celastrnea. 



EL^:ODENDROi\. 



Elceodeiidron, Jacq., jct. iclv. jiov.^ 1, p. 36 (non Relz' , 

 DC, Prodr., II, {). 10. Eiidlicker, ^cii., n. 5G88. 



Flores minimi, hermaphroditi aut polygami. C;ilyx mi- 

 nimus, 4-5-sepalus : spala obtusa quinqmicialia basi n- 

 ter se coalita : corolla 4-5-petala, pateos, peala sessilia 

 seepius obtusa, ciica discum crassum, deprcssum, perigy- 

 num, cum ovario coalitum inserta : stamina totidem, cum 

 petalis alternantia; anthcrae inrorse, didymae, longiludi- 

 naliter deliiscentcs. Ovariun in disco immersum ssepius 

 3-loculare : loculi biovulati : ovulis coliateralibus aseen- 

 dentibus. Stylus brevis, basi crassus et ab ovario non dis- 

 tinctus. Sligma terminale minimum obsolete quasi triden- 

 tatum. Drupa subexsucca ovoidea : ncleo osseo duro, 

 crasso seepius 3-loculari, indehiscenti : loculis 1-2 sper- 

 mis. Semina compressa erecta , solitaria aut bina. Episper- 

 mium membranaceum, aut crassiuscuium. Endospermium 

 carnosum pai cum , embryonem erectum bomotropum in- 

 cludens. 



rbores aut arbusculce. Folia siiiipicia opposila : loies 

 sepius cymosi, axiilares. 



