274 CLJSS. VIII . 0CTANDR1A. 
folia pinnata, folioli» oppositis; flores in racemis brevi- 
bus terminalibus aut axillaribus). 
1102. BURSERA, ( BURSE RE, Gomavt. ) jacq. 
linn. juss. lam. ili. tab. 25^». ( terebintacea 2.). — 
Polygama. Flores hermaphroditi : calyx plerumque trifi- 
dus, rarius quadri — quinquefidus , parvus, caducus; 
corollae petala tria, interdum quatuor vel quinque, pa- 
tentia, ovata; stamina sex , quinque aut octo, aut de- 
cem sw. , corolla breviora; stylus unus brevissimus; 
stigma capitatum , rarius trifidum; bacca capsulari car- 
nosa, drupacea, coriacea, subtrigona, trilocularis, tri- 
valvis , continens nucem solitariam unam aut quinque 
membrana carnosa cinctam. Fores masculi: calyce co- 
rolla hermaphroditorurd ; stamina sex, interdum octo 
vel decem, corolla multo longiora ; ovarium abortiens. * *) 
(Arbores odoratissimae ; folia alterna, ternata, saepissime 
pinnata cum impari, foliolis duplici vel triplici serie; 
flores in racemis axillaribus aut terminalibus}. 
1103* GOUAREA, ( GOUARE ) usn. juss. lam. 
illustr. tab. 301. MELIA jacq. ( meliacea 2. ). — Calyx 
parvus, quadridentatus corollae petala quatuor ; stamina 
octo, filamentis in tubum longum cylindricum inte- 
grum coalitis, versus summum facie interiori antheri- 
feris ; stigma capitatum; capsula subglobosa, quadrisul- 
ca, quadrilocularis, quaarivalvis ; sporae quatuor arillo 
cinctae. — (Arbor; foliis oppositis, impari pinnatis ; 
flores axillares, in racemis paniculatis ). 
* 
1104. C ARAPA, (CARAPA) AUBL. Guy. tab. 387. 
lam. illustr. tab, 301. PERSOOISlA vvilld. — Calyx 
quadripartitus; corolla tetrapetcla, stamina in tubum cy- 
lindricum , octodentatum coalita ; stylus unus ; capsula 
uniloeularis , quadrivaivis , poiyspora; nuces difFormes, 
angulatae. 
1105, XYLO- 
ti men HEDIVIGIA inter muscos conservandum , ob viri 
ii imrnortalis merita in illustranda hac harum plantarum 
,,fumitia . 
*) persomo augurari licuit cum hoc genere genus antecedens 
esse conncctendum , yid. enchir. add. p. 524. 
