794 LXVII. MYRTACEJE [Lecythidee. | 
plicatam connata, seriei seeundrze numerosa libera v. vix basi connata anguste ligulata anan- 
thera,seriei terti:e in cupulam supra medium 20-40-lobum, lobis inflexis anantheris con- 
nata, seriei intimze basi inter se et cum serie tertia connata, superne libera, late ligulata, alia 
ananthera, alia (rarius omnia ?) antherifera; antherze oblongse, adnatse, l-loculares. Discus 
in vertice ovarii annularis. Ovarium inferum, 5-loculare; stylus brevis, vertice in discum 
latissime peltatum  expansus, stigmatibus 5 parvis versus margines disci radiantibus. 
Fructus carnosus, depresso-globosus, calycis limbo coronatus. Semina pauca, crassa 
reniformia v. angulata; testa membranacea, radicula brevi inter cotyledones crasso-car- 
nosas retracta.—A rbores glabrse. Folia alterna, integerrima v. obscure sinuato-crenata 
impunetata. Flores versicolores, ad axillas solitarü.  Braeteze squamiformes, in pedicello 
brevissimo imbricatee. 
Species 2, Afriez tropieze incole. Ad. Juss. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. ii. 227. t. 4. Bot. Mag. t. 
4387. Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 799. 
72. Asteranthos, Desf. in Ann. Mus. Par. vi. 9. t. 3.—Calycis tubus brevissimus, 
ovario adnatus; limbus explanatus, leviter sinuato-dentatus. Petala Of Staminodiorum? 
(v. petalorum) series simplex in membranam orbiculatam  petaloideam | 20-40-plicatam 
connata; stamina oo, oc-seriata, ima basi cum membrana petaloidea connata, filamentis 
filiformibus liberis omnibus antheriferis; antherse basifixs, loculis dorso appositis, longi- 
tudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium semi-inferum, 5-6-loeulare, vertice conico 5-6-angu- 
lato, in stylum longiuseulum attenuato; stigma parvum, subpeltatum, brevissime 5-6- 
lobum; ovula in loculis 3—4, rarius 5, pendula. Fructus . . .—Arbor, ramis tenuibus, 
Folia alterna, subsessilia, sempervirentia, integerrima, pennivenia, impunctata. Flores 
flavi, fragrantissimi, ad axillas solitarii, pedicellati. Braeteole ad basin pedicelli 2, mem- 
branaces, caducissimze. 
Species 1, Brasilize borealis et Guianse incole. — Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 80. 
GENERA ANOMALA. 
73. Foetidia, Comm. in Juss. Gen. 325.—Oalycis tubus turbinatus, 4-gonus, rarissime 
3- v. b-gonus, ovario adnatus; limbi segmenta 4, rarissime 8 v. 5,crassa, valvata. Pe- 
tala 0, Stamina ereberrima, in disco lato oc-seriata, filamentis liberis ; antherze oblongs, 
versatiles, loculis parallelis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. ^ Ovarium 3-4-loculare; stylus 
. filiformis, stigmate patente 3—4-fido; ovula in loculis oo (v. ex Blumeo 2), pendula. Frue- 
tus (perfectus nobis non visus) turbinatus, vertice tumido explanato coriaceus, caljcis 
lobis reflexis coronatus, 1—4-locularis, loculis l-spermis. Semina perfecta ignota.— Arbores 
glabre, cortice tenaci amaro. Folia alterna, ad apices ramulorum conferta, elliptica v. 
oblonga, integerrima, pennivenia, vernatione convoluta. Stipule 0. Peduneuli axillares, 
solitarii, l-flori. Flores majusculi. 
Species 3 v. potius unius varietates, ins. Mascarensium ineolme.— Blwme, Mus. Bot.i. 143. Lam. 
Ill.t. 419. Genus nulli arcte affine, etsi notis pluribus Lecythideis Barringtonieis accedere videtur. 
Semina forte arilla lacera stipata. ' 
74. Cupheanthus, Seen, Fl. Vi. 76.—Oalycis tubus subcylindricus, basi attenuatus, 
supra ovarium longe produetus; limbi segmenta (3-4?) brevia lata. Petala 0? Stamina 
co, ori calycis inserta, libera, filamentis filiformibus; antherz oblongse, loculis parallelis 
longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. — Ovarium inferum, 2-loculare; stylus elongatus exsertus, 
stigmate . . .; ovula in loeulis oco. Fructus . . .—Frutex v. arbor, glabra. Folia irregu- 
lariter subvertieillata, longe petiolata, elongato-oblonga, obtusissima, pennivenia, impunc- 
tata. Pedunculi axillares, breves, 2-flori, Oalyces subsessiles, coriacei, colorati, 1-1j- 
pollicares. : 
Species 1, Novo-Caledonica. Genus adhue quoad affinitates dubium. Specimen in Herb. Mus. 
Brit. servatum a. Seemannio descriptum maneum est. | Calycis lobi ex Seemannio valvati dieuntur, 
nobis potius imbrieata videntur, sed in specimine omnes jam aperti, 
79. Catostemma, BentA. in Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 305.— Calyx liber, basi cupuliformis ; 
