ultro loculos producto. Discus hypogynus obsoletus vix conspi- 

 cuus V. rari us annularis. Ovarium superum, lata basi sessile, 

 saepissime villosum , 2—5- , rarius co-loculare , loculis tot quot 

 carpella nee duplicatis. Stylus breviter conicus v. elongato- 

 subulatus , glaber ; stigma terminale punctiforme v. parum con- 

 spicuum, rarius latius sublobatum. Ovula in quoque loculo 

 solitaria, lateraliter medio prope apicem v. supra basin angulo 

 centrali affixa, plus minus amphitropa. Bacca indehiscens, 

 pericarpio carnoso pulposo v. rarius subsicco crasso v. rarius 

 tenui, 2 — ao-locularis v. saepe abortu 1-locularis et 1-sperma. 

 Semina, si solitaria fructui subconformia , si plura circa axin 

 crassum annulatim disposita a latere compressa v. rarius septis 

 axique evanidis arete conferruminata , hilo laterali oblongo v. 

 lineari v. subbasali latoque affixa; testa saepius Crustacea v. 

 dura laevis nitidaque, rarius crassa dura v. lignosa extus laevis 

 (v. rugosa?). Embrj'-o rectus, radicula infera brevissima inter- 

 dum vix conspicua , cotyledonibus nunc intra albumen carnosum 

 planis ab axi radiantibus v. fructus circumferentiae parallelis, 

 nunc albumine nullo crassis carnosis. 



Arbores fruticesve, glabri pubescentes villosuli v. tomento 

 nitente e pilis saepius malpighiaceis v. stellatis composite plus 

 minus vestiti. Folia alterna rarissime subopposita , coriacea v. 

 rarius membranacea, integerrima, pennivenia, exstipulata v. 

 rarius stipulis parvis linearibusve caducis stipata. Flores baud 

 magni, ad axillas foliorum v. ad nodes ramorum vetustiorum 

 glomerati v. fasciculati , rarius solitarii v. secus ramos inflores- 

 centiae aphyllae fasciculati, sessiles v. pedicellati, pedicellis ad 

 axillam bracteae minutae oriundis v. omnino ebracteatis; brac- 

 teolae sub calyce rarae, sepalis consimiles nisi minores. Sepala 

 V. calycis segmenta saltem exteriora saepe subcoriacea, saepis- 

 sime obtusa. Corollae tubus vulgo calyce brevior v. parum ex- 

 cedens. (Bentham et Hooker Genera Plantarum Vol. II. part II. 

 pag. G5(J). 



