V. Aniba Aublet. 
Aniba Aubl. Guyan. I, p. 327 t. 126; Juss. Dict. v. Il, p. 156; St. 
Hi. Expos. II, p. 364, Spreng. Gen. I, p. 318 No. 1621; Scop. Intr. 
p. 438; Juss. Gen. p. 438; Hedw. Gen. p. 281 No. 1130; Endl. Gen. 
n. 6840, p. 1327 et Ench. p. 685; Juss. Ann. Mus. VII, p. 480; Bartl. 
Ord. p. 112; Meissn. Gen. p. 324 (237); Rehb. Consp. p. 87 No, 1914. 
— Cedrota Schreb. Gen. I, p. 259, No. 660; Gmel. Syst. p. 629; 
Wild. Sp. II, p. 338, No. 759; Pers. Ench. I, p. 415, No. 937; 
Spreng. Syst. II, p. 243 No. 1486; Agdh. Aphor. p. 228. — Ayden- 
dron Nees et Mart. in Linnaea VIII, p. 36; Spach orb. Dict, 
II, 391; Nees, Progr. p. 13 et Laurin. p. 245, 675; .Endl. Gen. 
No. 2040, p. 319 et Ench. p. 197; Spach, Vég. phan. X, p. 496; Rehb. 
Nom. p. 71 No. 2670; Meissn. Gen. p. 325 (238); Lindl. Veg. kgd. 
p. 537; Gris. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. Isl. I, p. 284 (e. p.); Meissn. in DC. 
Prodr. XV, 1, p. 88 et in Mart. fl. Bras. V, 2, p. 176; Benth. et 
Hook. Gen. III, p. 153 (e. p.); Baill. Hist. pl. II, p. 473. 
Flores hermaphroditi, pannieulati, exinvolucrati. Perianthii 
tubus conspicuus, + urceolatus, lobis longior v. rarius brevior; limbi 
segmenta 6 aequalia, raro exteriores manifeste minora. Stamina 
perianthii lobis breviora, libera, seriebus 3 exterioribus fertilibus, raro 
tertia staminodiali, quarta semper abortiva v. in staminodia minima, 
stipitiformia mutata. Filamenta antheris longiora v. rarius subaequi- 
longa, pilosa v. rarissime glabra, seriei III. biglandulosa. Antherae 
bilocellatae, ser. exteriorum introrsae, ser. tertiae extrorsae, dilatatae. 
Ovarium pilosum v. glabrum, ellipsoideum v. rarissime subglobosum, 
in stylum longiorem v. subaequilongum, rarissime subbreviorem attenua- 
tum, stigmate obtuso v. rarius discoideo. Bacca ellipsoidea v. sub- 
globosa, laevis, cupulae crassae, simplici- v. rarissime subduplicimarginatae, 
saepius irregulariter incisae insidens, junior tota obtecta, adulta plus 
minus exserta. 
Arbores fruticesve Americae tropicae, specie unica Anlillana, 
reliquis continentem incolentibus, foliis sparsis, chartaceis v. coriaceis v. 
rarius rigidis, glabris v. vestitis; panniculis axillaribus, saepissime ad 
ramulorum innovationes collatis, tomentellis v. rarissime glabris; floribus 
parvulis, in pedunculorum apice cymosis. 
Obs. Genus et Acrodiclidio et Endlicheriae affine, ab hac differt floribus herma- 
phroditis, antherarum forma, ovario styloque, ab illo androecei seriebus 2 exterioribus 
semper fertilibus. 
