BUUiVKRIACIiE. 



TRIBUS PRIMA. 



BUTTNERI^.. 



THEOBROMA, /.. Juss., Kunth, DC. 



Cacao, Gaertn., Lamarck. 



Calyx quinquepartitus, coloratus, decidiius. Ptala quin- 

 qu hypogyna, basi diltala et cucullato-concava, ultra 

 produca in ligulam spathulatam; stamina hypogyna; fila- 

 menta decem basi in urceolum connata ; quinqu j)etalis 

 opposita dianlhera; quinqu alterna sterilia, lineari-subu- 

 lata. Anlherae didyma, biloculares, in pctalorum cavialc 

 reconditae. Ovarium superum sessile, qninqueloculare, 

 ovula circiter 8 in quolibet lculo, axi centrali alixa, bise- 

 riata. Stylus pice quiujuefidus. Stigmata Simplicia. Fruc- 

 tus non dehiscens, coriaceo-ligneus, ovato-oblongus, 

 quinquangularis, quinquelocularis. Semina ovoidea in 

 pulpa nidulantia. Endospermium n'ullum. Cotyledones cor- 

 rugatae. 



Arbuscular aut arbores : folia alterna magna integra. 

 Stipula petiolares gcmince. Pedunciili axillares, post (blio- 

 rum delapsum laterales, modo sinqilices, unilori, fasci- 

 culato-congesli , modo ramosi, multiflori (car. ex Kunlb , 

 1. c). 



