308 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES, 
GENERA 
JL. SPONDIEÆ. 
1. Spondias L. — Flores hermaphroditi v. polygami ; receptaculo 
depresse conico. Calyx parvus, 4-5-fidus, valvatus v. subimbricatus, 
deciduus. Petala 4, 5, alterna, longiora, subvalvata, patentia. Stamina 
8-10, 2-seriata ; filamentis liberis, sub disco hypogyno crenulato v. lo- 
bato insertis ; antheris introrsis, 2-rimosis. Gynæcei superi carpella 4, 5, 
v. rarius 6-15, nunc 2, 3 (Poupartia) ; germinibus fere usque ad basin 
liberis v. plus minus alte connatis; stylis totidem liberis, ad apicem 
stigmatosum conniventibus ; ovulo in loculis 4, descendente ; micropyle 
prius introrsum supera. Fructus drupaceus; putamine ligneo v. 0sse0, 
extus glabro v. echinato, ad apicem foraminato; loculis 1-5, v. rarius 
6-15, erectis v. divergentibus (Cyfheræa); seminibus descendentibus ; 
embryonis exalbuminosi cotyledonibus carnosis plano-convexis; radicula 
brevi supera. — Arbores; foliis alternis, sæpius ad summos ramulos 
confertis, imparipinnatis; foliolis oppositis ; floribus crebris in racemos 
terminales valde ramosos composito-cymigeros patentes disposilis. 
(Orb. tot. reg. trop.) — Vid. p. 257. 
2, Buchanania Roxs. — Flores hermaphroditi; calycis gamophylli 
brevis lobis v. dentibus valvatis, mox haud contiguis. Petala 5, imbri- 
cata. Stamina 10, 2-seriatim sub disco orbiculari crasso, integro 
v. 5-crenato, inserta; filamentis liberis; antheris introrsis, 9-rimosis. 
Gynævcei carpella 5, oppositipetala libera; germine in uno solo fertili, 
1-loculari ; ovuli e sammo funiculo basilari suspensi micropyle super; 
stylis erectis, apice stigmatoso acutiusculis y. truncatis, in carpello fertili 
crassioribus. Drupa parva parce carnosa ; putamine crustaceo Y. osse0, 
plus minus tarde 2-valvi ; semine inæquali-gibboso : embrsonis exalbu- 
