TEHEPTXTHACE^^. 310 



late membraneous, imbricated, in the female flower finally accres- 

 cent. Petals 5, longer, slightly unequal, imbricated. Stamens 5, 

 alternipetalous ; filaments alternating with the same number of 2-fid 

 glands, inserted round shortly cupiilar receptacle, very unequal ; 

 anthers introrse, 2-rimose. Germen (in male flower 0) oblique 

 compressed, 1 -locnlar ; branches of lateral style 3, imequally long, 

 capitate, stigmatiferous at apex ; ovule inserted at summit of short 

 ascendent funicle ; micropyle superior. Drupe suborbicular oblique 

 compressed, much surpassed in length by foliaceous accrescent calyx ; 

 epicarp subcrustaceous ; mesocarp densely fleshy (black) ; putamen 

 reniform corneous ; seed ascendent ; cotyledons of exalbuminous 

 embryo rather flat ; radicle accumbent rather longer. A small glabrous 

 tree ; leaves alternate imparipinnate ; folioles opposite entire coria- 

 ceous ; rachis winged ; flowers in terminal much ramified-compound 

 racemes. {South Africa}) 



24. Loxopterygium Hook. Jun.^— Flowers polygamous (nearly 

 of Jstronium) ; calyx 5-lobed, imbricated. Petals same in number, 

 small, imbricated. Stamens equal in number to petals, alternate, 

 inserted below thick annular and obtusely lobed disk ; filaments 

 subulate ; anthers small, introrsely rimose. Germen 1-locular 

 compressed-winged produced, and 3-capitcllate-stigmatiferous ; ovule 

 basilar-erect inserted at summit of funicle ; micropyle inferior. Fruit 

 dry, produced at apex in suberect or falcate wing-shaped veined 

 samara ; testa of inverse seeds membraneous ; cotyledons of fleshy 

 embryo superior plano-convex. — Large trees ; leaves alternate im- 

 paripinnate ; folioles ojiposite petiolidate or sessile, entire or cronate- 

 dentate ; flowers in much ramified axillary racemes " paniculate.'' 

 ( Trop. America^-) 



25. Botryceras W.* — Flowers dioecious or polygamous, 4—5- 

 merous ; sepals oblong, imbricated, persistent. Petals same in 

 number alternate reflexed-patcnt, imbricated. Stamens equal in 

 number, inserted below a rather wide fleshy disk ; filaments free ; 

 anthers introrse, gibbous, 2-rimose. Germen compressed-ovate ; 



' Spec. 1. L. alula Sprenq. — EnKL. etZEYH. ■• In Berl. Mag. v. 396. — Endl. Ocn. n. 



JBwKOT. 152.— Hakv. et Soxd. i'Y. CV7;. i. .524. 5007.— B. H.Gc«. 426, n. 33.— JIauch. ^wararrf. 



— /.. latifolia 1'kesl. — Anamjllii anijii.ittfolia 75, 177.— I,aurn/)/ti//liis Thvsu. Prodi: 31 ; Fl. 



E. Mey.— ^. Inti/olia E. Mey. Cap. 153.— Beunh. in Liuiiasn, xii. 129-136. — 



- Ocn, 419, n. G. — Mabch. Anacnrd. 180. Baphmlis SrUENO. tiyst. i. 370. 



' Spec. 2,3. 



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