Dracontomelum. | CONNARACER. 323 
velvety panicles shorter than the leaves; calyx mimutely appressed 
puberulous, the lobes oblong, blunt; petals about 4 En. long or 
longer, their tips reflexed ; drupes the size of a wood-apple, some- 
what depressed-globose, about. 1- 1} in. in diameter, roughish or 
smooth, yellowish or orange-yellowish, acerb- fleshy, but edible, 
containing a large, much depressed, bony, irregularly and obsoletely 
Sates putam 
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ra in the tropical sad moister upper mixed forests of the . 
a ieee re Apr.-May.—s.—SS. = Metam 
j racemulose, forming large axillary densely puberulous or almost 
CONNARACEA. 
d umen files r 
ne.— Trees or sete tin often scandent, with alternate 1-3-foliolate 
Ge tiniiste te leaves. Leaves usually sm mall, in racemes or panicles. 
An order of little known value, containing only small trees and 
| scandent shrubs. The Demerara zebra-w: is sal 
come from ss gihee a Lamberti. 
* Sepals imbric. Albumen none. 
Calyx e: enlarged in  tollicle spasicle % yt gee owrea: 
Calyx unchanged or aon Babin follicle stalked ‘ ‘ : . Connarus, 
Carpels 5-7, sessile ; leaves unpaired-pinnate; follicles pilose 
Carpels 5, sessile; leaves ‘unpaired-pinnate ; follicles glabrous 
me within eer - Teniochlena, 
“cece leaves 1-foliolate ; small tres . 2. Ellipanthus. 
ROUREA, Aubl. 
ss a 5-parted, the lobes imbricate, hardening and lai: 
ig ren abe the calyx. Stamens 10, the 5 alternating one 
ts filiform, united in a ring at the base. Carpel 
