476 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES, 
ceptaculo brevi, sæpius depresso. Calyx brevis, 4-5-dentatus v. sub- 
integer. Petala 4, 5, longiora, 3-angularia, patentia, reflexa, præflo- 
ratione valvata v. leviter imbricata. Stamina totidem alterna ; filamentis 
extus sub disco annulari, sæpius crasso accreto, insertis, liberis subulatis, 
in alabastro incurvis ; antheris brevibus latiusculis introrsis versatilibus, 
2-rimosis. Carpella 4, 5, oppositipetala, libera v. basi connata, disco 
sæpius immwersa ; stylis totidem plus minus alte liberis, mox in colum- 
nam erectam apice stigmatoso capitato-5-lobam dilatatis ; ovulis in 
germinibus singulis 2, subhorizontalibus v. descendentibus, micropyle 
extrorsum supera. Cocci 4, 5, distincti, loculicide 2-valves; endo- 
carpio soluto , elastice 2-lobo. Semina sæpius solitaria ovoidea ; 
embryonis exalbuminosi carnosi radieula brevi inter cotyledones crassas 
retracta. — Frutices pellueido-punctati ; foliis alternis, oppositis 
v. 3-natis petiolatis, 1-3-foliolatis v. imparipinnatis ; floribus in 
Spicas v. racemos simplices valde elongatos, terminales v. axillares, 
dispositis ; pedicellis sub medio v. et apice bracteolatis. (America trop. 
et subtrop. cont. et ins. 
58. Esenbeckia H. B. K. ? — Flores fere Pé/ocarpi, h, 5-meri; 
petalis imbricatis v. valvatis (Metrodorea *). Siamina 4, 5, extus sub 
disco subintegro v. ejus inter lobos alternipetalos inserta ; antheris 
brevibus, sæpe 2-dymis mucronatis. Carpella 4, 5, oppositipetala, in 
germen 4, 5-loculare plus minus alte connata, dorso ad apicem granu- 
lata v. tuberculata ; stylo sammo germine depresso inserto, apice stig- 
matoso capitato subintegro v. lobato ; ovulis in loculis 2, descenden- 
tibus; micropyle extrorsun supera. Capsula subglobosa v. depressa, 
lævis (Awala*), v. sæpius echinata muricatave, septicide 5-cocca ; coccis 
2-valvibus; endocarpio plus minus soluto, elastice 2-valvi. Semina 
oblonga ; hilo Hineari ; embryonis soubniids cotyledonibus Crassis, 
sæpius inæqualibus 2, 3; radicula supera brevi. Cætera Pilocarpi. — 
728. — A. Juss., in Mém. Te È XII, 488, . Nov. gen. et spec., NI, 246, !. 6595 — 
1. 22, fig. 29. — a Sui à Buffon, Ep à 4 Mém. ee 2 486. — SCROTT, 
344. — ENDr., Ge 209. — AS. in Rutac,, 43, . 7.— SpacH, Suit. à à Buffon, W, 
Bull. + philum. 823), 130 ; PL rem. Brés. 343. — Expt., Gen., n. . 5997. — ré H., Gen., 
, 145, t. 16; FI. Bras. mer., I, 82, t. 17. 299, _ ri — Polembryon À. , in Mém. 
B.H., Gen., 299, n. 59. Mus., ) re 519, ; 28. Led SCHOTT, 
1. Spec. ô, 6. * N&Es et MarT., in Nov. Act, Rutac., ARC D, Rec 7.- 
nat. cur., X1,476; 4:49: — TUL.., in Ann. se. à 4 |. “ Bras. mer., 1, 81, . 16. 
nat, sér. 3, VII, 284. — A. GRAY, in Unit. St. me Juss. : s ‘Mém, Mus. “KB 7e ut , 
etpl. Exp., Bot., 1, 331. — GnisEs., FL brit. ou n. 5998. PAYER, Organ0g., 99, 
W.-Ind., 135. — Tr. et FL., in Ann. ra na. 2, 
sér. 5, XIV, 306. — Warp., Rep., 1, 501 : Æ, Rage di Tr. in Lénnæen, XXNWE, 429. 
Ann., 1, 154 : IV, 411. 
