468 NATURAL mSTOBY OF PLANTS. 



ceptacle subcampiiiuilute lined by a glandular disk, deciduous. Sepals 

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

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

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

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

 l)ranuus ; embryo exalbuminous ; radicle superior; cotyledons fleshy 

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

 alternate simple exstipulate deciduous ; flowers racemose bracteolate, 

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



VIIL CHRYSOBALANE^. 



.")G. Chrysobalanus L. — Flowers hermaphrodite; receptacle tur- 

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

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

 deciduous. Stamens 15-20 {o^ i\\Q Rosaceoi) ; 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 5-0-valved, 1-seeded. Seed sub-erect; 

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

 shrubs ; leaves alternate simple, stipules small deciduous ; flowers 

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

 Africa. ?) See p. 414. 



57. Licania Aubl. — Flowers hermaphrodite (of C /iry sob al anus) ; 

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

 rarely :aD (of the Rosacea); filaments short, or rather long exserted 

 [Mofjuilm], all fertile or on one side sterile antherless; anthers small, 

 dehiscing by introrse clefts. Gyna^ceum central (of Chrysohalanus). 

 Fruit of very variable form, globose ovate obovate pyriform or 

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

 — 'iVces 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. 416. 



5^. Lecostemon :\l()r. c\: Sess. — Flowers hermaphrodite or poly- 



