LII. SABIACE EK. 415 
basi dilatata, subvalvata. Discus annularis, 5-lobus. Stamina f, petalis opposita, bzsi 
disci inserta, 2 perfecta filamentis brevissimis crassis, 9 ananthera squam:etormia; an- 
there 2-loculares, rima transversa dehiscentes, connectivo crasso. Ovarium subsessile, 
compressum, 2-loeulare, apice 2-lobum, lobis apice stigmatosis; ovula in loculis 1 v. 2, col- 
lateralia v. superposita, pendula. Fructus drupaceus, putamine lignoso 1-loculari l-spermo. 
Semen rotundum, hilo lato prope basin loculi affixum, testa membranacea, albumine 0; 
cotyledones insigniter contortuplicatz ; radicula crassa, carnosa, supera ?— Frutex scandens 
v. arbor parva, ramis simpliciuseulis inferioribus floriferis. Folia ramis floriferis subsessi- 
libus l-foliolatis, sterilibus imparipinnatis petiolatis, foliolis alternis amplis longe acumi- 
natis epunctatis. Panieule amplm, axillares. Flores parvi, minute bracteolati. Drup:w 
fere pollicares. ; : 
Species 1, Brasilize borealis ad flum. Uaupés incola. Genus Meliosmati arcte affine. 
4. Ophiocaryon, Schomburgk, in Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 209.—Flores polygamo-dioici? 
Sepala 5, orbieularia, 2 exteriora minora, imbricata. Petala 5, orbicularia, 8 exteriora 
paulo majora, imbrieata. Discus brevis, crassus. Stamina disco imposita, perfecta 2P, 
brevia, petalis interioribus opposita, filamentis cuneatis; antherw erectee, 2-loculares, calyp- 
tra laterali decidua dehiscentes: ananthera 8?, 5 brevissima, petalis alterna, et 39 squamse- 
formia petalis exterioribus opposita. Ovarium disco insidens, obovoideum, compressum, 
9-loeulare, lobis intus stigmatosis; ovula in loculis 1, rarius 2. ^Drupa depresso-globosa, 
carnosa, putamine erustaceo l-spermo. Semen erectum, umbilico lato, testa membranacea 
ad hilum incrassata, albumine 0; embryo subspiraliter contortuplieatus, cotyledonibus 
membranaceo-foliaceis penninerviis, radieula flexuosa.—Arbor excelsa. Folia alterna, im- 
paripinnata, foliolis 3-6 oppositis et alternis breviter acuminatis glabris coriaceis integer- 
rimis. Panieulm subaxillares, floribundz. Flores minimi. (Descr. ex Schomburgktio, verbis 
paucis mutatis.) 
Species 1, Guianz ad flum. Essequibo incola. Genus fide Plauchonii vix a Meliosmate differt ; 
evidentius Phoxantho arctissime affine: an ejus congener?  Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 383, ic. embryonis. 
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Ono LIIL. ANACARDIACEJ. 
Endl. Gen. 1127 ; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 465. 
Flores hermaphroditi v. polygamo-dioici v. unisexuales, sepissime regulares. Calyr 
3—7-fidus v. -partitus, raro spathaceus v. irregulariter ruptus, nunc sub fructu semisuperus, 
foliolis in paucis accrescentibus. Petala 3-7, rarius O, libera, rarissime cum toro connata, 
in paucis post anthesin accrescentia. Discus sepius annularis, rarius torus elevatus v. sti- 
pitiformis. Stamina sepissime petalis duplo plura, rarius numero squalia, rarissime oo, 
basi disci (rarius supra discum) inserta, omnia perfecta v. varie imperfecta ; filamenta libera, 
rarius cum toro connata, .4mn£Aere sepissime versatiles, introrsum dehiscentes, eglandulosw. 
Ovarium in fl. 9 sepissime ovoideum, l-loculare, in Spondieis 2-5-loculare v. rarissime car- 
pella plura distincta; in fl. d carpella effoeta interdum 4-5 v. ovárium 4—b5-partitum ; styli 
1-3. Ovula in loculis solitaria, pendula, v. parieti loculi late adnata v. a funiculo e basi 
loculi adscendente pendula, micropyle infera et raphe dorsali, rarius erecta micropyle infera 
et raphe ventrali. Jructus superus, in paucis semi-inferus, liber aut basi calycis v. disci 
accrescentis cinetus, interdum hypocarpio carnoso e basi calycis et pedicelli apice formatus 
suffultus, 1—5-locularis, ssepissime drupaceus, indehiscens v. putamine oOsseo crustaceo v. 
coriaceo dehiscente, carne oleo v. succo caustico repleta, Semen erectum, horizontale v. 
pendulum, umbilico non raro ventrali; albumen 0 v. tenuissimum. . Cotyledones ssepissime 
plano-convexs, carnose. —Radicula brevis, recta v. incurva, supera v. infera. 
Arbores v. frutices, ramulis seepe apice tantum foliiferis, cortice non raro succo caustico 
balsameo v. gummoso scatente. Folia alterna, rarissime opposita, exstipulata v. foliolis 
infimis stipuleformibus, simplicia 1-3-foliolata v. imparipinnata, foliolis seepius epunctatis, 
Inflorescentia varia, 
