JRavenia 



RUTACE.E 



169 



persistent calyx, with 5-1 cocci ; cocci 2-valved ; endocarp hard 

 and brittle. Seeds 1 or 2 in each coccus ; endosperm in a 

 thin layer ; embryo curved ; cotyledons 2-lobed, conduplicate, 

 enclosing a long radicle. 



Species 5 or 6, natives of West Indies and tropical 

 S. America. 



Leaves 3-foliolate 1. R. spectabilis. 



Leaves simple 2. R. Swartziana. 



1. R. speetabilis Planch, ex Griseb. Mem. Amer. Acad. n.s. 

 riii. 170 (1860) & Fl. Br. W. Ind. 710; leaves 3-foliolate. - 

 Engl. in FL Bras. xii. pt. 2, 126 ; Url>. in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berl. 



Fig. r>.">. liavcnin spi'Ctbll!x ("Jriseb. 



A, InllMivsceiice and leaves X fl. C, Pistil with ovary cut leiti:tln\ 



B, Flower: portion, to slmw stamens enlarged (/.'. ////<//. 



and staminodcs, . -Mlarired. D, Coccus, inner side. X 4. 



E, Seed x 4. 

 (A, P.. alter Bot. Reg.) 



/>'. 369, t. 13, /. l-i> iV /'// Hnijl. Jiilirl. xxi. ">"> 1 ; P. TTV/x. in 

 N. Amer. Fl. .r.rr. 177. Lenioiii.-i spectabilis LfmU. in Hot. l!> <j. 

 X.;-rt. t. .~>!j (1840) ; ]\i.rl<>n'x M<J. ]>"i. XIV. t. 7-">, 



(Fig. 55.) 



