50 XLix. CONNAEACEJI. (J. D. Hooker.) [Bourea. 



p)ibescent ca: glateate beneath, racemes slender, pedicels equalling the calyx. R, 

 sororia and R. parallela, Pianeh. in lAnncea, xxiii. 421 ; Oonnarua mimosoides 

 VaM.? Watt. tW. 8626,0. 



Eastbbn PENiNSTJiiA, Penang, Porter; Maiacea, Maingay, — Distbib. Sumatra, 

 Borneo. 



BrancJdets pubescent, Leaves 3-6 in. ; petiole slender ; leaflets cordate at the base, 

 usually shining above with raised nerves, or with the nerves obsolete, subglaucous be- 

 neath. Racemes shorter than the leaves. Flowers J in. diam. Sepals broadly oblong, 

 •irerypubesoen.t. .Petefe twice as long. Capsafo } in., much curved. 



:S. SOVREOFSXS, Planch. 



Trees or Shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate, leaflets few. Flowers in axillary 

 panicles, pedicels slende*. Sepals oblong, slightly imbricate, somewhat en- 

 larged and spreading, but not clasping the base of the capsule.. Petals linear- 

 oblong. Stamens IQ, the alternate longer. Ovaries 5 ; styles slender. Capsule 

 linear-oblong, recurved. Seed ovoid, testa thin black arilliform at the base; 

 eotyledons amygdaloid. — ^Disikcb. Species 2, a Javanese and Indian. 



This genus, which (G-ea. PI. i. 432) when the fruit was unknown I united with 

 Mowrea, proves to be exarillate, and I therefore restore it. 



1. It. pubinervls, Planch, in Zinncea, xxiii. 424 ; branehlets petioles and 

 nerves beneath finely pubescent, leaflets S-pairs ovate or elliptic with a con- 

 tracted notched tip. Indeterminata, Wall. Cat. 9060. 



Bastebn Peninsttia, Penang, Porter ; Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



ieaws 4-8 in.; petioles slender ; leaflets, 2-4 in., alternate, petiolulfflte, base acute ; 

 nerves distinct, arched. Panicles or racemes axillary, -shoiter than ,the leaves, nearly 

 glabrous ; pedicels \ in. Flowers | in. diam. Sepcds nerved, glabrous, very obtuse. 

 Petals straj)-shaped,,threei times as long. Ovaries pubescent. Capsule 1 in., nearly 

 straight. 



-4. CONNARUS, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate ; leaflets 5, rarely 3 or more, quite 

 entire. Panicles axillary and terminal, branched. Flowers small. Sepals 5 

 deciduous or persistent and clasping the pedicel of the capsule, not' accrescent' 

 imbricate. Petals 5, linear or ligulate and slightly dilated upwards. Stamens 

 10, 5 shorter and sometimes vsdthout anthers. Ovaries 5, densely pubescent 4 

 usually imperfect of obsolete, the fifth with a slender style, stigma capiteUate. 

 Oapsyle oblique, stipita,te, inflated, broader upwards ; valves glabrous or pubes- 

 cent within. &e(Zs arillate, testa shining, albumen 0; cotyledons amygdaloid. 

 — DisiElB. Species about 65, all tropical. 



The structure of the flowers is remarkably uniform in aU the Indian species which 

 are with difficulty distinguished. 



* Valves of the eapsiale quite glabrous within. Leaves quite glabrous 

 beneath in all. Natives of the Western Peninsula. 



1. C. monocarpus, Imn. ; W. Sr A. Prodr. 143 ; leaflets elliptic or 

 elliptic-lanceolate obtusely acuminate, nerves 3-5 pairs, very slender filaments 

 glabrous, capsule 1^2 in. narrow turgid contracted into the stalk not veined 

 nor shining. Planch, in lAnntsa, xxiii. 426. 0. asiaticus, Willd. Sp. PI iii 692 

 0. pinnatus, Lamh. Encycl. ii. 95 ; III. t. 672 ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 143 • OraK Cat 

 Bomb. PI. 35; Dah. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Flor. 63. Omphalobium pinnatum' DC 



