MENISPERME^. 9 



VI. MONIMIE^.. 



Floweri mostly unisexual, apetalous. Stamens perigynous. Carpels distinct, indefinite : 

 ovule single. Endosperm including in its top the minute embryo. — Woody plants ; leaves 

 not divided, mostly opposite, without stipules. 



The aromatic properties are the same as in the preceding Orders. 



1. CITROSMA, R. P. 



(Siparuna, AuM.) 



Flowers unisexual, apetalous. Calyx divided : the tube filled up by the developed torus 

 (velum), perforated at the top. Stamens scattered over the cavity of the torus, exserted from 

 its mouth ; anthers minute, bilocular, introrse, dehiscent by valves. Ovaries included in 

 special cavities of the velum, with the style exserted : ovule erect. Carpids subdrupaceous, in- 

 cluded in the baccate calyx-tube, free. Cotyledons divaricated ; radicle inferior. — Shrubs or 

 trees j leaves dotted; cymes axillary. 



1. C. g^labrescens, Prl. Glabrescent (by the disappearance of stellate hairs) ; leaves 

 opposite, elliptical-oblong, crenate and repand j cymes dioscious, fasciculiform, equalling the 

 petiole ; calyx 4-5-lobed : lobes oblong, blunt ; velum glandular ; stamens about 10 ; carpels 

 5-10 : styles shortly exserted. — A tree ; leaves membranaceous, 4"-6" long, bluntish or 

 pointed ; crenatures often ciliated by single tufts of long hairs. — Hab. Dominica 1, Imr., in 

 the mountains; S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Martinique, Siei. Hh. Mart. 284, 286]. 



2. C. guianensis, Tul. Glabrescent (by the disappearance of furfuraceous, stellate 

 down) ; leaves opposite, oblong, quite entire ; cymes moniecious, contracted j calyx truncate, 

 subentiie or obsoletely 4-6-crenate; stamens 6-12; carpels of the same number: styles 

 long, exserted, agglutinated. — Autl. t. 333. — Siparuna, Auil. — Sip. sp., Cr. in Linnaa. 

 20. p. 113 ! — ^A shrubi 8'-10' high; leaves leathery, 5"-6" long, blunt or pointed : petiole 

 equalling the cymes, or sometimes exceeded by them ; cymes either unisexual, or the male 

 ones bearing some female flowers at their base : tbey are shorter and more compound in my 

 specimens and in Crueger's description than in that of Tulasne, who states the species to be 

 variable ; flowers small, green ; berry " yellow," size of a cherry. — Hab. Trinidad !, n. g. in 

 S. Ann's Valley, Prd., Cr.; [Panama 1 to the southern tropic in Brazil]. 



2. MOLLINEDIA, K P. 



(Tetratome, Pcepp., Endl.) 



Flowers dioecious, apetalous. Calyx 4-lobed. Stamens indefinite, scattered over the torus, 

 clothing the interior surface of the calyx-tube : anther-cells lateral, and united at the top of 

 the connective, dehiscent by a common, lateral and terminal fissure. Ovaries inserted at the 

 bottom of the calyx-tube : ovule pendulous. Carpids drupaceous, supported by the base of 

 the calyx-tube, the upper part of which falls off by a circumscissile rupture. Cotyledons 

 contiguous ; radicle superior. — ^Trees or shrubs ; leaves with a few distant serratures ; cymes 

 axillary or terminal, few-Jlowered. 



3. M. lauriua, Tul. Branches glabrescent (by the disappearance of a transient, short, 

 silky down) ; leaves elliptical-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, pointed, glabrous, dotted : teeth 

 minute, distant above the middle ; inflorescence axillary or lateral ; male cymes usually three- 

 flowered, peduncled : flowers equaling the pedicel ; calyx-lobes broad-ovate, rounded (interior 

 sometimes with a subulate point) ; stamens 24 or more ; carpids 5-8. — Tetratomes sp., Cr. 

 (I.e. p. 114) I — A highly fragrant shrub {Pd.) ; leaves 4"-6" long, archnerved : primary veins 

 distant, delicate ; peduncles three times exceeding the petiole ; flowers fragrant ; male calyx 

 externally pubescent ; female inflorescence similar, but only the terminal flower ripened in 

 our specimens; drupes ovate-oblong, bluntish. — Hab. Trinidad!, Pd., Cr., e.g. in woods 

 between Arima and Mount Tamaua; [Cayenne I, Brazil, as far as Rio de Janeiro]. 



Vll. MENISPEEMEJil. 

 Flowers unisexuil ; organs mostly distinct from each other, and arranged in a ternary or 



