PiSONIA. 
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Nyctaginaceae. 
Pisonia Linn. Flores dioici, rarim monoicl v. hcnnaijkroditi; ex invo- 
liicnillj 2—D-hractcolati. Periantlniim cf fornm varia^ saepe subcam- 
panulalum; $ 7na<jis oblomjum iuho hitsi saepe amplialo; limbi lobi v. denies 
5, brevesj indiiplieato-valvati^ ereeti v. patentes. Stamino 3—30, füamenlis 
inaequilongis v. alternis longioribus f liformibus, basi in tubum v. anniilmn 
eonnatis, antherae oblongae v. didymae, exsertae. Ovarium elongato-ovoi- 
deum, sessile vel breviter stipitatum, in saepius stylum gracilem inclu- 
sam V. exserfum attenuaturn, stigmata capitellato peltato vel saepius 
fimbriato multifido laeiniis eainllarilms . Anthocarpium coriaceum vel 
induratum rarius carnosulum, oblongum lineare vel clavatum, cylin~ 
draeeum compressmn vel pentagonum, teres sulcatum v. costatum, laeve 
vel tubereulatum vel glandulis stipitatis viseum exsudentibus praeditum 
apice rarissimo limbo persistente coronatum (P. Brunoniana Endl.^. 
Utrieulus elongatus, membranaeeus. Seminis testa hyalina, periearpio 
adhaerens; embryo rectus, eotyledonibus latis tenuibus eontortuplieatis 
basi V. basi et apice cordatis, perispermium parcum farinosum vel 
plus minusve mucosum involventibus, radicula brevis infera . — Arbores et 
frutices, inermes v. rarius spinosi, glabri v. pubescentes, ereeti v. rarius 
subscandentes, Folia alter na vel op posita, sessilia v. petiolata, oblong a ovata 
V, lanceolata saepius integerrima. Flores parvi, rosei virescentes v. flavidi, 
i}i eymas payiiculatas subsessiles v. peduneulatas disp)ositi. Fructus parvus 
o. majusculus (Deseriptio ex B. et H. emendata, inclusis illorum gen, 
T imeray a et Cephaloto mandra). 
A. bladvoct spits, geen schutblaadjes onder het bloemdek; vrucht met 
lijmklieren, ongestekeld. 
1. Pisonia excelsa Bl. Bijdr. p. 735; Ciioisy ap. Dc. Prod. xiii 
2 p. 441. Miq. in Zoll. Cat. p. iii; Hassk! pl. Jav. rar. p. 227; 
Spanogiie Linnaea xv p. 342; Miq. ¥, I. B. i 1; Hook. l.c, p. 711; — 
F. macrocarpa Presl. Symb. t. 56” (syn. fide Miquel);— P. urn- 
bellifera Seem ex. Kurz. Por. Fl. ii 280; — P. Brunoniana Endl. 
Prod. 6. Norf; Bentii et Muell! Flor. Austr. v p. 210 — „P. Sin- 
clairii Hook. f. Fl. N. Zeal. i 209 t. 50; — P. Mooriana F. Mvell. 
Fragra. i 20” (synn, teste Heimerl.) 
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