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ovari basi adnatus; limbus 4-partitus, lobis incqualibus oblongis membranaceis v. 
coriaceis venosis. post anthesin valde auctis squalibus persistentibus imbricatis v. rectis. 
Petala 0 v. minima lanceolata. Stamina 8, perigyna, filamentis brevibus filiformi-subulatis 
lobis calycinis brevioribus; anthers lineari-oblong:e, apiculatee v. obtusm. Ovarium fere 
liberum, oblongo-conicum, profunde 4-suleatum, 4-loculare, in stylos 4 v. l erectum 4- 
suleatum 4-partibile attenuatum, stigmatibus brevibus acutis recurvis; ovula in loeulis 
solitaria, ab angulo interiore loculi suspensa. Fructus nucamentaceus, calycis lobis ex- 
erescentibus involueratus, l-loeularis, l-spermus. Semen hippocrepiforme v. reniforme, 
testa coriucea rugosa; embryo curvus, in axe albuminis carnosi.—Frutices glaberrimi, volu- 
biles, ramulis teretibus lx: vibus v. verrucosis. Folia opposita, simplicia, breviter petiolata, 
linearia v. ovata, integerrima v. obtuse serrata. Stipule parvz, cadues, v. 0. Flores 
virides, solitarii v. in paniculas axillares pedunculatas laxifloras dispositi, pedicellis gracili- 
bus 4-gonis medio 2-bracteolatis. . 
Species 2, altera Australie temperate orientalis, altera austro-oceidentalis incole. Binth. FI. 
Austral. ii. 441. 
PramYPTELEA, J. Drumm. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. vii. 56, Walp. Ann. v. 29, est. Aphanopetali 
species, ut bene indicavit F. Muellerus in Fragm. Phyt. Aust. i. 228. 
60? Guminea, Ztuiz et Pav. Prod. 42. t. 7; FL Perww. iii. 93. t. 245.—Calyx cam- 
panulatus, semi-ó-fidus, laciniis ovatis acutis erecto-patentibus. Petala 0. Stamina 5, 
imo calyci inserta, filamentis planiusculis incurvis receptaculo insertis; anthere 2-locu- 
lares, subglobosze. Ovarium liberum, late ovoideum, 2-loculare ; styli 2, breves, divergentes, 
subulati, Capsula 2-rostrata, polysperma. Semina minuta, subrotunda.—fFrutex erectus, 
ramosus, ramis teretibus patulis teneri-hirsutis. Folia alterna, imparipinnata, foliolis 
.ovatis ovato-lanceolatis oblongisve integerrimis glabris. Stipule magne, foliacez, subre- 
niformes, sessiles, reflex:e, Racemi terminales, penduli, hirsuti, elongati, spicati, floribus 
parvis sessilibus aggregatis, 
Species 1, Peruviz juxta Muna incola.—Genus a nobis non visum. Folia ex Endlichero opposita, 
sed a. Ruizio et Pavonio alterna deseripta et depieta. 
61. Ceratopetalum, Sputh, Bot. N. Holl. t. 3.—Calycis tubus brevis, turbinatus, ovarii 
basi adnatus, lobis 5 oblongis persistentibus valvatis post anthesin auctis coriaceis paten- 
tibus Petala 0, v. 5 parva, margini disci perigyni lobati inserta, rigida, linearia, laciniata, 
persistentia. Stucitis 10, disco perigyno inserta, filamentis subulato-filiformibus; antherz 
didym:e, connectivo in processum crassum producto. Ovarium semisuperum y. fere 
"Superum, ovoideum, liberum v. disco immersum, 2-loculare; styli 2, breves, subulati, re- 
curvi stigmatibus simplicibus; ovula in loculis 4, medio axi collateraliter affixa, adscen- 
dentia. Fructus semisuperus, nucamentaceus, osseus, corticatus, lobis calycinis stellatim 
patentibus cinctus, l-locularis, l-spermus. Semen curvum, testa fibrosa brunnea cum 
albumine cohsrente; embryo planus, viridis, curvus, in axe albuminis carnosi, cotyledoni- 
bus magnis lineari-oblongis planis, radicula brevi ——Arbores fruticesque glaberrim:e, ramu- 
'lis teretibus v. 4-gonis. Folia opposita, petiolata, coriacea, simplicia, ovato-lanceolata, 
crenata, v. S-foliolata foliolis lanceolatis serratis. Stipulz parvz, decidus. Flores in 
paniculas subterminales et axillares multifloras pedunculatas dispositi, inter minores, rosei 
y. albi. 
Species 2, Australie orientalis temperatze incole.  Zenth. Fl. Austral. ii. 442. 
62. Sehizomeria, Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. ix. 94.—Calycis tubus brevis, ovarii 
basi adnatus, lobis 5 valvatis post anthesin non auctis. Petala 5, parva, dentata. Stamina 
10, basi disci lobati inserta; anthers ovoides, connectivo in appendicem conicum producto. 
Ovarium breve, superum, 2-loculare; styli 2, breves, recurvi, stigmatibus simplicibus ; 
ovula in loculis 4, placentsee pendulw affixa. Fructus drupaceus, basi calycis lobis reflexis 
auctus, epicarpio crasso carnoso, putamine osseo l-loeulari l-spermo. Semen curvum; 
embryo majusculus, viridis, albumine earnoso immersus.—Arbor. Folia opposita, coriacea, 
petiolata, crm ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, obtusa, serrata v. subintegerrima, i 
