Hyperhctna 



MENISPEHMACE.E 



191 



double the size of the outer. Petals 6, shorter than the sepals. 

 Stamens 6, free, in male flowers. Staminodes 6, in female 

 flowers. Carpels 3, with hook-like styles. Fruit a drupe. 

 Endosperm wanting ; cotyledons thick, semi-cylindrical, long ; 

 radicle very short. 



Species 10, natives of VV. Indies, Central and S. America. 



Male inflorescence longer than the petiole. 



Lateral cymules 5-10 mm. 1. Drupe 1'^ cm. diam. 1 

 Lateral cymuLjs 2-3 mm. 1. Drupe "7 cm. diam. ... 2, 



Inilorescence not longer than the petiole. Drupe 



2-5-3 cm. diam 3. H. lauri folia. 



H. domingensis. 

 H. Prioriana. 



Fig. IS.IIyperbaena domingensis Bentli. 



A, Portion of stem with flowers and ripe 



fruit X I. 



B, Male tlower with one of the interior 



sepals bent back x 10. 



C, Stamen x 30. 



D, Female flower x 10. 



E, Pistil from female flower x 60. 



F, G, Embryo x g ; c, cotyledons ; r, 



radicle A, F, G, after Miers ; B-E, 

 after Eichler.) 



1. H. domingensis Bentli. in Jouru. Linn. Soc. r. Suppl. 2, 

 50 (1861) ; male inflorescence longer than the petiole, lateral 

 cymules 510 mm. 1., rhachis glabrescent ; drupe 1-1*3 cm. in 

 diam. Miers Contrih. But. Hi. 298, /. 131 ; Urb. Sijmh. Ant. i. 

 306 (excl. H. Prioriana rt H. valida) tk iv. 238. Diels in Engl. 

 Pflanzenrcich iv.pt. 94, 200. H. reticulata Bentli. loc. cit. (in part). 

 Cocculus domingensis DC. Si/st. i. 528 (1818); Beless. i. t. 96; 

 Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 10 (in part). Pachvgone domincjensis 

 Eichl. hi Fl. Bras. xHi. pt. 1, 197, t. 47, /. 11. Vl8G4). (Fig. 78.) 



