OCHNACE A). 379 
5, unequal, closely imbricated. Petals 5, contorted. Stamens fertile 
5, alternipetalous ; filaments hypogynous ; anthers basifixed, longer 
than filaments, articulate at apex; cells 2, linear, suleate at margin, 
poricidal at apex. Staminodes , 2-seriate; interior 5- ©, longer, 
alternating with stamens, subulate ; exterior smaller, unequal, subu- 
late or at apex subspathulate. Germen free, subexcentric, 1-celled, 
tapering into erect hollow style at summit; apex of style shortly 
3-dentate stigmatiferous ; ovules o-, descending, inserted at margin 
of 8 parietal placentas. Capsule linear-elliptical, rather terete, sep- 
ticidally 3-valved; seeds few; testa membranous, widely 3-winged ; 
nucleus oblong; albumen fleshy ; embryo axile, terete ; cotyledons 
narrow. — À glabrous tree ; leaves alternate, searcely petiolate, 
obovate-oblong, crenulate, punctuate ; nerves parallel; “stipules 
small, caducous ;” flowers in terminal compound racemes; pe- 
duncles bracteate, and pedicels 2 bracteolate, ciliate’ (@uiana’). 
11. Wallacea Sprucz.'—Flowers nearly of Godoya; sepals 5, 
elongated, lanceolate, imbricate, afterwards patulous. Petals same 
in number, longer, convolute. Stamens fertile 5, declinate ; fila- 
ments short; anthers elongated; cells 2, linear, longitudinally 
rimose, and below apex confluent poricidal ; staminodes exterior «, 
sub-3-seriate, from the exterior to the interior longer subulate. 
Germen subcentral, shortly stipitate, fusiform, apex tapering into 
long subulate style; placentas parietal 3; ovules », subtransverse, 
œ -seriate. Capsule ligneous, swollen, thick, unequally oblong- 
ovoid, acute on both sides, 2-valved. Seeds o, angular; testa 
thick; embryo... ?—Small glabrous trees; twigs annulate; leaves 
alternate, obovate-oblong, integerrimus; nerves crowded, striate ; 
stipules elongate-convolute, sheathing upper leaves, deciduous ; 
flowers‘ axillary, pedunculate, solitary or 2-nate; bractlets deci- 
duous’ (North Brazil’). 

1 Gen. closely allied to Sauvagesia, as also 4 Handsome, pink. 
very near to Blastemanthus. 5 Gen. allied to Blastemanthus, differing 
2 Spee. 1. P, retusa Tun., loc, cit.—Watpr., in inflorescence, staminodes sub-3-seriate, and 
Ann., i. 123, leaves. 
3 Ex B. H., Gen., 320, n, 12. 5 Spec. 1. W, insignis Spruce, loc. cit. 
