h18 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
GENERA 
L CLUSIÆ. 
A. Clusia L. — Flores polygamo-diæci; receptaculo breviter con- 
vexo. Sepala 4-6, decussato-imbricata. Petala 4-6 v. 7-10, imbricata 
v. contorto-imbricata. Stamina & (in flore fœmineo 4-& , hbera v. varie 
connata, sæpius brevissima crassa), aut omnia in massam globosam v. 
cylindricam conerela; antheris immersis; interioribus v. exterioribus 
nunc concrelis sterilibus; antheris interiorum v. exteriorum liberis; aut 
omnia quoad antheras libera ; filamentis in massam concretis breviterve 
liberis ; antheris 2- -locularibus, varie dehiscentibus. Germen {in flore 
masculo varie evolutum, exsertum v. inter stamina inelusum, nune 0) 
sessile, 4-10-loculare; stylo brevi v. subnullo, mox in stigmata radiantia 
crassa distincta v. subconnata conniventiave dilatato. Ovula in loculis 
compietis v. incompletis æ, subhorizontalia v. leviter obliqua adscen- 
dentia. Fructus crassus, carnosus v. coriaceus, demum septicide dehis- 
cens; valvis e columella angulato-alata solutis. Semina æ, raro pauca, 
sæpius parva v. mediocria, varie arillata ; embryonis exalbuminosi car- 
nosi crassi cotyledonibus ad apicem mivutis squamiformibus; radicula 
. Macropoda crassa. Arbores v. frutices, nunc epiphyti, raro scandentes, 
glabri, succo resinoso scatentes; foliis oppositis exstipulalis, coriacels, 
integris subenerviis v. tenuiter penniveniis ; costa sæpius valida promi- 
pula ; floribus ad summos ramulos solitariis v. paucis cymosis, magnis 
v. majusculis, nune minoribus in racemos composito-cymosos dispositis ; 
bracteis sub flore 2, v. rarius œ, decussatis, (America trop. et subtrop.) 
— Vid, p. 392. 
2. Quapoya Aus. — Flores fere Clusiæ, minores, diœci; sepa- 
lis 4, decussatis v. 5,imbricatis. Petala 4, decussata v. raro (Balboa) 
