XLIIL— CONNARACE^E. 



Shrubs or trees often scandent ; 1. imparipinnate (in Elli- 

 panthus apparently simple), without stip. ; fl. regular, bisexual, 

 small ; cal. deeply 5-fid., segm. equal, imbricate or valvate ; 

 pet. 5, equal ; stam. 5 or 10 (5 shorter), inserted at base of 

 or on cal.-tube, fil. slightly connate at base ; carp. 5 or 

 solitary, with 2 collateral ovules in each ; fruit a solitary 

 (rarely 2) follicle (rarely 2-valved) ; seed large, solitary, erect, 

 surrounded bv a large or small aril, without endosperm. 



L. pinnate ; stam. 10. 



Stam. all perfect 1. Rourea. 



Five stam. with abortive anth 2. Connarus. 



L. i-foliolate; stam. 5 3. Ellipanthus. 



Of our four species, Connarus monocarpits occurs chiefly in the dry 

 region ; the others only in the wet, C. Championii and Ellipafit/ius (both 

 endemic) extending into the lower montane zone. 



1. ROUREA, Aubl. 

 A small, semi-scandent tree, 1. imparipinnate, fl. small, 

 regular ; cal. very deeply 5-fid., segm. strongly imbricate, 

 much enlarged in fruit ; pet. 5 ; stam. 10, inserted on base of 

 cal., fil. connate at base, the 5 opp. the pet. shorter than the 

 other 5; carp. 5, distinct, styles slender; fruit a solitary 

 curved follicle (rarely two) ; seed solitary, erect, with a small 

 basal aril, no endosperm. — Sp 50 ; 12 in Fl. B. Ind. 



R. santaloldes, W. &* A. Prod. 144 (1834). Xirindi-wel, S. 

 Herm. .Mus. 10. FL Zeyl. n. 408 < Santaloides). JEgiceras minus, Gaertn. 

 Fruct., i. 216. Connarus tantaloides, Vahl Symb. iii. 87. Moon Cat. 49. 

 Thw. Knum. 80. C. P. 749. 



II. B. Ind. ii. 47. Gaertn. Fruct i. t. 46 (fruit only). Bedd. FL Sylv. 

 t. 1 1 'fl. only). 



.\ crambling shrub or small tree, branchlets slender, bark- 

 shining, purplish, bud, pubescent; L-rachis 3 6 in., slender, 



curved, glabrous, lflts. 5 or 7 (2 or 3 pairs and a terminal «»nc), 



very shortly italked, 2-3 in., oval or lanceolate, rounded at 

 uminate, glabrous, shining above, with pro- 

 minent reticulate venation Beneath ; fl. small, ] in, mm slender, 

 jointed ped., arranged in lax, slender, erect 01 a cending, 

 >rou , racemose panicles, everal of which ari e from leal 

 bi ■ ' 1 nute, hairy ; 1 u orbii ular, very obtu le, 



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