Bixa.) BIXACEAE. 19 
base, repandly crenate or subentire, 6—8/ & 2—21 /2’, on short petioles 
of '/s—1‘. Flowers single, from short and thick bracteate spurs, the 
naked pedicel 11/2. Sepals 2‘, glabrous. Petals twice as long, strap- 
shaped, scarcely dilated he A purplish: white. Stamens as before, the 
filaments curved. rg su 
Oahu, Kaala (U.S gris Kauat! (Kn.). 
3. I. laur ifoliata, Gray, l. ¢. p. 96. — Glabrous, the stipules subulate, 
brownish. Leave end acute, rounded at the base, repandly crenate 
or subentire, pale chartaceous, shining, 31/2‘ 1‘, on petioles of 
—2", Fl Fae sSiaeaiactate. on pedicels of 1—2", or the pedicels 
on bracteate spurs and naked. Petals expanded at the end into a roundish 
lamella. 
Ridges of Wailupe! at the easiern end of Oahu. 
Orper VII. BIXACEAE. 
Flowers regular, hermaphrodite or unisexual. Sepals 2—6, usually 
4 or 5, imbricate or rarely almost valvate in the bud. Petals as many 
or more, imbricate or twisted, or more frequently none. Stamen ee 
indefinite, rarely equal in number to the petals and alternate ith the 
Ovary 1-celled, or incompletely divided. Placentas 2—12, parietal, with 
several or many anatropous ovules to each. Styles or sessile stigmas as 
nye as placentas, free, or combined into a single one, Fruit an indehiscent 
try, or a capsule openjng into as many valves as placentas. Seeds al- 
enh with a straight or curved embryo in the axis. — Trees or 
shrubs. Leaves alternate, undivided, usually peguey Stipules minute or 
one. Flowers axillary or lateral, rarely termi 
Natives of the tropical and subtropical regions of the ada world. 
i BEAA; 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, imbricate, deciduous, alternating 
with 5 exterior glands. Petals 5, large, contorted. Stamens indefinite, 
inserted on a thick torus; anthers oblong, opening at the apex by 2 short 
slits which unite in a single pore. Placentas 2, many-ovuled. Style 
elongate, recurved in the bud, with a 2-lobed stigma. Capsule 2-valved, 
with placentas in the middle of the valves and a soluble endocarp. 
obovoid, their loose, somewhat fleshy testa furrowed along the ape 
Cotyledons broad. — Small trees, with large entire palmato-nerved leaves, 
and showy pinkish flowers in terminal panicles. 
Only 2 species, natives of tropical America, 
71. B, Orellana, L. —- DC. Prod. I, 259. — A low tree, 10—12 ft. high. 
Leaves glabrous, cordate or ovate, acuminate. Capsule covered with 
piers ics so 
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