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2-loculare ; stylus crassus, ramis 2 brevibus obtusis patentibus intus papillosis ; ovula in 
loculis solitaria, e basi erecta. Fructus turbinatus, coriaceus, calycis limbo late dilatato 
membranaceo reticulato coronatus, 2-coccus, coccis cartilagineis l-spermis. ^ Semina 
cylindracea, erecta, testa membranacea, albumine carnoso; embryo rectus, axilis, 
cotyledonibus linearibus, radice elongata cylindracea infera.— Frutex  glaberrimus.. 
Folia opposita, apices versus ramulorum conferta, obovata, in petiolum angustata. 
Stipule in annulum intrapetiolarem connatz. Flores in cymas axillares pedunculatas 
patentes demum pendulas dispositi, parvi, virescentes? bracteis subulatis. Calyx fructifer 
3-poll diametro. 
Species 1, Cubensis. Genus dubie affinitatis, an Chiococceis adscribendum. 
245. Strumpfia, Jacj. Stirp. Amer. 218.—Calycis tubus ovoideus, suleatus ; limbus 5- 
fidus, lobis erectis, persistens. Corolla profunde 5-partita, tubo brevissimo angusto, fauce 
nuda ; limbi lobi 5, lanceolati, suberecti, leviter imbricáti, l v. 2 exteriores. Stamina D, 
imo tubo coroll: inserta, filamentis brevibus monadelphis, anthers lineari-oblongs ope 
connectivorum in tubum crenatum coriaceum intus loculos gerentem connate. Discus 
parvus, ciliatus. "Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus simplex, hirsutus, basi attenuata sub-* 
torta, stigmate simplici; ovula in loculis solitaria, basi.septi inserta, latiuscula, erecta, 
anatropa. Drupa pisiformis, umbilicata, putamine 1-2-loeulari. Semina erecta, oblonga, 
testa tenuiter membranacea, albumine carnoso; embryo parvus, axilis, cotyledonibus 
latiusculis, radicula tereti infera. —Fruticulus dense trichotome ramosus, ramulis robustis 
dense pubescentibus creberrime articulatis inferne cicatricatis. Folia parva, 3-natim 
verticillata, anguste linearia, obtusa, rigide coriacea, marginibus revolutis. Stipule 
minutis, interpetiolares, persistentes ? Flores minuti, in racemos breves axillares dis- 
positi, bracteati et 2-bracteolati. 
Species 1, ins. Antillarum incola, in rupibus maritimis crescens. DC. Prod. iv. 469.  Griseb. Fl. 
Brit. W. Ind. 336. Lam. lllustr. t. 731. .4. Rich.in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. 218, t. 19. 
Genus anomalum, Chiococceis multis notis affine, sed ovulis seminibusque diversissimum. 
Tarsus XIX. MonINDEX. 
246. WMforinda, Linn. Gen. n. 235. (Sphzrophora, Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 179, 
f. 36).—Flores hermaphroditi, rarius abortu unisexuales, plerumque mediantibus calyci- 
bus in capitula confluentes. Calycis tubus urceolatus v. hemisph:zericus ; limbus brevis, 
truncatus v. obscure dentatus, persistens. Corolla infundibularis v. hypocraterimorpha, 
tubo brevi, fauce glabra v. pilosa; limbi lobi 5, rarius 4 v. 6-7, coriacei, valvati. 
Stamina b, rarius 4 v. 6-7, fauci coroll inserta, filamentis brevibus; antherz medio 
dorso affix:e, lineares v. oblongz, utrinque obtuss, incluss v. exserts. | Discus tumidus 
v. annularis. Ovarium 2- v. (interdum imperfecte) 4-loculare; stylus inclusus v. ex- 
sertus, glaber v. pilosus, ramis 2 brevibus v. elongatis linearibus ; ovula in loculis soli- 
taria, septo infra medium v. basin versus loculi inserta, adscendentia, anatropa v. amphi- 
tropa. Syncarpium succulentum, polypyrenum, pyrenis cartilagineis v. osseis l-spermis, 
interdum in putamen 2-4-loculare concretis. Semina obovoidea v. reniformia, testa 
membranacea, albumine carnoso; embryo teres, radicula infera.—Frutices v. arbores, 
erecti v. scandentes, glabri v. rarius pubescentes, ramulis teretibus v. ob 4-gonis. 
Folia opposita, rarius 3-natim verticillata, ssepius membranacea. Stipule utrinque soli- 
tariz, cum petiolis in vaginam connatz. Capitula longe v. breviter pedunculata, axillaria 
v. terminalia, nunc umbellata. Flores albi. 
Species ad 40, omnes tropiez, perplurim:e Asiatice et Oceaniez, paucz Africans v. Americanz. 
JDC. Prod. iv. 446. Walp. Rep. ii. 485; vi. 48; Amm. ix 709. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii, 249. Bent. 
Fl. Austral.iii. 423. 4. Gray, in Proc. Amer. Acad. iv. 4.  Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 347. Seem. 
Fl Vit, 198. Bot. Mag. t. 3351. Gertn. Fruct.i.144, 1. 29. Jacq. Hort. Vind. t. 16. Rozb. 
Cor. Pl. t. 237. Wight, Ill. t. 126. — Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 220. 
Ovarium in Morinda, suadente "Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 144 in not, 2-loculare, REUS 2-ovu- 
