50 XLIX. CONNAKACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Rourea. 



pubescent or glabrate beneath, racemes slender, pedicels equalling the calyx. R. 

 sororia and R. parallela, Planch, in Linncea, xxiii. 421 ; Connarus mimosoides 

 Vahl, ? Wall. Cat. 8526 0. 



EASTERN PENINSULA, Penang, Porter ; MALACCA, Maingay. DISTRIB. Sumatra, 

 Borneo. 



Branchlets pubescent, Leaves 3-6 in. ; petiole slender ; leaflets cordate at the base, 

 usually shining above with raised nerves, or with the nerves obsolete, subglaucous be- 

 neath. Racemes shorter than the leaves. Flowers % in. diam. Sepals broadly oblong, 

 very pubescent Petals twice as long. Capsule f in., much curved. 



3. ROUREOFSXS, Planch. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate, leaflets few. Flowers in axillary 

 panicles, pedicels slender. Sepals oblong, slightly imbricate, somewhat en- 

 larged and .spreading, but not clasping the base of the capsule. Petals linear- 

 oblong. Stamens 10, the alternate longer. Ovaries 5 ; styles slender. Capsule 

 linear-oblong, recurved. Seed ovoid, testa thin black arilliform at the base ; 

 cotyledons amygdaloid. DISTRIB. Species 2, a Javanese and Indian. 



This genus, which (Gen. PI. i. 432) when the fruit was unknown I united with 

 JKourca, proves to be exarillate, and I therefore restore it. 



1. R. pubinervis, Planch, in Linncea, xxiii. 424; branchlets petioles and 

 nerves beneath finely pubescent, leaflets 3-pairs ovate or elliptic with a con- 

 tracted notched tip. Indeterminata, Wall. Cat. 9050. 



EASTERN PENINSULA, Penang, Porter ; Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



Leaves 4-8 in. ; petioles slender; leaflets, 2-4 in., alternate, petiolulate, base acute ; 

 nerves distinct, arched. Panicles or racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves, nearly 

 glabrous ; pedicels in. Flowers | in. diam. Sepals nerved, glabrous, very obtuse. 

 Petals strap-shaped, three times as long. Ovaries pubescent. Capsule 1 in., nearly 

 atraight. 



4. CONNARUS, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate ; leaflets 5, rarely 3 or more, quite 

 entire. Panicles axillary and terminal, branched. Flowers small. Sepals 5, 

 deciduous or persistent and clasping the pedicel of the capsule, not accrescent, 

 imbricate. Petals 5, linear or ligulate and slightly dilated upwards. Stamens 

 10, 5 shorter and sometimes without anthers. Ovaries 5, densely pubescent, 4 

 usually imperfect or obsolete, the fifth with a slender style, stigma capitellate. 

 Capsule oblique, stipitate, inflated, broader upwards ; valves glabrous or pubes- 

 cent within. Seeds arillate, testa shining, albumen ; cotyledons amygdaloid. 

 DISTEIB. Species about 55, all tropical. 



The structure of the flowers is remarkably uniform in all the Indian species which 

 are with difficulty distinguished. 



* Valves of the capsule quite glabrous within. Leaves quite glabrous 

 beneath in all. Natives of the^ Western Peninsula, 



I. C. monocarpus, Linn. ; W. fy A. Prodr. 143 ; leaflets elliptic or 

 elliptic-lanceolate obtusely acuminate, nerves 3-5 pairs, very slender, filaments 

 glabrous, capsule 1^-2 in. narrow turgid contracted into the stalk, not veined 

 nor shining. Planch, in Linneea, xxiii. 425. 0. asiaticus, Wittd. Sp. PL iii. 692. 

 0. pinnatus, Lamk. Encyd. ii. 95 ; ///. t. 572 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 143 ; Grah. Cat. 

 Bomb. PI. 35 ; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Flor. 53. Omphalobium pinnatum, DC. 



