CKLASriUNHiE. 3^7 



erecta, arillo carnoso complete obtecta, epispermiiim cras- 

 sinsculum : enclospermiiiin carnosuiu : emhryolioniotronus 

 erectiis, in centro endosperni : radcula brevissinie obtusa, 

 cotyledoncs orbiculares. 



Frtices foliis allcinis, coriaceis, integris; flores miriiPii 

 in axillis foliorum subcvmosi. 



MOMEVEHDIA. BXUOLIA, Nob. 



TAB. IXXVI. 



Friilcx ? dumosus , ramulis allerns. 



Folia alterna approxiraata , brcvissirne peliolala^ ohovalia, hasi 

 paulisper BDgusliora , margine integra, valde coricea, avenia , 

 glabcrrima, vix pollicem loriga, 5-8 lincas lata, persistonh'a. 



Flores niinini hormaphrodili, sa;pus in axilla loliorumsolitarii, 

 rarius bini, brcvitcr peduncuiati : calvx pentasopalus hrevis, cx- 

 pansus, persistcns neo accrescens : spala hasi inlcr se coalita^ bre- 

 via, oblonga, obliisiuscula. 



Peala 5 patonti-roflexa, oblonga, acula, caljcc mullo longiora, 

 plana , circa discum insera. 



Stamina erecta petalis breviora iisque alterna, in eodem loco 

 inserta : filanienta subulata , teretia , glabra , anthera introrsae, 

 subcordiilo-globo.^a), irno dorso aflixa;, bilociilares : loculis sulco 

 lon^itudinali dcbisccntibu^. 



iscus lalissimus , floris fundum implens , cnm ovario omnino 

 confusus, crassuH. 



Ovarium biioculare : loculi 2-ovulati, ovus ascendenlibus col- 

 lalcriilibus. Slylus vix ab ovarii sumnia parle distinclus, sligrnalc 

 bidentalo mnimo terminalus. 



Frnclus pisilormis, ovoideus, apculatus, calyce [)crsisteiie iiec 

 auclo basi slipalus, coriacoo-baccalus, abortu unilocularis, mono- 

 dispcrmus et scpius ovula abortiva basi seminis laleraliler appli- 

 cala monslrans (lab. 36 , I". ) , a a.) 



Semen erectum, ovoideum ; arillo carnoso completo obleclirm. 

 Epispermium crasiim, corinccum. Endospermum carnosiuii , l- 

 bum , parurn crassum. Eiiibi'vo riclusus liomolropu : radicnl; 

 brcvissima , ohlnsa : cohledoiies orbiculares, cr-assa". 



