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44. Scyphosyce, Baill. Adans, xi. 293. — Flores monoici, receptaculo tubuloso-cupulato 



androgyne ihclusi. Fl. ^ in fundo recei>tacnli cXi-seriati. Perianthium anguste tubulosTun, 

 obtuse 2-4-dentatum. Stamen 1, fila-mento recto ; antbera oblonga, erecta, exserta. 

 Ovarii rudimentum 0. Flos $ in centre receptaculi unicus : Perianthium masculis sequi- 

 longumj segmentis 2 distinctis latis uno alterum pistillumque involvente. Ovarium 

 superunij perianthio inclusum ; stylus subulatus, primum centralis, demum fere lateralis, 

 ramis stigmatosis exsertis longiuscule filiformibus ; ovulum apice oblique affixum, 

 pendulum. Fructus junior ovoideo-globosus, recei:)taculi limbo deciduo denudatus, basi 

 reliquiis florum ^ cinctus iisque longior; maturus nobis deest. — Herba dicitur perennls, 

 simplex, j-l-pedalis; caulis tamen durus et in sieco lignosiis videtur, basi radicans. 

 Folia altema, in parte suiDeriore conferta, brevissime petiolata, oblonga, acuminata, 

 integerrima v. denticulata, membranacea, pennivenia ; stipulse libera^, angustse. Kecep- 

 tacula parva, ad axillas pedunculata, basi carnosula florifera, parte superiore v. limbo 

 cupulato membranaceo margine breviter 4-5-lobo. 

 Species 1, Africee tropicae occidentalis incola. 



45. Antiaris, Lesch. in Ann. Mm. Far. xvi. 478, t. 22. (Lepurandra, Grah. Cat PL Bomb, 

 193.) — Flores monoici, <? dense capitati, $ solitarii, receptaculo utriusque sexus bracteis 

 oc-seriatis imbricatis involucrato. Fl. ^ : Perianthium 4- rarius 3-partituni, segmentis 

 spathulatis apice concavis imbricatis. Stamina 4, rarius 3, filamentis brevibus erectis 

 liberis ; antherse oblongfe. Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl. $ : Periantliium (v. cum recep- 

 taculo concretum?). Ovarium involucre uiclusum et receptaculo adnatum; stylus 

 2-partitus, ramis subulatis exsertis recurvis superne stigmatosis ; ovulum ab apice 

 pendulum. Fructus caiiiosus, pericarpio cum receptaculo aucto concrete. Semen 

 pendulum, testa Crustacea v. indurata ; albumen ; embryo subglobosus, cotyledenibus 

 crasso-camosis yequalibus, radicula parva supera. — Arbores fruticesve lactescentes. Folia 

 altema, disticha, petiolata, pennivenia, integerrima v. serrata. Stipulai laterales v. intra 

 petiolum connatie, parvte, caducissimse. Receptacula ad axillas breviter pedimculata, ^ 

 seepius gemina v. pauca, plana v. convexa, 2 solitaria. 



Species 5 v. 6, Indiffi oricutalis et Archipelagi Malayani incolse. TVec. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, 

 viii. 1-13, t. 6. Walp. Ann. i. 667. Br, in Fluid. Voy. t. 5. Bcnn. PI. Jav. Bar. t. 13. Blum. 

 Bumph. t. 22, 23, 54. Seem. Fl. Vit. t. 72; Bonplandia, 1862, t. 7. Book. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. U 

 17. Wight, Ic. t. 1958. Bedd, Fl. Sylv. t. 307. 



46. Olmedia, Rwk et Fav. Prod. Fl. Per. et Cliil. 120, t. 28; Syst. Veg. 257.— Flores 

 dieici, c^ dense capitati, $ solitarii, receptaculo utriusque sexus bracteis oc-seriatis involu- 

 crato. Fi. (J : Perianthium obevoideum, tenuiter membranaceum, demum valvatim 

 4-fidum, V. angustius 4-partitum, segmentis imbricatis. Stamina 4, filamentis ad basin 

 segmenterum affixis liberis erectis ; anthert^ exsertse, in alabastro penduUe. Ovarii rudi- 

 mentum V. minutum (flores interdum 5-meri?). Fl. $ : Perianthium basi ovoideum, 

 demum globosum, apice foramine parvo pertusum v. in coUum tenue circa stylum 

 prodiictum. Ovarium inclusum, rectum; stylus centralis, tenuis, ramis stigmatosis 

 exsertis filiformibus ; ovulum ab apice pendulum. Fructus perianthio membranaceo v. 

 crassiusculo inclusus ; pericarpium membranaceum. Semen globosum, testa membranacea ; 

 albumen 0; cotyledones crasso-carnosfe, sequales v. parum imequales, radicula minima 

 siipera. — Arbores lactescentes. Folia altema, breviter petiolata, integerrima v. remote 

 dentata, paucivenia ; stipulee oblongfe, sericese, caducissimse. Receptacula ad axillas 

 solitaria v. gemina, in speciebus typicis sessilia, in aliis breviter pedunculata. 



Species desci-iptie v. in lierbariis obviie 6, American aiistralis tropicie incolse, nonnullse uno sexu 

 tantum noto adhac dubiie. Tree, in Ann. Sc. Aat.scr, 3, viii. 127, t- 2. IValp. Ann. \, G62. Bcepp. 

 et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. t. 143, 144. ff. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vii. t, 633. 



Cbaracteres nostri, imprimis ab 0. aspera, E. et Pay., deducti simt, cujus flores utriusque sexus 

 fruetu^fjuc examinavimus, ut et ab iconibiis Poeppigiania epeciminibusque unius sexus aliarum 

 speoierum. 0. grandlfoUa, Tree, et 0. giiianensis, Tree., a Baillonio referuntur ad Maquiram 

 {Percbcam? x. Hdicoatylem'i). 0. m?£>^Ay//a, Pcepp., nobis videtur P^Af? species. O.tomcntosa, 



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