echinata, rarissime lmvis, septicide 5-cocca, coccis loculi- 
cide 2-valvibus l-spermis, endocarpio elastice 2-lobo soluto v. semi-adnato. Semina ob- 
longa, exalbuminosa, testa cartilaginea, umbilico lineari; cotyledones insquales, interdum 
3 verticillatee, radicula brevi.—Arbores et frutices. Folia alterna v. rarius opposita, 1-3- 
foliolata, foliolis integerrimis pellucido-punctatis, petiolo superne plano v. concavo nunc 
alato. Panicule v. racemi compositi, axillares et terminales, Flores parvi. Capsula gepe 
majuscula. 
Species ad 22, Americe calidioris et Indi; occidentalis incole.  Esenbeckia et Moetrodorea. 
Walp. Rep. i. 501: Amn.ii. 247; iv. 411.  Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1858, i. 440. Griseb. FI. Brit. W. 
Ind. 135. Genus in sectiones 2 commode dividitur, etsi in speciebus paucis sestivatio corollz inter- 
media est inter valvatam et imbricatam. 
Sect. l. EsENBECK1A. Petala imbricata v. vix valvata. CorvrHRUM, Schott, Rut. 9 et 13. t. 5 f. 
7, perperam quoad insertionem staminum. Kuara, Trian. et Karsín. nss., differt tantum fruetu 
levi, nam ovula certe gemina in loculis ovarii et collateralia. 
Sect. 2. MerRoponza, S/. Hil. Fl. Bras. Mer. i. 81. £. 16. Petala valvata.  Petioli in speciebus 
foliis oppositis basi dilatati, gemmam includentes. 
61? Peltostigma, JV/alp. Hep. v. 387. (Pachystigma, Hook. lc. Pl. t. 698.)—Sepala 
3-4, libera, decidua, 2 exteriora minora. Petala 4,late obovata, concava.  Torus crassus, 
elevatus, carnosus. Stamina numerosa, disco inserta, filamentis subulatis; antherse ob- 
longz. Ovarium depresso-conicum, velutinum, e carpellis 8 1-locularibus lateribus connatis 
axi solutis constans; styli 8, brevissimi, stigmatibus 8 magnis arcte connatis; ovula in 
loculis 2, superposita v. collateralia (in eodem ovario). Cocci 8, apice rostrati, 9-valves 
2-spermi, endocarpio soluto. Semina immatura oblonga, a funieulo clavato suspensa, 
testa coriacea pallida.—Arbor parva, glaberrima, fragrans. Folia alterna, 8-foliolata, 
foliolis ellipticis subintegerrimis glanduloso-punctatis. Cym:e fastigiate, longe peduncu- 
latze, pauciflorze, 3-chotomze, pedicellis foliaceo-bracteatis. Flores majuseuli, extus puberuli, 
fragrantes. 
Species 1, Jamaicensis. 
Tarsus VL ToppALIEX. (Ovula2. Semina swpissime albuminosa.) 
62. "Toddalia, Juss. Gen. 371.— Flores abortu unisexuales. Calyx brevis, 2-5-dentatus 
-lobatus v. partitus. Petala 2-5, imbricata v. valvata. "Torus inconspicuus v. paulo elon- 
gatus. Fl. d: Stamina 2,4, b (v. 8, alternis petalis oppositis brevibus anantheris), basi 
tori inserta, filamentis subulatis v. filiformibus; anthers oblonge. Ovarium rudimentarium, 
simplex v. 4-partitum. Fl. 9: Ovarium ovoideum, oblongum v. globosum, sessile v. toro 
brevi insertum, 2-7-loculare, rarissime l-loculare; stylus brevis v. 0, stigmate capitato ; 
ovula in loculis 2, superposita v. eollateralia. Fructus coriaceus v. carnosus, punctatus, 
subglobosus, 2—7-locularis, loculis 1- rarius 2-spermis. Semina angulata, reniformia, testa 
coriacea, albumine carnoso; embryo arcuatus, teres, cotyledonibus oblongis v. linearibus.— 
Fructus sepe subscandentes v. sarmentosi, inermes v. aculeati. Folia alterna, 3-foliolata, 
foliolis sessilibus lanceolatis coriaceis integerrimis v. crenatis pellucido-punctatis. Oymse 
v. panieule axillares et terminales. Flores inter minores, Fructus pisiformis, globosus 
v. lobatus. 
Species 6-8, inter regiones tropicas et calidas Africe, Ins. Mascarens., Asizque tropicze sparse. 
Genus in seeti 2, pro generibus variis auctoribus habitas et :egre distinguendas, divisum. 
Topparra, Kunth. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ii, 356. Petala 4—5, valvata v. leviter imbricata. Orula super- 
posita. Frutices aculeatze v. inermes, DC. Prod.ii. 83. Wight, Ill. t. 66. — Wall. Pl. As. Har. iii. 
17. t. 232. 
Vxpuis, Commers. ez A. Juss. Rut. 126. (CRANz1A, Schreb. Gen. 143. Scovor1a, Smith, Ic. ined. 
