468 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



ceptacle subcampanulate lined by a glandular disk, deciduous. Sepals 

 5, imbricated. Petals 5, alternate, shortly clawed imbricated. Stamens 

 up to 15 (of the EosacecB). Carpels 5, free. Ovary 1-celled gibbous ; 

 style short articulated, apex dilated stigmatiferous. Drupes 1-5, 

 free; endocarp coriaceous 1 -seeded. Seeds descending; testa mem- 

 branous ; embryo exalbuminous ; radicle superior ; cotyledons fleshy 

 convolute. — A small tree, smelling of hydrocyanic acid ; leaves 

 alternate simple exstipulate deciduous ; flowers racemose bracteolate, 

 springing from scaly buds. {North-west of America.) See p. 413. 



VIII. CHRYSOBALANE^. 



56. Chrysobalanus L. — Flowers hermaphrodite ; receptacle tur- 

 binate carupanulate, lined by a thin disk. Sepals 5, imbricated. 

 Petals 5, inserted with sepals in throat of receptacle, imbricated, 

 deciduous. Stamens 15-20 {oii]ie Rosacea) ; filaments free, connate 

 at base, many often antherless; anthers dehiscing by 2 introrse 

 clefts. Carpel 1, central, sessile in bottom of receptacle; ovary 1- 

 celled, free ; style basilar ; apex capitate or truncate, stigmatiferous. 

 Ovules 2, collateral sub-erect ; micropyle inferior, looking towards 

 insertion of style. Drupe more or less fleshy ; putamen smooth or 

 sulcate at base, indehiscent or 5-6-valved, 1-seeded. Seed sub-erect; 

 embryo thick fleshy; radicle inferior very short. — Small trees or 

 shrubs ; leaves alternate simple, stipules small deciduous ; flowers 

 cymose axillary and terminal. {Warm regions of America, tropical 

 Africa. ?) See p. 414. 



57. Licania Aubl. — Flowers hermaphrodite (of Chrysohalanus) ; 

 receptacle globose urceolate or hemispheric. Stamens 3-10, more 

 rarely o) (of the Rosacece); filaments short, or rather long exserted 

 [Moqidlea), all fertile or on one side sterile antherless; anthers small, 

 dehiscing by introrse clefts. Gynaiceum central (of Chrysohalanus). 

 Fruit of very variable form, globose ovate obovate pyriform or 

 clavate, 1-seeded. Seed sub-erect, exalbuminous (of Chrysobalanus). 

 — Trees or shrubs ; leaves alternate simple, often glandular ; stipules 

 2, persistent or deciduous, free or connate ; flowers cymoso-racemose 

 or spicate. {Tropical and subtropical America.) See p. 41 G. 



58. Lecostemon ISIoy. & Sess. — Flowers hermaphrodite or poly- 



