178 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
2-h-costata. — Frutices scandentes v. erecti; foliis alternis, 3-5-folio- 
latis ; stipulis 0, v. parvis € ni floribus corymbosis longe pedicel- 
latis. (Africa trop.) — Vid. p. 58. 
14. Emblingia F. Muezz. — Calyx campanulatus, 5-lobus, antice 
ad basin fissus. Petala 2, cum sepalo posteriore alternantia, in corollam 
calceiformem adscendentem postice coalita ; receptaculo supra perian- 
thium in gynophorum basi postice glandula glabra auctum, valde elon- 
gatum complanatum arcuatum, postice concavum, producto ; summo 
gynophoro circa germen dilatato in annulum disciformem, 6-12-crena- 
tum v. breviter lobatum ; lobis anterioribus 3-6, obtusis pubescentibus 
sterilibus ; posterioribus 3-5, antheram parvam, 2-locularem, imtrorsum 
2-rimosam, gerentibus. Germen 1-loculare ; placentis 2, æ-ovulalis ; 
stylo brevi, mox in laminam stigmatiferam, 2-lobam, dilatato. Drupa 
compressa-subglobosa , inversa, intra calycem reflexa ; mesocarpio 
fenui; putamine rugoso v. muricato, 1-spermo. Embryo involutus. — 
Suffrutex prostratus, scabro-hirsutus; foliis crebris simplicibus, opjo0- 
sitis v. suboppositis; floribus axillaribus solitariis; peduneulo bre 
gracili. (Australia occ.) — Vid. p. 159. 
IT MÆRUEZÆ. 
15. Mærua Forsk. — Flores regulares, hermaphroditi v. rarius 
polygami; receptaculo concavo, obconico tubulosove ; disco intus recep- 
- taculum vestiente fauceque haud prominulo (Streblocarpus), v. in margi- 
nem simplicem lacerumve producto (£umeærua). Petala 0, v. 4 (Streble- 
carpus). Stamina œ, perigyna ; filamentis liberis v. basi connatis ; anthe- 
ris introrsum 2-rimosis. Germen supitatum, fundo receptaculi insertum, 
1-loculare ; placentis 2-4; ovulis in placentis singulis paucis (Cour bo- 
nid), V. S&plus œ; stigmate subsessili. Bacca stipitata ovoidea (Aie- 
buhria), nunc subglobosa (Courbonia) , sæpius eylindrica torulosa, inter 
semina plus minus constricta (Æumærua). Semina solitaria paucave 
(Niebuhria, Courbonia), v. æ, reniformia ; embryonis carnosi cotyledo- 
nibus incumbenti-convolutis; radicula supera. — Arbusculæ v. frutices , 
inermes v. spinescentes ; foliis alternis, 1-3-foliolatis ; stipulis minimis 
. 0; floribus axillaribus v. terminalibus, solitariis v. in racemos Corym- 
