Cl. 13.] MENISPERMA. 153 



each from the Common Receptacle, or confluent into 

 a single pulpy Fruit, under whose bark are numerous 

 cells, one for each Seed. Outer Skin of the Seed 

 (62 : 4) coriaceous ; inner membranous, with many 

 inward folds, introduced between the transverse lobes 

 of the large solid Albumen, in which, at the Scar, is 

 lodged the minute Embryo. Stem arboreous or 

 shrubby, alternately branched ; the Bark mostly reti- 

 culated. Leaves alternate, simple, undivided and 

 entire, without Stipulas. Flowers axillary." 



Anona, Unona, Uvaria, Cananga Aubl., and Xy- 

 lopia, are Jussieu's genera. DeCandolle has added 

 several new genera, as well as a multitude of species, 

 with many illustrations. He invents the term Car- 

 pella, . Partial Fruits, for the aggregate Pericarps of 

 thib tribe 



Orel 77. MENISPERMA. " Calyx of a definite 

 number of leaves. Petals definite, opposite thereto, 

 sometimes with each a, likewise opposite, internal 

 scale. Stamens definite, as many as the Petals, and 

 opposite to them. Germens several, definite, with 

 each a Style and Stigma. Fruits as many, pulpy or 

 capsular, kidney-shaped, each with 1 Seed of the same 

 shape, several of them, sometimes all but one, abor- 

 tive. Embryo flat, small, with thin Cotyledons, in 

 .the top of a large incurved Albumen. (See below.) 

 Stem shrubby, usually trailing. Leaves alternate," 

 (generally) " simple, without Stipulas. Flowers axil- 

 lary or terminal, often in spiked or racemose tufts, with 



