Nova genera et species 111. -111 



möglich. Die jS'atur der Früchte würde über so grosse Entfernungen 

 hin weder einen Transport durch Vögel, noch durch das Meer ge- 

 statten. 



Carpodiptera Griseb. 



Plant Wright. I. in Mem. Ätner. Acad. Nat. Sc. vol. VIII (1860) p.l63; 

 Benth. et Hook. Gen. I p. 232; Baill. Hist Plant. IV p. 185; K. Schum. 

 in EngJ.-Prantl Nat. Pflanxenfam. III. G. p.l5. 

 Flores dioeci. Calyx in alabastro omnino clausus, sub anthesi 

 ab apice usque ad medium in lobos 2 (rarius 3^ — 4) dirumpens, tubo 

 campanulato, sub fructu persistens. Fetala libera, in aestivatione 

 cochleari-imbricata, uno extimo, uno intime, rarius sinistrorsum v. 

 dextrorsum contorta, hypogvna, obovato-cuneata v. spathulata, basi nuda. 

 Flor. masc. : Stamina 13 — 34, inchisa, hypogyna, toro haud elevato 

 inserta, omuia fertilia; filamenta supra basin v. inferne omnia in 

 massam solidam connata, superne libera, pluriseriata, apice in con- 

 nectivum producta, extrinsecus ad centrum versus longitudiue cres- 

 centia, sed pro flore satis brevia; antherae parvae erectae, loculis 2 

 inferne patentibus v. divaricatis, lateraliter dehiscentibus, apice con- 

 fluentibus. Ovarii riidimentum omnino nulluni. Flor, fem.: Stamina 

 pauciora, 1 — 2-seriata, antheris cassis, caeterum ut in mare. Ovarium 

 liberum, sessile, globulosum, superne 4- costatum, 2-loculare; ovula in 

 quoque loculo solitaria, ex apice loculi pendula anatropa, micropyle 

 supera intera; Stigmata 2 subsessilia, dorso in lobos v. alas plures effi- 

 gurata, massam magnitudine ovarium aequantem formantia. Capsula 

 subglobosa, carpellis 2 loculicide secedentibus et 2-valvatini dehis- 

 centibus, singulis dorso aus 2 verticaliter insertis, sed torsione basali 

 horizontaliter positis appendiculatis. Semina 1 — 2 ovata subteretia 

 V. si bina semiteretia, latere interiore applanata et saepins concavius- 

 cula, setis erectis nitidis vestita; testa crasse coriacea; albumen car- 

 nosum, intra testam calyptra coriacea medio annuliformi-incrassata ad 

 basin subunilateraliter chalazae supposita instructum. Cotyledones 

 foliaceae, suborbiculares basi cordatae planae; radicula supera teres, 

 cotyledonibus triplo brevior. — Arbores; rami ad apicem v. saltem 

 inflorescentiae et calyx pilis brevissimis stellatis obsiti v. toraentosuli. 

 Stipulae minutae prima juventute decidiiae (in typo) v. bene evolutae 

 lineares v. filiformes persistentes. Folia ampla, ovata v. ovato-oblonga, 

 margiue integra v. undulato-crenata, e basi 5-nervia, caeterum penni- 

 nervia. Inflorescentiae terminales et laterales, in panniculam v. 

 corymbum collectae; pedicelli plerumque ad apicem ramulorimi fasci- 

 culati V. umbelliformes. Flores satis parvi, albi v. pallide purpurei. — 

 Species 5 (v, 6), quarum una Cubam et Hispaniolam, altera An tili as 



