340 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
thio persistente perigyno, accreto in calyptram sacciformem gamophyl- 
lam conicam v. longe ultra pericarpium in tubum apice 4-dentatum 
producto coronata inclusaque, stylo apiculata, extus rugoso-setacea ; 
mesocarpio lenui; putamine extus foveolato, intus 1n aculeos lignosos 
semen penetrantes producto ; semine embryoneque Pyrenacanthe. — 
Frutices scandentes hirsuti ; foliis alternis simplicibus petiolatis penni- 
nerviis ; floribus fœmineis capitatis v. breviter spicatis; receptaculo 
capituli rigido erasso; capitulis pedunculatis lateralibus solitartis v, race- 
mosis; bracteis flore longioribus reflexis *. (Africa trop. ?) 
66. lodes BL. * — Flores diœci ecalyeulati (Gyrmniodes *) v. sæpius 
calyeulati (Æviodes 5, Lasiodes $); perianthii gamophylli, nune (Lusiodes) 
basi setarum corona densa cineti, lobis 3, v. sæpius 4, 5, valvatis, extus 
dense villosis, demum expansis, reflexis v. revolutis, circa fructum 
persistentibus. Stamina 3-5, alterna; filamentis liberis, nune compla- 
natis, Sæpius brevibus, sub gynæcei rudimento insertis ; antheris rectis 
(Lasiodes, Eviodes) v. rarius (Gymniodes) cochleato-reflexis, introrsis, 
2-rimosis. Germen receptaculo-dilatato insertum, 2-ovulatum; obtu- 
ratore parvo ; stylo sessili, mox dilatato crasse discoideo v. subreniformi, 
apice concavo radiato - æ — sulco, rarius lateraliter obovato excentrico. 
Drupa basi perianthio et nune calyeulo cincta;  mesocarpio tenui; 
semine albuminoso; embryonis albuminis 2-midium superantis cotyle- 
donibus foliaceis; radicula brevi supera. — Frutices, sæpius alte scan- 
dentes, villosi v. tomentosi; foliis oppositis integris penninerviis : ; 
inflorescentiis pedunculatis cymoso - racemosis ; masculis ramosissimis 
floribundis; pedunculis axillaribus v. cum gemmis 1, 2 elevato-sup'a- 
axillaribus, nunc quoad folia lateralibus, aut gracilibus, aut (Lasiodes) 
crassis lignosisque ; inferioribus sæpe in cirros mutatis ; floribus (parvis, 
villoso-ciliatis summo pedicello articulatis, aut calyeulatis (Æviodes, 
Lasiodes) ; calyeulo minuto inæquali-dentato, aut (Gymniodes) ecalycu- 
latis. (Asia, Oceania et Africa trop., Madagascaria *.) 
67? Cardiopterys Wal.  — Flores hermaphroditi regulares ; 
1. Gen. imprim. ab affini Pyrenacantha dif- 5. La BN, in Adansonia, X, 267; Prodr., 
fert ar infero : nn accreto incluso. sect. 
2. Spec. 2, OLiv., F1. trop. Afr., 1, 359 6. : BN, in Adansonia, X, 268 ; Prodr., 
(Phytocrene ?). sect. 
+ Biar., 29. — R. , in Benn. PI. eu re Spoé, à 4 6. PL., in Hook. Journ., Fe 247 
M t. 48. ER ‘Gen. , n. 4689. de — M1Q. ee pe -bat., 1, P- I, 
LH, ñn., 399, n. 35. an) B\, in dd 795. — Ouiv., FL. 4 Afr., 1, 358. eh Ts, 
re "IL, 3604; X, 262: ee. , 22. in pr ui E 44 
HE. Es, Prodr. , 23, sect. 2. 8. Cat.,n. 8033. te, Introd., 82. — 
