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64. CONNARACEAE ^ (Connarus or Palo Sa¥TO Family) 



Erect or climbing shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, exstiptllate, 

 1- to 3-folioIate or odd-pinnate; leaflets entire. Flowers racemose or pani- 

 cled, regular, j)erfect. Calyx 5-lobed, persistent. Petals 5, free or nearly 

 so. Stamens 5 or 10, those opposite the petals often shorter or imperfect. 

 Disk none or small. Carpels usually 5, rarely more or less, free or nearly 

 so, 1-celled, 2-ovuled. Fruit of 1, rarely 2 or 3, sessile or stalked, 1- or 

 2-seeded follicles, the testa usually arilliform. 



Genera 17, species about 175, all tropical; 6 genera and 17 species in 

 the Philippines. 



Fruit sessile .- , 1. Rourea 



Fruit stalked „ 2. Connarus 



1. ROUREA Aublet 



Scandent shrubs with odd-pinnate leaves, the leaflets entire. Panicles 

 axillary. Flowers small. Sepals 5, orbicular, somewhat enlarged and 

 clasping the base of the ripe capsules. Petals 5, usually linear-oblong. 

 Stamens 10 ; filaments connate below. Ovaries 5, 4 usually imperfect. 

 Capsules sessile, curved. Seeds arillate. (A name for one or some of 

 the species in French Guiana.) 



Species about 50, 2 in the Philippines. 



1. R. erecta (Blanco) " Merr. (R. multiflora Planch). Camaesa (Tag.); 

 Palo Santo (Sp.-Fil.). 



A suberect or scandent, woody, glabrous shrub 1 to 3 m high. Leaves 

 15 to 25 cm long, the leaflets 12 to .20, oblong-oyate to oblong-lanceolate, 

 4 to 8 cm long. Panicles axillary, many-flowered, 5 to 15 cm long. Flowers 

 white or pink, 5 to 7 mm long, very numerous. Pods ted, about I cm 

 long, sessile, somewhat curved, split down one side, surrounded at the 

 base by the calyx. ' (Fl. Filip. pi. H.O.) 



In thickets, San Juan del Monte, fl. April-June; widely distributed in 

 ^he Philippines. Endemic. 



2. CONNARUS Linnaeus 



Scandent shrubs with odd-pinnate leaves, the lefiflets 3 to 5 or more, 

 entire. Patiides axillary and terminal. Flowers sm^lL St^pals clasping 

 the pedicles of the capsules. Petals 5, slightly enlarged upw««rd. Stamens 

 10, 5 alternating ones shorter than the others. Ovaries B, pubescent, 

 one perfect, the othef 4 imperfect. Capsules oblique, inflated» broader 

 upward, the valves glabrous or pubescent within. . Seeds arillate. 



Species about 70, all tr&pical; 10 in the Philippines, a single one in 

 our area. 



1. C. neurocalyx Planch. Sandaleno (Tag.). 



A scandent woody vine 2 to 6 m high, nearly glaljrous except the 

 inflorescence. Leaves 25 to 30 cm long. Leaflets 5 ,to 7, oblong, blunt- 



•For a consideration of the known Philippine genera and species see 

 Merrill, E. D., "A Revision of Philippine Connaraceae." Philip. Joum. Sei. 

 4 (1909) Bot. 117-128. 



