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penicillato. Anthocarpium ellipsoideum y, rarius ovoideum v. ' turbinatum, limbo parvo 

 clauso perianthii coronatxim, teres v. sulcatum, cylindraceum v. compressum, eglandulosum. 

 Utnculus membranaceus. Seminis testa hyalina, pericarpio adherens ; embryo rectus, 

 cotyledonibus latis tenuibus contort uplicat is basi v. basi et apice cordatis albumen parcum 

 camosum mvolventibus, radicula brevi infcra horizontali apice defiexa. — Arbores et 

 frutices, erccti v. subscandentes, glabriv. pubescentes, ramulis teretibus. Folia srepissime 

 opposita, petiolata, coriacea, ovata v. lanceolata, integerrima, penninervia. Flores parvi, 

 in cymas axillares pedunculatas dispositi, sessiles v. pedicellati, s^pius basi S-bracteolati^ 

 albi rosei flavi brunnei v. virescentes, intcrdum odori, bracteolis minutis rarius fili- 



formibua. 



Species ad 30,_ America tropic* incotepleroequeborcaH-Erasilienses et Peruvianse, paues. insa- 

 larum Indise occidcntales mcola;, una Guatemalensis. C/wis. in DC. Prod. xiii. ii 447 Griseb Fl 



T*i T.^fn ^l' , ^"'F- '' ■®'"^^- ^^'- ^'"'- "' *• "• '■ ' "' 1«2- Oerst. in Over.. K. Dansk. Selsi. 

 Forh. 1863, 9 / . J. A. Schmidt in Mart. Fl. Bra,, xiv. ii. 365, t. 8S. Genus a Pi^onia cui 



adjuugUur a Euillonio, llist. PI. iv. ]0, forma perianthii, fl. $ ct stammibus inclusis distingueudum. 



\9. Timeroya, Montrouskr in Mem. Acad. Imp. Sc. Lyon, x. 247. (Viellardia, Bron^n. 

 et Gns.mAnn Sc. Nat. ^r. 5, i. 338.)-Flores hermaphroditi, exinvolucrati, mim\te 

 bracteolati y. ebracteolati. Perianthiuin campannlatura v. infundibnlai-i-caiupanulatum 

 tubo basi turgido ; limbi 5-goni lobi 5, valvati, breves. Stamina ad 30, inclusa, filamentis 

 capillanbus iti?eqmlongis ima basi circa ovarium coimatis, anther® didymw Ovarium 

 elongat^o-ovoide,.m, in stylum filif ormem atten«atum,stigmateobliqnodccurrentepapilloso- 

 fimbnato Anthocarpium lineari-oblongum, induratum, 5-gonum, angulis viscum exsuden- 

 tibus Utnculus fusiformis, sessilis, membranaceus. Seminis testa pericarpio coh«,rens 

 membranacea ; embryo rectus, cotyledonibus latis tenuibus convolutis, albumen parcum 

 mucilagmosum mvolventibus basi cordatis, radicula intra sinum cotyledonum abscondita 

 recta brevimf era. -Arbores glabri, ramulis crassiusculis. Folia alternav. subopposita, 

 t™t ^ ^y^'V- l--ol-t->;"tegerrima. Flores in cymas corymbosas axillares e 

 termmales dispositi, pedicellati, glabri v. furfuraoeo-pubescentes. 

 Species 2 v. 3, Novae CaledoniEe incolse. 



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20. Cephalotomandra, Karst. et Trian. in Linn^a, xx^^^i. 420.-riores dioici (v 

 pdygami ?) exinvolucrati, minute 3-bracteolati. Fl. ^ : Perianthium urceolato-campami: 

 latum, carnosulum ; Iimbus breviter 5-lobus, lobis plicato-valvatis. Stamina 25 30 

 inclusa, circa basm ovarii conferta, filamentis crassiuscule flliformibus in^equilonris ' 

 anthers oblongo-didymse, apiculatoe, loculis s^pe ina^qualibus altero altius inserto Fl P • 

 Perianthium post anthesm coarctatum ; Iimbus 5-lobus, persistens. Stamina subexsorta ' 

 an hens eiToetis. Ovarium ovoideum, sessile, in stylum filifonnem acutum intus lonS 

 tudmaliter stlgmatosum m^gmibus papillosis attenuatum. Anthocarpium lirnosum 

 rugosum, 10-12-costatum Seminis testa membranacea, cum pericarpio connTta emb ' o 

 rectus, cotyledombus cordatis albuminis residua inchidontibus, radicula infera -IrW 

 parva. Folia opposita^ petiolata, ampla, elliptica, acuminata, costa crassa i iLenLn i 

 lucida glabemma. Flores m eymas longe pedunculatas axill'ares luultifloiL pults^^^^^^^ 

 tnchotome ramosas disposit , facile pedicellati r^T.ini;. , v . '^'^ l^'^^^^^^^^^^^s 

 Fructus juglandis magnitudine! P^^^c^^^^ti, ramidis pcdicellisque divaricatis. 



Species 1, Novffi Granada- prope Bogota miiola.— lVah Ann v 791 "Pi r. . . 



.obis .on visi ; i„ fl. , ovarium perfoctL ovulo bono Stolllus " ^ '' '*"^'^^^ ^ 



Tujiius III. LEucARTEnr]^. 

 21. Xieucaster, Chois. in M^m. Soc. Phys Gen -jrii Ifi^r ./ • n/^ ti , 

 45r.-Flores hennaphroditi, exinvolucrati, 2-bracteoM I'jLZ ^"^^ T' "' 



