Mavenia 



KUTACEJE 



im 



pecsistent calyx, with 5-1 cocci ; cocci 2-valved ; endooarp hard 

 And brittle. Seeds 1 or 2 in each coccus ; endosperm in a 

 thin layer ; embryo curved ; cotyledons 2-lobed, conduplicate, 

 -enclosing a long radicle. 



Species 5 or 6, natives of West Indies and tropical 

 S. America. 



Leaves S-foliolate 1. R. sjoectabilis. 



Lieaves simple 2, B. Sioartziana. 



1. R. spectabilis Planch, ex Griseh. Mem. Amer. Acad. n.s. 

 via. 170 (1860) & Fl. Br. W. Ind. 710; leaves 3-foliolate.— 

 Enffl. in Fl. Bras. xii. pt. 2, 126 ; Urb. in Jahrh. Bot. Gart. Berl. 



Fig. 55. — Ravenia gpeetabilis Griseb. 



A, Inflorescence and leaves x s- ^, Pistil with ovary cut lengthwise, 



B, Flower : portion, to show stamens enlarged (Ji. in/elix). 



and stanainodes, enlarged. D, Coccus, inner side, X 4. 



E, Seed x 4. 

 (A, B, after Bot. Keg.) 



ii. 369, t. 13, /. 1-6 & in Engl. Jahrh. xxi. 551 ; P. Wils. in 

 N. Amer. Fl. xxv. 177. Lemonia spectabilis Lindl. in Bot. Beg. 

 xxvi. t. 59 (1840); Paxton's Mag. Bot. xiv. t. 73, op-p. 73. 

 (Fig. 55.) 



