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ORDER XLV.—CONNARACEZS. R. Brown. 
Flowers bi- (rarely uni-) sexual. Calyx 5-partite, regular, persistent : 
æstivation imbricate or valvular. Petals, 5, equal, inserted into the 
base of the calyx. Stamens twice as many as the petals, rarely with 
half of them sterile, hypogynous: filaments usually combined at their 
base into a glandular ring. Ovaria simple and solitary, or several and 
distinct: ovules in pairs, collateral, ascending : styles terminal, conti- 
nuous with the central angle of the carpels: stigmas obtuse, usually di- 
lated. Capsules 1-5, dehiscing longitudinally at the ventral suture. 
Seeds solitary, erect, sometimes with an arillus. Albumen none, or 
fleshy. Radicle superior, at the opposite extremity from the hilum : 
cotyledons thick when there is no albumen, foliaceous in those with it. 
—Trees or shrubs, without resinous juices. Leaves compound, alter- 
nate, not dotted, exstipulate. 
The zstivation of the calyx, number of styles, presence or absence of albumen, 
are the points on which, following Dr Brown, we have formed our generic charac- 
ters. We ought, however, to remark, that De Candolle considers the number of 
styles of less importance than the situation of the seed in the fruit (whether at the 
base or attached to the suture), the presence or absence of arillus, and the fruit be- 
ing sessile or stalked. Ewrycoma of Jack can scarcely belong to this order : it has 5 
stamens with a couple of villous glands between each: the styles are united into one 
which is short and has 5 robttived. stigmas; the ovules also are solitary : whence we 
are rather disposed to place it among the Ailanthez. 
I. CONNARUS. Linn.; Lam. ill. t. 572.—Omphalobium, Gertn. fr. t. 46. 
Calyx 5-partite: sestivation imbricate. Petals 5. Stamens 10, united at 
the base. Ovary solitary. Style 1. Capsule pod-shaped, solitary. Seed 1, 
without albumen. 
To this genus belongs Omphalobium, § Connaroidea of De Candolle. 
468. (1) C. monocarpus (Linn.:) leaves 3-5-foliolate; leaflets ovate, ob- 
tusely acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous, shining above: panicles fascicled, 
axillary and terminal ; branches and calyx glabrous: sepals oblong: fruit ses- 
sile: seed attached to the base of the cell, with a complete fleshy arillus.— 
DC. prod. 2. p. 85 ; Wight ! cat. n. 537, 538.— C. asiaticus, Willd. sp. 3. p. 692 ; 
Spr. syst. 3. p. 78.—Rhus Reedeelijavel, Mill.—Rheed. Mal. T. t. 265 Burm. 
l. t. 89.—Travancore. 
We have no doubt about the above synonyms, although Burmann repre- 
sents the leaves less acuminated than we have seen them : on the other hand, 
We have not seen either leaves or fruit so large as in Rheede's figure, although 
m other respects it be pretty good. 
469. (2) C. pinnatus (Lam.:) leaves 3-5-foliolate ; leaflets umbo » 
acuminated, glabrous, shining on both sides, coriaceous: panicles tern ^m 
elongated ; branches and calyx pubescent: sepals oblong : ovary hairy : ; 
stalked: seed attached to the suture, a little above the base, with an jn, ^m 
feet arillus.—ZLam. in Encycl. Meth. 2. p. 95 ; ill. t. 5725 Spr. syst. o P a 
Wight! cat. n. 540.—Omyphalobium pinnatum, DC. prod. 2. p. 86; O. Indi- 
cum, Gertn. fr. 1. t. 46 ; DC. prod. 2. p. 85.—Rheed. Mal. 6. t. 24. 
IL ROUREA. Aubl—Cnestis, Jack. (not Juss.) 
Calyx 5-partite ; æstivation imbricate. Petals 5. Stamens 10, united at 
