798 LXXI SAMYDACEE. . [ Caseariee. 
Sapvuta, Griseb. Fl; Brit. W. Ind. 25 (Samyda villosa, Bwartz, Fl. Ind. Occ.ii. 758, plantaa nobis 
non visa, valde dubia est. Stamina ex Grisebachio distincta, fauci calycis inserta, filarnentis bre- 
vissimis; sed ex Swartzio filamenta in tubum longitudine calycis connata, et fundo calycis inserta. 
Species 1, Jamaicensis.— Habitus et inflorescentia omnino Samyde. 
'Taisus ll. BaNAREEX. 
. 6. Banara, Aubl. Pl. Gui. i. 547. t. 217. (Ascra, Schott in Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 407. 
X yladenius, Desv. 4n Ham. Prod. F1. Ind. Occ. 41. Boca, Vell. FI. Flum. v. t. 113.)— Calycis 
tubus brevis; lobi 3-5, valvati, persistentes. Petala 3-5, calycis lobis consimilia, im- 
bricata, persistentia. Stamina perplurima, perigyna, v. disco hypogyno integro v. 
in glandulas disrupto inserta, filamentis capillaribus; staminodia 0. Ovarium ovoideum, 
1-loculare v. placentis longe productis semi-3-8-loculare, in stylum gracilem attenuatum, 
stigmate capitellato; ovula perplurima, placentig 3-8 parietalibus oo-seriatim affixa. 
Bacca carnosa v. coriacea, indehiscens, oo-sperma. Semina striata, testa crustacea, 
albumine carnoso; cotyledones oblongs v. subfoliaces ; radicula teres.—Azbores v. fru- 
fices. Folia alterna, petiolata, oblonga, basi inzqualia, sepissime glanduloso-serrata v. 
-dentata, nune pellueido-punctata, petiolo apice smpe 2-glanduloso.  Stipule minutz.. 
Flores parvi, paniculati v. in racemos simplices v. compositos breves v. elongatos dispositi, . 
interdum subdiclines, pubescentes v. tomentosi. i 
Species ad 12, Americse tropicz incole, DC. Prod.i. 259. Walp. Rep.i. 204, ii. 765 : Ann. i. 
61. Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. 90. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Iud. 22 (Trilicis sect. Banara). 
Popp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp, iii. 74, t. 286 (Kuhiia). 
PiwEDa, Ruiz et Pav. Prod. 76.1. 14,8 Bennettio 4zare, et à Closio l'anare approximata, 
nobis in omnibus characteribus cum Banara congruere videtur; species 2 includit, Peruvise et Novse 
Granadse incole. DO. Prod. ii. 54. — Walp. Rep. i. 205. 
7. Kuhlia, 7f. B. et. K. Nov. Gen. et. Sp. vii. 234. t. 652, 653.— Calycis tubus brevis- 
simus ; lobi 3-5, oblongi, sestivatione imbricati v. aperti, persistentes. Petala 3—4, sepalis 
consimilia, imbricata, persistentia. Stamina perplurima, perigyna, oo-seriata, filamentis 
eapillaribus exsertis; anthere parvs. Ovarium ovoideum, 1-loculare, in stylum brevem 
attenuatum, stigmate capitellato ; ovula oo, placentis 3 parietalibus oo-seriatim affixa. 
Fruetus (& nobis non visus) ovoideus, coriaceus v. subcarnosus, indehiscens, oc-sperma. 
Semina obovato-pyriformia, testa erustacea, undulato-striata, albumine carnoso; eotyle- 
dones crasse, plano-convexe ; radicula teres.—Arbores. Folia alterna, petiolata, oblonga, 
basi obliqua, glanduloso-serrata. Stipule parve. Flores parvi v. minuti, in paniculas 
terminales demum laterales dispositi, albi, pedicellati, pedicellis basi bracteolatis. 
Species ad 3, Nove Granadse incole. — Walp. Rep. i. 204; v. 56. 
8. Pyramidocarpus, Oliver, gen. nov.— Flores hermaphroditiP Calycis tubus brevis- 
simus ; lobi 3, orbieulati, concavi, coriacei in petala abeuntes, valde imbricati. Petala 
7-10, calycis lobis consimilia, interiora sensim minora in stamina abeuntia, 3 v. 4 in- 
tima apice inzqualiter producta, erosa. Stamina ad 20-30, oo-seriata, brevia, perigyna, 
filamentis brevibus ; antherz oblongz, loculis connectivum planiuseulum marginantibus. 
Ovarium 3-gonum, pyramidatum, 1-loculare, apice angulato 3-fido, stigmatibus 3 minutis ; 
ovula perplurima, placentis 3 parietalibus oo-seriatim affixa. Fructus magnus, erassissime 
coriaceus, late eubieus v. pyramidatus, angulis incrassatis rotundatis, faeiebus medio ca- 
rinatis, stylo brevi cuspidatus, 3-4-valvis, oligospermus. Semina magna, late oblonga v. 
subrotundata, angulata, testa crustacea rugulosa pulpa tenui induta, albumine eopioso 
earnoso; embryo ...—Arbor parva, glaberrima, ramulis teretibus vibus supra basin 
foliorum annulatis. Folia alterna, petiolata, coriacea, oblonga, integerrima, nitida, petiolo 
apice inerassato. Stipule delapsm. Flores parvi, in spicas breves axillares densifloras 
dispositi, globosi, glaberrimi. Fructus magnitudine Avellane. 
Species 1 (P. Blackii, Oliv.), Afriem occidentalis tropic ad flumen Gaboon incola.—Stirps valde 
singularis, habitu Banareis aliena, precipue ob petiolos apice incrassatos ut in Biza. Alabostrà - 
tantum examinavimus. 
