ELUTHERIA MELIACEÆ (AUCTORE C. DE CAND.). 125 
tum superantia. Stamina in tubum petalorum dimidium superantem, 
margine laciniatum intus antheriferum connata ; antheris 8, apice con- 
nectivi producti ope longe ligulatis. Discus stipitiformis, brevis. 
Ovarium apice stipitis insidens , 4-loculare, loculis oppositisepalis, 
14-46- ovulatis, ovulis biseriatim superpositis. Stylus elongatus, stig- 
mate discoideo coronatus. Fructus capsularis, septifragus, elongato- 
ovatus, 4- valvis, valvis utrinque attenuatis; a septis incompletis 
solutis. Semina imbricata, descendentia, compressa, deorsum in alam 
longam membranaceam producta, umbilico alæ superposito ; cotyle- 
donibus planis, ovatis, radicula exserta, albumine carnoso. — Arbus- 
cula aut frutices, gemmis foliaceis villosis. Folia alterna, impari-pin- 
nata ; k u serrata. Inflorescentia axillaris, paniculata. Flores herma- 
shrodit 
In Per uvia et montibus Venezuelæ. 
E. microphylla ; foliis breviter petiolatis, impari-pinnatis, 6-ju- 
gis; foliolis oppositis, sessilibus, parvis, oblongo-ellipticis, apicem 
versus acute serratis, supra puberulis, subtus dense villosis ; panicu- 
lis folii dimidium æquantibus, pedunculatis, ramulosis, dense villosis ; 
floribus longe pedicellatis, magnis ; calyce acute 4-sepalo, extus villo- 
sulo, petalis extus in medio flavido-pilosis ; tubo cylindrico, glabro, 
8-lacinulato, lacinulis emarginatis; antheris longe ligulatis; ovario 
villoso ; stylo glabro ; capsula ellipsoidea, utrinque attenuata. Guarea ? 
microphylla Hook. Icon., v. 2, tab. 129, Schmardæa nobilis Karst. Flor. 
Colomb., v. J, p. 187, tab, 98. 
Arbor. 10 met. alta, Ramuli primum dense fulvescenti-villosi, dein 
glabri, cicatricibus foliorum delapsorum asperati. Folia subconden- 
sala, ad 2 dec. longa ; foliola firmula, opaca, epunctata, supra in sicco 
fuscescentia subtusque fulvescentia, superiora ad 6 !/, cent. longa, fere 
3cent. lata; nervis secundariis adscendentibus, utrinque circiter 6. 
Rhachis subteres, dense villosa, supra costulata, Petiolus dense 
villosus, teres, circiter 1 !/a cent longus. Paniculæ pedunculus circiter 
2 1/, cent. longus, bracteæ oblongo-acutæ, ad 5 mill. longæ, rami al- 
lerni ad 3 cent. longi, apice subscorpioideo-cymuligeri, cymulis 1-flo- 
ris bracteolatis. Flores subdensi. Sepala membranacea, anguste 
Ovato-acuta. Petala membranacea, lanceolato-oblonga, subacuta, in 
sicco rubescentia, circiter 1 1/a cent. longa. Tubus stamineus mem- 
branaceus. "--- —— — tubi lacinulas dorsi infra medium 
sessiles, c tam antheram fere triplam æquan- 
tem produeto. Ovarium fetidoosdstuth Stylus teres, glaber, cum stig- 
mate discoideo tubo æquilongus. Capsula 7 cent. longa, stylo ineras- 
Sato circiter 2 cent. longo terminata, dissepimentis incompletis, epi- 
carpio erustaceo. Embryo in axi albuminis parvi rectus, wo 
ovalibus, foliaceis, carnosulis ; radicula tereti, infera. 
