170 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 
oblong introrse uniform. Germen sessile subcentral o-ovulate ; 
style short thick curved; stigma truncate concave, minutely ciliate. 
“Legume broad oblong-falcate compressed coriaceous-subligneous, 
replete within between seeds, 2-valved. Seeds transverse oblong 
compressed ; inner covering coriaceous shining close-fitting; outer 
samariform loose membranous, produced at apex into a truncated 
faleate wing reaching to margin of valves, base continuous with very 
short funicle ;’ albumen thin; cotyledons flat oblong, cordate at 
base; radicle short straight—A lofty ferruginous-velvety tree ; 
leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets oo-jugate; flowers rather large in a 
large much-branched terminal raceme (Brazi/). See p. 89. 
22. Thylacanthus TuL..—Flowers of Batesia; sepals 4, 5, mem- 
branous petaloid or rather thick, imbricated. Petals 5, somewhat 
unequal, imbricated. Stamens 10, free or connate to a very small 
height from base; filaments inflexed in bud; anthers uniform. 
Germen central, shortly stipitate, «-ovulate; style elongated, in- 
volute in estivation ; apex peltate stigmatiferous. Fruit... .?— 
Small trees, unarmed; leaves paripinnate; flowers in compound 
corymbose racemes at extremities of branches; bracts thick spiral 
very caducous; bractlets 2, either concave, rather thick, connate on 
anthesis into a 2-lobed involucre persistent below flower (Authyla- 
canthus), or coriaceous very thick ivory-like, forming a globe before 
anthesis, persistent opened by anthesis (Dicymée), imclosing a 
younger flower-bud (Worthern Brazil, southern Venezuela). See p. 90. 
23. Campsiandra Bunta.—Receptacle campanulate, lined by a 
disk. Sepals 5, imbricated. Petals 5, subequal imbricated. 
Stamens o (usually 15-20), perigynous; filaments free glabrous 
exserted; anthers introrse. Germen subcentral free, shortly stipi- 
tate, «-ovulate; style terminal; stigma minute or dilated. Legume 
large compressed, straight or falcate, coriaceous or woody, 2-valved. 
“Seeds exarillate exalbuminous; radicle straight; cotyledons flat, 
obliquely or evenly cordate.”—Unarmed crees; leaves alternate im- 
paripinnate ; stipules minute, very caducous; flowers in compound 
corymbose much-branched terminal racemes; bracts caducous (Z}o- 
pical America). See p. 91. 
24.? Phyllocarpus Rrep.—Receptacle concave, lined by a disk ; 
