Tlieo^h-astece,] C, MYKSINE^, 649 



brevis; limbi lobi oblongi, obtusi, contorto-imbricati, recur^'^o-patentes. Stamina 5, fauci 

 corolla: affisa, cum staininodiis toticlein sbuibua insertis lanceolato-subulatis altornaj fila- 

 mentis filifurmibus in alabastro inflexis ; antherie oblongs, obtusa^, introrsum dehiscentcs. 

 Ovarium hirtiimj ovoideiimj in stylum crassmscnlum ex alabastro exsertum attenuatum, 

 stigmate punctiformi ; ovula pauca (5-7), fundo loculi inserta, erecta, anatroi>a. Fnictus 

 pisiformis, carnosulus^ stylo apiculatus, 1- rariuii 2-spornms, Semen globo^unij basi 

 excavatuni^ testa coriaceo-chartacca, albuminc comeo ruminate; embryo axilis, elongatus, 

 cnrvus, cotyledonibus elongatis^ radicula brevi liilo proxima, — Arbuscula somiJcrvircns, 

 inermis v. spinescens, ramulis albo-pubescentibus. Folia breviter petiolata, obovata, 

 integerrima, coriacoa, siuj^e deflexa, subtus glauceyeentia, Flores parvij axillares, 

 fasciculati, odori^ breviter podiccllati, basi bracteolati. 



Species 1, Arabi^e et Bactri^e ineola, Walp. Ifcp, vi. 454, Bclcss, 7c. SeL v. t 35 {Monothcca). 

 Griff. Notuh \Y, 295, et Ic, PL Asiat t 498 {Edgeworihia), 

 R. lattrina, Bcnth. FL Hongk, 208, est Sarcospermatis species ad Sa2)otaceas referenda- 



21, Theopiirastaf Juss, Gen, 150. — Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx S-partitus, seg- 

 mentia ovatis obtusis erectis imbricatis. Corolla cylindraceo-campanxilata, apice 5- 

 loba, lobis rotundatis patentibus imbricatis. Stamina 5, basi coroHie affixa, parva, 

 filamentis brevibiis subnlatis ; antherre liastato-oblongfB, extrorsuni dehiscentcs, con- 

 nectivo ultra loculos in appendicem ligulatam producto ; staminodia 5, ad basin corollse 

 lobis altema, brevia, .squamicformia, truncata, apicibus inflexis, dorso coiTiuta. Ovarium 

 ovoidoum, in stylum brevem attenuatum, stigmate capitato; ovula numerosissima, pla- 

 centae globosoe inserta, ascendentia- Fructus globosus, maliformis, camosus, endo- 

 cai'j>io crustaceo^ polyspermus. Scmina cuneato-ovoidea, circa placentam stipitatiun con- 

 ferta, in reliiiuiis miicilaginosis placentae imracrsaj micrnpylc lateral!, testa tenuis-sima, 

 albumine corneo ; embryo excentricus, cotyledonibns ovatis, radicula cylindracca. — Fmt^x 

 glaber, caulc robusto erecto subsimplicij apice squamis apinulu^ia deciduis onusto. Folia 

 subterminalia, confurta, patentia, brevissime petiolata, lineari-oblonga, spinoso-dentata^ 

 reticulatim nervosa. Flores majusculi, in racemos breves multifloros dLspositi, albi, 

 pedicellis basi bracteatis et ssepe medio bracteolatis. 



Species 1, ins, San Domingo ineola. A, DC. Prod, viii, 145, 670, LindL Collect, Hot. t. 2Q, 

 Vrkse, HorL Spaarnh, t. 2. Boi. Mag. t, 4239. Fructum, anobis non TibUm, ad ieonem Lindleyanam 

 dcscripsimus. Flores in excmplaribus cultis multo majores cvadunt quam in indigenis in herbariis 

 asscrvatis. 



T, impcriaUsj Linden ; Regol, Garteufl. 1864, 323, t, 453, cujus flores adhuc ignotL erant, ex f^pcci- 

 minibns a Glaziou propc Kio Janeiro lectis floriforis frnctiferisque est Chr^soph?/Ui epecics inter 

 Sajyotaceas* 



22, Clavlja, Jink et Pav, Prod, Fl Per. d Ciiil, 142, t 30. (Tlieopbrasta, Linn, Gm, n. 

 207- Horta, Veil. Fl Flum. 48, 7c. i. t 124. Zacintha, VdL Ic. 27G, Ic. viii. t 9.)— 

 Flores polygamo-dioici. Calyx 5- rarius 4-partitu3, segmentis rotundatis imbricatis. 

 Corolla; tubus brevis, eamosns ; limbus rotatus v, subcampanulatus, 5- rarius 4-fidiTs, 

 segmentis camosulis obtusis. Stamina 5, rarius 4, filamentis in fl- (J Hberis v, in 

 tubum ovarium includentem connatis, in fl, ? liberis ; anthers lata; truncatae, extrorsum 

 dehiscentes, Staminodia 4 v, 5, sqnararcforinia, sinubus corollte opposita, carnosa, cum 

 totidem minoribus lobis oppositis quandoque deficientilms altema- Ovarium in fl. $ 

 f usiforme, in stylum brevem attenuatiun, stigmate obtuso v. capitellato ; ovula numcrosa, 

 placentae basi et apice nuda* inserta, Fructus glubosus^ endoeari)io crustaceo. Sojnina 

 pauca, ellipsoidea V- subrotunda, ad apicem stipitis placentae glomcrata, reliquiis mem- 

 branaceia V, coriaceis placentce induta, umbilico laterali elongato, testa tennissima, 

 albumine corneo ; embryo axilis, cotyledonibus foliaceis, radicula cylindracca infera, — 

 Fiiitices et arbuscula^ glabri, caulc saspe squamis spinulosis onusto, ' Folia altema 

 V. subverticillatim conferta, sessilia v. petiolata, elongato-oblanceolata v, oblonga, 



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