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ments connate or more rarely almost free at base, usually reflexed ;it 

 apex; anthers introrse. Carpels 3-5 (of Connarus); style slender ; 

 apex dilated stigmatiferous, simple or 2-lobed. Capsules 1-3, more 

 rarely 4, 5, sessile or shortly stipitate, 1 -seeded; calyx persistent, nol 

 embracing base of fruit. Seed of Connarus. — Trees or erect or climb- 

 ing shrubs ; leaves alternate 3-foliolate ; inflorescence of Connarus 

 {Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Tropical India, Indian Archipelago). 

 See p. 4. 



3. Rourea Aubl. — Flowers hermaphrodite' (of Connarus) ; calyx 

 erect, much imbricated, either accrescent and finally embracing base 

 of sessile fruit {Burourea), or more or less spreading and not closely 

 embracing capsule {Byrsocarpus), or more rarely deciduous {Bernar- 

 dinia). Other characters of Connarus. — Small trees or shrubs, some- 

 times climbing; leaves pinnate or very rarely 3-foliolate, persistent; 

 flowers in simple or more often compound, cymiferous, axillary or 

 terminal racemes {Tropical America, Asia, and Africa, Madagascar). 

 See p. 4. 



II. CNESTIDE^]. 



4. Cnestis J. — Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous ; receptacle 

 shortly conical or depressed at apex. Calyx 5-partite valvate. Petals 

 5, alternate, often shorter than sepals, valvate or imbricated in aesti- 

 vation. Stamens 10; filaments connate close to base or free; 5 

 oppositipetalous reflexed at apex; anthers 2-celled introrse, finally 

 extrorse, 2-rimose. Carpels 5, oppositipetalous sessile ; styles short ; 

 apices obtuse or capitellate, stigmatiferous ; ovules 2 (of Connarus). 

 Capsules 1-5, surrounded at base by spreading persistent non- 

 accrescent calyx, velvety or pilose outside, covered with close still', 

 stinging hairs within. Seed erect or suberect, arillate or exarillate; 

 albumen fleshy ; embryo inverted ; cotyledons foliaceous ; radicle 

 short superior. — Shrubs or small trees; leaves alternate impari- 

 pinnate ; flowers in simple or cymiferous, usually axillary, racemes 

 pedicels often articulated {Tropical Asia and Africa, Indian Archi- 

 pelago). See p. 5. 



5. Cnestidium Pl. — Fiowers hermaphrodite (of Cnestis); perianth 

 5- or more rarely unequally 3-, 4-partite. Calyx valvate. Corolla 



\< L. II. 



