90 



CONNARACE^. I. CONNARUS. II. OMMIALOBIUM. 



frutescens, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 467. t. 187. Robergia frutescens, 

 Willd. spec. 2. p. 752. Flowers white, sweet-scented, disposed in 

 axillary and terminal panicles. Fruit very like that of C. mo- 

 nocdrpus. 



Pubescent Connarus. Clt. 1822. Shrub 5 feet. 



3 C. JAVA'NICUS (Blum, bijdr. 1166.) leaves ternate and pin- 

 nate, ovate, or elliptical-oblong, obtusely acuminated, veiny, 

 smooth ; racemes crowded, axillary ; flowers pentagynous ; stem 

 sarmentose. Jj . S. Native of Java. 



Java Connarus. Fl. May. Shrub 8 feet. 



f- Species not sufficiently known. 



4 C. ? GLA'BER (D. C. prod. 2. p. 85.) leaflets 3-5, oblong, 

 somewhat cordate, acuminated, quite smooth ; panicles axillary, 

 twin, simple, much shorter than the leaves. ^ . S. Native of 

 South America, on the banks of the river Orinoco, near Caycara. 

 Rourea glabra, H. B, et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p.] 41. 

 Flowers white. Fruit unknown. 



Smooth Connarus. Shrub 6 feet. 



5 C. ? SANTALOIDES (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 87.) leaves with 2-4 

 pairs of ovate, acuminated, smooth leaflets, with an odd one ; 

 peduncles axillary, aggregate ; flowers disposed in racemes, mo- 

 nogynous. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Santaloides, 

 Lin. fl. zeyl. no. 408. Segments of calyx rounded (ex Lin.) 

 acute (ex Vahl.). Flowers white. Fruit not sufficiently known. 

 It is probably a species of Omphalobium. 



Santalum-like Connarus. Shrub 6 feet. 



6 C. MIMOSOIDES (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 87.) leaflets about 10 

 pairs, with an odd one, oval-oblong, emarginate ; petioles and 

 branchlets pubescent ; racemes axillary ; flowers monogynous. 



Pj. S. Native of the islands of Nicobar. This is also pro- 

 bably a species of Omphalbbium. 



Mimosa-like Connarus. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and peat will answer the species 

 of this genus, and ripened cuttings will root in sand, under a 

 hand-glass, in heat. 



II. OMPHALO'BIUM (from oju^aXoe, omphalos, a navel, and 

 \o/3oc, lobos, a pod). Gasrt. fruct. 1. p. 217. t. 46. D. C. 

 diss. prod. 2. p. 85. Connarus, species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx 5-parted, per- 

 manent, girding the fruit loosely at the base ; lobes oblong, acute, 

 imbricate in aestivation. Petals 5 (f. 20. b.). Stamens 10 (f. 20. 

 c.), monadelphous at the base (f. 20. d.\ or somewhat polyadel- 

 phous. Carpels 5, each bearing a style, and containing 2 ova, 

 some of them usually abortive. Capsules 1 (f. 20. .) -5, legume- 

 formed, 2-valved, dehiscent (f. 20. &.), narrowed or stipitate at 

 the base. Seeds twin, but usually solitary, not inserted at the 

 base, but in the lower part along the suture, arillate, without 

 albumen. Cotyledons thick. Trees and shrubs with impari- 

 pinnate leaves, having 1 or many pairs of leaflets. Racemes 

 axillary, usually disposed in a terminal panicle. 



1. Connaroidea (from their similarity to Connarus, in 

 having a solitary carpel). D. C. prod. 2. p. 85. Carpels so- 

 litary (f. 80.'*.). 



1 O. I'NDICUM (Gsert. fruct. 1. p. 217. t. 46.) leaflets 3, 

 ovate, somewhat acute, quite smooth on both surfaces, coria- 

 ceous ; flowers panicled ; carpels solitary, stipitate. Tj . S. 

 Native of Ceylon. Rhiis, &c. Burm. zeyl. 199. t. 89.? and 

 therefore Connarus Asiaticus, Willd. spec. 3. p. 691. Rhiis 

 Raedaelijavel, Mill. diet. no. 13.? Flowers panicled, and the 

 stamens are, according to Gaertner, somewhat polyadelphous. 

 Capsules nearly an inch and a half long, and evidently stalked. 

