VIOLACE^J. 357 



5. Leonia R & Pav. 1 — Flowers hermaphrodite, regular, 5-merous ; 

 sepals and petals same in number, longer, alternate, free or coherent 

 at base, pignoration imbricated. Stamens 5, alternipetalous ; fila- 

 ments connate in short tube ; anthers short, exappendiculate, in- 

 serted at summit of tube, introrsely 2-rimose. Germen free, 1-locular ; 

 style short, apex stigmatiferous, entire or scarcely 3-dentate ; pla- 

 centas parietal 3, cc -ovulate. Berry globose, indehiscent; seeds 

 co , subglobose, nidulant in pulp. — Trees ; leaves alternate, entire, 

 pellucid-punctuate ; flowers small, in axillary or terminal cymes, 

 long ramifiecl-compound (Trop. and Subtrop. South America-). 



6. Melicytus Forst. 3 — Flowers subregular polygamous, 5-merous ; 

 sepals and longer petals sessile imbricate. Stamens alternipetalous 5 ; 

 filaments very short, subconnate ; anthers introrse, 2-rimose ; con- 

 nective produced at apex in membrane, and dorsally more or less 

 above the base, with appendiculate ascendent squamules. Germen 

 (in male flower rudimentary) free, 1-locular ; style (sometimes very 

 short) stigmatiferous at apex, 3-5-fid, subdiscoidal or divided into 

 3-6 lobes, more or less thick, sometimes sessile ; placentas parietal 

 3-5 ; ovules in each cc. Berry subglobose ; seeds cc, subglobose, 

 albuminous ; testa coriaceous or crustaceous. — Small trees or shrubs ; 

 leaves alternate, dentate ; stipules or minute ; flowers rather small, 

 axillary, cymose ; pedicels at apex 2-bracteolate {New Zealand, Norfolk 

 Island*). 



7 ? Hymenanthera R. Br. 5 — Flowers (nearly of Melicytus) poly- 

 gamous ; filaments of stamens short, connate in tube ; connective 

 (as in Melicijtus) at apex and back appendiculate. Germen 1-locular 

 style short, apex stigmatiferous, 2-lobed, or very short subdiscoidal 

 placentas parietal 2, 1 -ovulate. Berry subglobose, 1- or 2-spermous 

 seeds subglobose ; embryo albuminous ; cotyledons narrow. — Small 



Sep., i. 224; v. 60; Ann., i. 71; ii. 67; iv. DC, Prodr., i. 257.— Endl., Gen., n. 50S1. — 



235; vii. 218 (Alsodeia). B. H., Gen., 119, 970, n. 15. 



1 Fl. Per. et CA«7.,ii.69, t.22 (necL.L.& Lex.). 4 Spec. 4, Hook., Lond. Journ., iii. t. 8 

 — DC, Prodrom., viii. 669. — Endl., Gen., n. (Ehzodendron). — IIooe. F., Fl. N.-Zel., i. 17, 

 4231.- — Benth., in Hook. Journ., v. 215. — t. 8 — Walp., Ann., vii. 220. 



B. H., Gen., 119, 970, n. 12. 5 Congo, 442; Misc. Works (ed. Benn.), i. 



2 Spec. 3. Mart., Nov. Gen. et Sp., ii. 85, t. 125; ii. 705.— Ging., in Mem. Gen., ii. t. 2, 

 168,169 (Steudelia).— JliQ., in Mart. Fl. Bras., fig. 9.— DC, Prodr., i. 314. — Endl., Gen., n. 

 Fbenac, 17, not. 5049 ; Iconogr., t.108 ; Prodr. Fl. Norfol/c, 70. 



3 Char. Gen., 123, t. 62.— J., Gen., 428.— — B. H., Gen,, 120, 970, n. 16.— Sohnantha 

 G.ertn., Fruct., i.206, t. 44, fig. 3.— Desrouss., G. Don, Gen. Si/sl., ii. 39. 



in Lamk. Diet., iv. 59. — Lame., III., t. 812. — 



