806. LVIIL ROSACEJE. [ Chrysobalanec. 
. Ovcwua, Griff. Notul. iv. 431. t. 605. f. v., stirps valde dubia, nobis ignota est. —Cyenia, Lindl., ab 
auetore ipso ad Prinsepiam reducitur. ; 
SrAPHxronHODOS, Turez. in Bull. Mose. 1862, ii. 231, errore quodam e Nova Zelandia provenire 
dicitur, Planta nobis omnino ignota, et ex charactere dato genus valde dubium videtur. 
TaiBUs I. CHRYSOBALANEEX. 
l. Chrysobalanus, Linn. Gen. n. 621.—OCalyx turbinato-campanulatus, lobis 5 sub- 
sequalibus imbricatis. Petala 5, calycis fauci inserta, decidua. Stamina 15-oo, l-seriata, 
calycis fauci inserta, omnia antherifera v. nonnulla alterius lateris ananthera, filamentis 
liberis v. basi connatis sub:zequalibus petalis brevioribus y. insqualibus; anthere didym:e. 
' Ovarium fundo calycis sessile, glabrum v. hirsutum, 1-loculare; stylus basilaris, filiformis ; 
ovula 2. Drupa subpulposa, demum sicca, putamine pulp: adhzerente coriaceo levi et in- 
dehiscente v. basi 5b-6-suleato 5-0 valvi, valvis reticulatis, l-sperma. Semen suberectum ; 
cotyledones crasse, carnosew ; radicula brevissima.—A rbuscule et frutices, Folia alterna, 
coriacea, glaberrima, integerrima. Stipulee parvz, decidus. —Cym:e axillares et terminales, 
dichotome ramoss, sericeo-pubescentes, bracteatz.. Flores albi, inter minores.  Drupa 
scepe edulis. 
Species 2 (v. 4- 5), Americz calide et tropiez, Afriemque tropiez incole. DC, Prod. ii. 529. 
Walp. Bep. ii. let 907. Lam. Ill.(. 428. Jacq. Stirp. Amer. t. 94. 
2. 1icania, Aubl Pl. Guian. i. 119. t. 45. (Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 212, excl. 
sect, Batheogyne et Leptobalano. .Hedyerea, Schreb. Gen. 160.)— Calycis tubus globosus 
urceolatus ampullaceus v. hemisphzerieus, intus villosus lanatus v. nudus; lobi 5, parvi, 
imbricati v. subvalvati, coriacei. Petala 5 minuta v. O. Stamina 8-10, rarius oo, fauci 
calycis inserta, brevia, inclusa, sparsa unilateralia v. in orbem disposita, filamentis bre- 
vibus subulatis v. complanatis sspe insequalibus liberis et remotis v. in annulum mem- 
branaceum connatis; antherz parve. Ovarium fundo calycis immersum, parvum, globo- 
sum, l-loculare, villosum v. strigosum; stylus basilaris, brevis v. subulatus, calyce inclu- 
sus; ovula 2 a basi loculi collateraliter adscendentia. Fructus l-spermus, coriaceus lig- 
nosus v. crustaceus, teres obovatus clavatus pyriformis v. globosus, intus sepissime vil- 
Josus. Semen erectum, loculo conforme, testa membranacea; cotyledones crasse carnost, 
plano-convexs.— Arbores et frutices, Folia alterna, simplicia, ssepissime coriacea, persis- 
tentia, sepissime oblonga, acuminata acuta v. obtusa, glaberrima v. subtus dealbato-flava 
tomentosa v. lanata, petiolo sspe brevi, nune apice 2-glanduloso. $Stipule subulate v. 
lanceolatz, deciduse v. persistentes, liberee v. connats. Flores parvi, in ramulos paniculsze 
(rarius spicze) sessiles v. brevissime pedicellati, sparsi v. panieulati, 3-bracteolati.  Fruc- 
tus nunc edulis. 
Species ad 35, Brasilize preecipue borealis et Guianse incole, perpauceze Venezuelam, Oolumbiam et 
Panama incolunt; unica ins. Dominicz et Trinitatis incola. DC. Prod. ii. 527. Walp Rep.ii.5: 
Ann. i. 270; 1i. 462; iv. 643. Hook. f. in Mart. Fl. Bras. ined. 
3. Mtoquilea, Aubl, Pl. Guian.i. 521. t. 908.  (Moquilea e£ Licaniz sect. Batheogyne ef 
Leptobalanus, Bent. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 212.) —Calycis tubus campanulatus turbinatus 
v. bemisphzericus, lobis D rarius 4 imbricatis patentibus, fauce villosa v. lanuginosa, Pe- 
tala 4 v. 5 orbicularia v. scepius 0. Stamina 10—2o, rarius 8, fauci calycis inserta, filamentis 
filif rmibus longe exsertis scepe tortuosis liberis; anthere parve, didyms. Ovarium globo- 
sum, villosum v. lanuginosum, in basin tubi calycis immersum, 1-loculare-; stylus basilaris, 
gracilis, elongatus, longe exsertus, stigmate simplici; ovula 2, collateralia, a basi loculi 
adscendentia. Fructus varius, globosus v. teres, l-spermus, coriaceus. Semen . . .—Ar- 
bores fruticesve. Folia alterna, simplicia, coriacea, persistentia, ovata v. oblonga, integer- 
rima, sepe acuminata, glabra scabra v. pubescentia, juniora nunc araneosa, petiolo brevi 
spe 2-glanduloso. Stipule 2, subulatz, decidus, rarius persistentes. Flores in ramos 
panieule terminalis v. axillaris ssepe tomentosse spicati, racemosi v. fasciculati, non raro 
9-ni, parvi v. majusculi, nunquam speciosi. 
Species ad 18, Brasiliz precipue borealis, Guians, Venezuelie, ins. Trinitatis et Guadeloupe in- 
cole. .DC. Prod. i. 526. | Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 230. Hook. f. in Mart. Fl. Bras. ined, 