 Radicle at the vertex of the seed. 



1 



FIG. 20. 



Indian Omphalobium. Clt. ? Shrub 6 feet. 



2 O. AFRICA'NUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 85.) leaflets 3, oval, 

 acuminated, smooth on both surfaces, somewhat membranous 

 and feather-nerved ; flowers panicled ; carpels solitary, stipitate. 

 Tj . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Connarus Africanus, Lam. 

 diet. 2. p. 95. Cav. diss. 7. p. 



375. t. 221. Connarus venosus, 

 Smeathm. mss. Flowers white. 

 Capsule about an inch and a half 

 long, and evidently stipitate. Ra- 

 dicle under the top of the seed, 

 usually germinating in a simple or 

 branched root in the fruit (f. 20. z.). 

 African Omphalobium. Fl.Mar. 

 Clt. 1822. Shrub 8 feet. 



3 O. NERVOSUM ; leaflets 3, obo- 

 vate, acuminated, 3-nervecl at the 

 base, pubescent beneath, smooth 

 above, on long pubescent petioles ; 

 flowers terminal, panicled. ^ . S. 

 Native of Sierra Leone. 



Nerved -leaved Omphalobium. 

 Shrub 10 feet. 



4 O. GAUIHCHA'UDI (D. C. prod. 2. p. 85.) leaflets 3, ovate, 

 acuminated, quite smooth on both surfaces ; fruit racemose ; 

 carpels solitary, stipitate, somewhat obovate, obtuse, smooth. 

 T? . S. Native of the Moluccas, in marshes by the sea-side at 

 Rawak. Capsule 12-14 lines long, 7-8 broad. Radicle at the 

 top of the seed. 



Gaudichaud's Omphalobium. Shrub 6 feet. 



5 O. LAMBE'RTII (D. C. prod. 2. p. 85.) leaflets 3, elliptical- 

 oblong, acuminated, smooth on both surfaces, somewhat mem- 

 branous ; flowers panicled ; carpels solitary, stipitate, incurved, 

 a little striated, smooth. Tj . S. Native of Guiana, in the in- 

 terior or sandy savannahs. Connarus Guianensis, Lamb. herb. 

 Flowers white ? Capsule 8-10 lines long, 5-8 broad. Radicle 

 at the vertex of the seed. 



Lambert's Omphalobium. Shrub 6 feet. 



6 O. FASCICULA'TUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 86.) leaves ? fruit 

 rising in fascicles from the branches ; carpels solitary, stipitate, 

 compressed, fj . S. Native of French Guiana. Capsule an 

 inch long, 5 lines broad. In the disposition of the flowers this 

 species is very distinct. 



Fascicled- flowered Omphalobium. Shrub 6 feet. 



7 O. PATRI'SII (D. C. diss. with a figure,) leaflets 5-9, oval- 

 oblong, acuminated, quite smooth on both surfaces, coriaceous ; 

 flowers panicled ; carpels solitary, stipitate, obovate, blunt, 

 smooth. fj . S. Native of Cayenne. Leaves smooth, with 

 3-4 pairs of leaflets and an odd one. Carpels dehiscent. Seeds 

 arillate. 



Patris's Omphalobium. Shrub 6 feet. 



8 O. THONNI'NGII (D. C. prod. 2. p. 86.) leaflets 3-5, ellip- 

 tical, acute, smooth on both surfaces, somewhat membranous, 

 feather-nerved, and almost veinless between the lateral nerves ; 

 panicle terminal ; ovary hairy, solitary. I? . S. Native of 

 Guinea. Connarus florulentus, Thonn. in herb. Puer. Leaves 

 somewhat membranous. Flowers very numerous. Petals ob- 

 long-linear. Fruit unknown. 



Thonning's Omphalobium. Shrub 6 feet. 



9 O. PINNA'TUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 86.) leaflets 3-5, oval- 

 oblong, acute, quite smooth on both surfaces, feather-nerved, 

 with the lateral veins confluent at the apex ; panicle terminal, 

 elongated ; ovary solitary, downy ; petals with two bristles at 

 the base of each. ^ . S. Native of the East Indies. Con- 

 n&rus pinnatus, Lam. diet. 2. p. 95. ill. t. 572. Cav. diss. 7. 

 p. 376. t. 222. Flowers white. 



