400 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



15. Crossonephelis H. Bn. — Flowers monœcious regular apeta- 

 lous ; male sepals 4, rather thicker, scarcely connate at base, valvate. 

 Stamens 4, opposite sepals and interior to cupular 4-lobed disk ; disk 

 lobes alternating with sepals : filaments inserted below small rudi- 

 ment of gynseceum, arched subulate and at base more or less lodged 

 in furrows of intei'posed disk lobes ; anthers iutrorse ovate, 2- 

 rimose. Female calyx valvate deeply 4-lobed. Disk thick cupu- 

 lar, finally strictly reflexed on calyx and representing a short 

 fleshy gamopetalous corolla. Staminodes 4, oppositisepalous, interior 

 to disk rather thicker pointed. Germ en free compressed-sub-2- 

 dymous, 2-locular ; style branches erect contiguous coadunate, 

 divaricate at dilated oblong stigmatiferous apex. Ovules in cells 

 solitary, ascendent from bottom of internal angle ; micropyle extrorsely 

 inferior. Fruit ... ? — A glabrous tree ; habit of Saphidus ; leaves 

 alternate crowded at summit of branches paripinnate ; folioles sub- 

 sessile opposite, 2-3-jugate penniveined glabrous ; flowers small 

 crowded in terminal spiciform scantily ramified cymiferous or glo- 

 meruliferous clusters ; superior glomerules male ; female inferior 

 sometimes androgynous.' [Nossi-he.") 



IG. Talisia Aubl.^ — Flowers regular polygamous-diœcious ; 

 sepals 5, much (or sometiaies scarcely) imbricate. Petals generally 

 same in number alternate, imbricated, inwardly enlarged by entire 

 or 2-lobed densely and rigidly barbate plates. Stamens 8 (or more 

 rarely 5-7), interior to regular annular subentire or lobed disk ; 

 filaments free, usually glabrous ; anthers iutrorse apiculate, 2-rimose. 

 Germcn (in male flower rudimentary) o-lobed, 3-locular ; ovule in 

 cells 1, ascendent; micropyle extrorse inferior; style erect, apex 

 stigmatiferous 3 -lobed. Fruit ovoid acuminate dry, indéhiscent, 

 sometimes pubescent, 1-spermous ; testa of exarillate ascendent 

 seed sometimes rugose without ; cotyledons of thick exalbuminous 

 embryo fleshy hemispherical superposed ; radicle short descendent 

 accumbent. — Glabrous or pilose trees or small trees ; leaves alternate 

 abruptly pinnate ; folioles entire coriaceous ; flowers crowded in 

 ramified cymiferous racemes. [South-East trop. America). 



' A genus apparently allied to Eriocœleum, — DC. frodr. i. 609. — Cambess. Mem. Mh.i. 



differing by apetalous 4-meroua isostemonous, xviii. 29. — Endl. Ocn. n. 5616. — B. H. Geii. 



flowers cruciately 4-lol)ed disk sometimes by 401, n. 31. — ? Aclnd.diu E. et Pat. Prudr. 133, 



nature of 2-meron3 gynasceum. t. 29 (ex Endl.). — Cumatoglossum Kakst. et Tr. 



2 Spec. 1. C. PervillciE.. Bn. Adansoniu, xi. in Linmea, xxviii. 436. 



245. ■* Spec, ad 15. Tr. et Pl, \n Ami. Se. .Vat. 



3 Guian. i. 349, t. 136 (neo Benth.).— Lamk. ser. 4, xviii. 369.— Wali'. Aim, vii. 628. 

 Jll. t. 310.— Pom. Dicf. vii. 559 ; Suppl. v. 281. 



