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5-6) filamentis brevissimis v. 0. Anthem in toro subsessiles, 

 ovatte, loculis 2 parallelis dorso contiguis, rima longitudinal! 



oiiire 



m 



v. 



latmscule 2-valvibus, connectivo interdum in acumen minutum 

 producto. Ovarii rudimentum Ov. rarius in flore terminal! 

 minutum, 2-partitum. Fl. foem. intra involucrum e bracteis 

 ao -seriatim imbricatis solitarii, sessiles. Perianth una 0. Ovarium 

 sessile, placentis 2 parietalibus imperfecte 2-loculare; apiee in 

 stylos 2 fere ad basin 2-partitos desinens, ramis stigmatosis L_. _ 

 subulatis flexuosis. OvuJa m quaque placenta 2, collateralia,°a 

 basi erecta, anatropa, funiculis brevibus supra micropylum 

 obturatorem dilatatis. Drupa involucra persistenti insidens, 

 ovoidea v. oliviformis, 2-pyrena v. abortu 1-pyrena; epicarpium 

 subcoriaceum, nitidum ; mesocarpium succulentum ; pyrenae, si 

 du&, facie plana sese applicitae, dorso convex^, duriusculffl 

 osseae. Semina in quaque pyrena solitaria, a basi erecta subsesrilia, 

 pyrenae conformia ; testa membranacea. Albumen carnosum. 

 Embryo albumine paullo brevior, rectus, cotyledonibus late ovatis 



v. oblongis planis tenuibus v. crassiuscule carnosis, radicula tereti 

 infer a. 



Arbores fruticesve. Folia alterna v. sparsa, saspe subverti- 

 cillatim approximata, coriacea, integerrima v. rarius leviter denti- 

 calata, pennivenia. Stipulae 0. Amenta mascula et flores focminei 

 ni ramulis annotinis v. vetustioribus infra folia sparsa, sessilia. 

 BracteaB squamiformes, qd -seriatim imbricatae, ad basin amenti 

 pas minim®, caducissimae, sub ilore foem. ab exterioribus in 

 mteriores gradatim increscentes, sub fructu v. post drupas delapsas 

 persistentes ; bracteae praeterea minutae glanduliformes in rliachi 

 amenti mas plures. Bracteola ad quemque florem a Baillono 

 memorata nobis potius, uti supra, perianthii rudimentum videtur. 



Species 6 v. 7, omnes Novo-Caledonicae. 



Ordo e genere unico constans, a Baillono dubie ad Castaneas 

 suas {Cupuliferas) relatus, characteribus pluribus essentialibus 

 abhorret. Nobis Euphorbiaceu multo affinior videtur, Flores 

 masculi omnino DaphniphylU; ovula in loculis ovarii gemina 

 collateralia, funiculi obturator, fructus drupaceus, embryo in 

 albumine carnoso rectus, stylorum conformatio et habitus con- 

 vemunt, sed a toto ordine differt ovulis semimbusque a basi erectis 

 nee ab apice pendulis. 



207 1 ' Balanops > BaUL Adam. x. 117, 337; Hist. PI. tL 237,/. 

 7 /^ 213. — Genus unicum. Character ordinis. 

 Species uti supra 6 v. 7, quarum examinavimus flores mas in 

 S P- 2, fructus in sp. 3* Flores foemineos non vidimus, eorum 

 characters ex descr. Bailloni excerpsinms."— p. 341. 



11 Ordo CLV. Leitnerie.e. 



t lores dioici, utriusque sexus in spicis amentaceis erectis sub 

 ( q 3 u ^ ue bractea solitarii. Fl. mas: Pmmtkhm 0. Stamina ao 



lib t01 -° ^ d3i ^ ractea) adnato affixa, filamentis filiformibus 



lo ei v S V# V * X ^si conu atis. Anthem majuscule, erects, basifixae, 

 c uhs parallelis distinctis dorso conthniis lon<ntudinaliter dehi- 



eutibus. Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl. foem ; Perianthium minutum 



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