134 CXL. CHLORANTHACEJE. 



ab apice pendulum. Drupa parva, ovoidea v. globoaa, exocarpio carnoso v. succulento, 

 endocarpio crustacco v, indurato. Semen conforme, pendulum, testa membranacea. 

 Albumen copiosum, carnosum. Embryo ab hilo remotua, minutus, albuniine inclusus, 

 cotyledonibus divaricatis v. vix distinctis, radiciila infera. 



Herbce, frutices v. arbores, ssepius aromatici. Folia opposita, plerumque denticulata, 

 pennivenia, petiolis basi linea transversa connexis v. in vaginam plus minus elongatam 

 connatis. Stipulse parvse subulatce ad margines vaginae v. basin petiolorum. Inflores- 

 centia3 terminales v. ramulis floriferis abbreviatia paucifoliatis v. aphyllis pseudoaxillares. 

 Flores spicati v. fceminei varie paniculati v. capitati. Bractese varia^. 



Species ad 25, per ATncricaratropicam, Asiam tropicam et orientalem et insulas maris Pacifici 

 usque ad NoTam Zelandiam disporeae. Sohns-Lauh. in DC. Prod. svi. i. 472. 



Ordo a botanicis plurimis Pij)craceis approximatus et lis adjunctus a Cordomoyo in Adansonia jii. 

 293, quern secutus est Baillon, Hist. PI. iii. 494, ab illis tameii notls pluribus essentialibus distat, 

 prsesertim foliis stricte oppositis, Btaminum indole, pistillo monocarpico, ovario iufero, embryone in 

 albumine carnoso incluso, etc. Characteribus nonnullis Maniviiaceis accedit, sed ab omnibus 

 limitibus certis longe separatum. 



CONSPECTUS GENERUM. 



1. CHLOEAXTnrs. Elores pseudolierraapliroditi, spicati, ^ 1 -3 -and ro, basi ovario nudolat era- 

 liter adnato. — Asia irop. et or, 



2. AscARiNA. Flores unisexuales, spicati. Stamen 1. Ovarium nudum. — Ins. Pact/., 



N. Zelandia. 



3. Hedyosmum. Flores unisexxiales, ^ spicati, $ varie paniculati v. capitati. Stamen 1. 



Ovarium (perianthii adnati limbo coronatum) apice 3-dentatum. — Amer. trop. 



1, Cbloranthus, Sicartz in Philos. Trans. Ixxvii. 359, ed. ahr. xvi. 302. (Creodus, 

 Lour. Fl. Cock. 88. Cryphsea, Hamilt. in Brewst. Edlnh. Joum. Sc. ii. 11. Peperidia, 

 Eeichb. Consp. Gen. 212a. Nigrina, Thunh. Nov. Gen. 58 {char, falso) ex ic. in Nov. Act. Soc. 

 jSc. Upsal. vii. t. 5.) — Flores psendohermaphroditi, masculo cum foemineo basi lateraliter 

 connatis, spicati. Periantbium 0. Stamina 3, antbera centrali 2-locnlari, latcralibus 1- 

 locnlaribus in massam 3-lobam connatis, v. 1, latcralibus deficientibus. Ovarium nudum; 

 stigma subsessile, truncatum. — Frutices v. herbfe perennes, caule ad nodes articulato. 

 Folia opposita, linea transversa connexa, vix vaginantia, interdum paribus 2 arete approxi- 

 matis subverticillata. Spicse terminales, tenues, simplices v. ramosse. 



Species ad 8, Asise tropiese et orientalis a Beugala usque ad Japoniam et ins. Pliilippiuarum incoliB. 

 Solms-Lauh. in PC. Prod, xvi. i. 474. 

 Genus facile in sectiones 3 dividitur: — 



1. EucMoranthus. Androscium 3-lobum, lobo medio antheram 2-locularem lateralibus antheras 

 1-Ioculares ferentibus, connectivis crassis apice parum productis obtusis. VKh, Bert. Angl. t. 2. 

 Lindl. Collect. Bot. t. 17. Blwne, Fl. Jav. Chlor. t. 1. Wight, Ic. t. 1945. Bot. Mag. t. 2190. 



2. Tricercandra. Andrcecium 2-Iobum, lobo medio antheram 2-locuIarem lateralibus antheras 1- 

 loculares ferentibus, connectivis ultra loculos in appendicem longe linearcm productis. Tricer- 

 candra, A. Gray in Perry, Jap. Exped. ii. 318, et Mem. Amer. Acad. vi. 405. Saintlegbbia, 

 Cordem. in Baill. Adans. iii. 300. Pupr. Pec. PI. Amur. t. 2. 



3. Sarcandra. Andrcecium indivianm, anthera unica 2-loculari. Blume, Fl. Jav. Chlor, t. 2. 

 Sarcandha. Gardn. vi Calc. Joum. Nat. Hist. vi. 348. Wight, Ic. t. 1946. 



2. Ascarlna, Forst. Char. Gen. 117, t. 69. — Flores dioici (v. rarius monoici ?) utriusque 

 sexus spicati. Perianthiiun 0. Anthera unica, subsessilis, linearis, cylindracea, loculis 

 •parallelis longitudinaliter dehiscentibua, connectivo angtisto obtuso vix ultra loculos 

 producto. Ovarium nudum; stigma subsessile, truncatum. — Frutices v. arbusculse 

 aromaticro, ramulis ad nodos articulatis. Folia opposita, obtuse serrata, pennivenia, 

 petiolis baai in vaginam brevissimam amplexicaulem connatis, stipulis minimis. Spicae 

 axillares v. terminales, simplices v. basi ramosai v. fasciculatse. 



Species 3 v. 4, inter sc valde affines, insularum maris Pacifici a Taiti usque ad Novam Caledoniam 

 et Nnram Zelandiam incolse. Solms-Lmih. in PC. Prod. xvi. i. 478. Seem, Fl. Fit. t. 74. 



