connarus. CONNARACEAE. 421 



3. C. JAVANICUS Blume, Hijdragen 1166. — Foliis ternatis pinnatisque, foliolis ova- 

 to-vel elliplico-oblongis obtuse acuminatis venosis glabris; racemis conferlis 

 axillaribus; iloribus pentagynis; caule sarmentoso. iv- Crescit in insula Java. 



4. C. MACROPHYLLUS Poepp. etEndl. Nov. gener. et spec. plant. Chil. III. 76. t — 

 Foliolis ternalis acuminatis coriaceis, utrinque reticulatis, supra glaberrimis niti— 

 dis, subtus glaucis, terminali subrotundo, lateralibus rhombeo-ovatis inaequila- 

 teris; pedunculis racemosis petiolo dimidio brevioribus. 6^ — Rami valde ra- 

 mulosi tortuosi teretes, verruculosi glabri. Folia allerna in ramulorum apice 

 densiora, petiolus communis teres 3-5-pollicaris, foliola semper terna, peliolulo 

 brevi annulalim rugoso suffulta, basi rotundata, in acumen longum excurrentia 

 undulata valde rigida trinervia, sublus opaca seu tenuissime pulveraceo-puberula, 

 lateralia semper basi superiore anguslata acula, inaequilatera, intermedium 5-poI- 

 licare, 4 poll. lalum. Pedunculi axillares vel lalerales solitarii gemini vel raris- 

 sime lerni, fructiferi deflexi, pedicelli racemosi. Flores desunt. Calyx in fructu 

 persislens, laciniis lale ovatis adpressis. Capsula sessilis obovato-subglobosa 

 obtusissima coriacea glabra unilocularis indehiscens. Semen unicum basi cap— 

 sulae affixum, arillo oblique cupuliformi membranaceo aurantiaco suffultum erec- 

 lum, cotyledones carnosae, radicula umbilico opposita. — Crescit in fruticelis 

 Brasiliae borealis circa Egam. 



5949. OMPIIALOBllJM Grtnr. 



(DC. Prodr. II. 85. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 561. *) 



1. 0. RUBRUM Poepp. et Endl. Nov. gener. et spec. plant. Chil. III. 76. t. 288. — 



Foliolis lernatis ellipticis acuminatis coriaceis rigidissimis, glaberrimis, supra 

 nitidis; racemis axillaribus paniculatis, floridis petiolo brevioribus, fructiferis 

 elongalis; ovariis solitariis; capsulis slipitatis subrhombeo-oboYatis apiculatis 

 glaberrimis. § — Arbor parum valida 20-pedalis, rami palentes, ramuli erecli 

 tereles, corlice substriato obscure cinereo tecli leretes, penna anserina parum 

 tenuiores. Folia alterna invicem 2 poll. distanlia exstipulala ternata, petiolus 

 communis patulo-erectus teres, basi incrassalus 2-5-pollicaris, pelioluli incras— 

 sali cylindrici breves, epidermide annulalim rugulosa fusca veslili, foliola inae- 

 qualia, lateralia utplurimum inlermedio paullo minora elliplica, versus basin ro- 

 tundata, Ionge acuminata, margine levisslme undulala rigidissima penninervia, 

 supra nitidissima, subtus opaca, 5-6-pollicaria, 2-3 poll. lata. Racemi axillares 

 compositi divaricali basi juncti, paniculati, ramulis sparsis alternisve brevissimis 

 2-3-floris. Flores parvi albi inodori ebracleati. Calycis laciniae ovales oblu— 

 siusculae aequales glabrae. Petala spathulato-obovata subcoriacea glabra. Sta- 

 mina 10 calyce duplo breviora, filamentis basi in annulum coalilis, allerna petalis 

 opposila breyiora glabra, antherae introrsae, ambilu dehiscentes. Ovarium sem- 

 per unicum selulosum uniloculare biovulatum, ovatis collateralibus, stigma pel- 

 tatum crenatum. Capsula solitaria stipitala leguminiformis sublignoso- coriacea 

 rubra glabra, sutura ventrali ad medium dehiscens. Semen unicum obovatum, 

 arillo brevi carnoso albo, suturae ventrali capsulae impositum, testa laevissima 

 nitida alra, colyledones carnosae, intus planae, dorso convexae, radicula brevissima 

 supera, umbilico opposita. — Crescit in Brasiliae borealis sylvis circa Egam. 



