V 



ab 



Nova genera et species 111. 411 



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möglich. Die Natur der Früchte würde über so grosse Eutfeiiiungen 

 Mn weder einen Transport durch Yögel, noch durch das Meer ge- 

 statten. 



Carpodiptera Griseb. 



Pla?it Wright. I. in Mem. Amer. Äcacl Nat. Sc. vol. VIII (1860) p.l63; 

 Benih. et Hook. Gen. I p. 232; Baill. Hut. Plant. IV p. 185; K. Schum. 



in Engl. - Pmntl Nat. Pflcmxenfam. IIL 6. p. 15. 



Elores dioeci. Caljx in alabastro omnino clausus, sub anthesi 

 apice usque ad medium in lobos 2 (rarius 3 — 4) dirumpens, tubo 

 campanulato, sub fructu persistens. Petala libera, in aestivatione 

 cochleari-imbricata, uno extimo, uno intimo, rarius sinistrorsum v. 

 dextrorsum contorta, hypogyna, obovato-cuneata r.spathulata, basi nuda, 

 Flor, masc: Stamina 13 — 34, inclusa, hypogyna, toro haud elevato 

 mserta, omnia fertilia; filamenta supra basin v. inferne omnia in 

 massani solidam connata, superne libera, pluriseriata, apice in con- 

 nectivum producta, extrinsecus ad centrum versus longitudine cres- 

 centia, sed pro flore satis brevia; antherae parvae erectae, loculis 2 

 mferne patentibus v. divaricatis, lateraliter dehiscentibus, apice con- 

 liuentibus. Ovarii rudiraentum omnino nullum. jFlor. fem.: Stamina 

 pauciora, 1 — 2-seriata, antheris cassis, caeterum ut in mare. Ovarium 

 hberum, sessile, globulosum, superne 4- costatum, 2-locuIare; ovula in 

 luoque loculo solitaria, ex apice loculi pendula anatropa, micropyle 

 supera intera; Stigmata 2 subsessilia, dorso in lobos v. alas plures effi- 

 gurata, massam magnitudine ovarium aequantem formantia. Capsula 

 subglobosa, carpellis 2 loculicide secedentibus et 2-valvatim dehis- 

 centibus, singulis dorso alis 2 verticaliter insertis, sed torsione basali 

 horizontaliter positis appendiculatis, Seraina 1 — 2 ovata subteretia 



• si bina semiteretia, latere interiore applanata et saepius concavius- 

 ciüa, setis erectis nitidis vestita; testa crasse coriacea; albumen car- 

 nosum, intra testam calyptra coriacea medio annuliformi-incrassata ad 

 basin subunilateraliter chalazae supposita instructum. Cotyledones 

 foliaceae, suborbiculares basi cordatae planae; radicula supera teres, 

 cotyledonibus triplo brevior. — Arbores; rami ad apicem v. saltem 

 iiiflorescentiae et calyx pilis brevissimis stellatis obsiti v. toraentosuli. 

 Stipulae minutae prima juveutute deciduae (in typo) v. bene evolutae 



filiformes persistentes. Folia ampla, ovata v. ovato-oblonga, 



ffi argine 



caeterum 



nervia. Inflorescentiae terminales et laterales, in panniculam v. 

 corymbum collectae; pedicelli plerumque ad apicem raraulorum fasci- 

 culati v. umbelliforraes. Elores satis parvi, albi v. pallide purpurei. — 

 Species 5 (v. 6), quarum una Cubam et Hispaniolam, altera Antillas 



