MY HT 'A CE <M 377 



produced beyond germen adnate to cavity within. Calyx inserted on 

 margin cyathiform, at first subentire, finally divided, irregularly 2-4- 

 lobed. Petals 4, or more rarely 5, patent. Stamens oo , inserted on 

 thick subcupular disk ; filaments unequal, co -seriate ; the interior 

 smaller ; all thick connivent in a globe involute ; anthers small ; cells 

 distinct rimose. Germen inferior, 4-locular; style short, at apex cross- 

 rayed-4-lobed ; ovules in cells 2-4, descending. Fruit fleshy, crowned 

 with calyx ; seed oftener 1, descending ; testa thick ; embryo . . . ? — 

 Lofty trees ; leaves alternate, collected at top of twigs, entire or 

 sinuate penuinerved epunctate ; flowers cymose on trunk or branches, 

 shortly pedicellate. 1 " (Trop. America. 2 ) 



56. Gustavia L. 3 — Flowers 4-6-merous ; receptacle turbinate or 

 subhemispherical. Sepals 4-6, connate at base or higher, persistent. 

 Petals 5-8, subequal, imbricate. Stamens oo , regularly co -seriate ; 

 filaments equally urceolately connate at base, inflexed in bud ; an- 

 thers basifixed linear, sub-4-locellate ; cells parallel, dehiscing by 

 longitudinal or sometimes short poriform cleft. Germen inferior, ad- 

 nate within to receptacle, at apex flat or depressed, 4-6-locular ; style 

 central very short, apex stigmatose very shortly lobate or sulcate. 

 Ovules in cells oo , anatropous ; funicle short or 0. Fruit fibrous, 

 crowned with calyx or umbilicate at apex, indéhiscent. Seeds oo 

 (oftener few), suspended by means of an elongate incrassate plicate 

 arilliform funicle ; testa hard ; cotyledons of exalbuminous embryo 

 thick, sometimes unequal ; radicle short. — Trues or shrubs ; leaves 

 alternate, 4 entire or serrate penninerved, oftener impunctate ; flowers 

 solitary or few cymose ; peduncle articulate, sometimes 2-bracteolate 

 to middle. (Trop. America,}'') 



57 ? Cariniana Casaiî. 7 — Flowers nearly of Gustavia, 5-6-merous. 

 Stamens oo , unequal, oo -seriate ; filaments connate at base to a more 



1 A genus apparently allied in some respects t. 192, 193. — J. Gen. 326. — Pom. Diet. v. 344. — 



to Gustavia, in others to Coitraluris, but not seen Lamk. 111. t. 692. — H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Spec. 



by us. vii. 261. — Spallanzania Neck. Elem. 79, n. 733. 



s Spec. 1, 2 (ex Mieks 4). Sloan. Hist. ii. 123, — Teichmeyera Scop. Introd. n. 1212. 

 1. 127, fig. 1, 2 (AnchovyPear).—V. Bit. Jam. 245. * Nearly of Dillenies. 



— Lun. Hurt. Jam. i. 19. — Seem. Voij. Herald, b White or pink or red, showy. 



Bot.V26.— Geiseb. Fl. Br. W.-Jnel. 242.— Hook. 6 Spec, about 10. Bebo, Mart. Fl. Brim. Myrt. 



F.Bat. Mug. t. 5622.— Wali\ Rep. ii. 193. 469, t. 55, 56.— Miebs, Tram. Linn. Sac. xxx. 



*Amœn. viii. 266, t. 5.— L. p. Suppl. 51.— 158, 175, t. 33 A.— Hook. Bat. Mag.t. 5069, 



Poit. Ann. Mas. xiii. 156, t. 5-7.— DC. Prodi: 5239, 6151.— Walp. Sep. ii. 193 ; v. 756. 

 iii. 289.— Spach, Suit. àBufon,iy. 187.— Endl. ? Nov. Stirp. Bras. Dee. 35.— Miebs, Trans. 



Gen. n. 6327.— Berg, Linnccu, xxvii. 441.— B.H. Linn. Sue. xxx. 169, 284, t. 35 C. 

 Gen. 721, n. 64. — Pirigara Aubl. Guian. i. 487, 



