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Geissols Benthamii F.v.M. 
Red Carabeen. 
(Family CUNONIACE^E.) 
Botanical description. Genus, Geissois Labillardiere, Sert. Ausir. CalccL 60, t. 50 
(1825).. 
Following is the original description of the generic character : 
Calyx 4-phyllus; corolla nulla. Stamina 10 hypogyna, antheris ovatis. Gcrmen supcrum ovato- 
oblongum, stylo bipartite, stigmatjbus acuminatis. Fructus immaturus in capsulam ut vcro oimillimum 
abiens bilocularcm bivalvcm, seminibus alatis, modio valvarum hincc indc affixin.* 
This may be translated in the following words : 
Calyx in 4 divisions, corolla none. Stamens 10, hypogynous, anthers ovate. 
Ovary superior, ovate-oblong, style bipartite, stigmas acuminate. Immature fruit 
developing into a capsule apparently two-celled and two-valved. Seeds winged, adhering 
here and there to the middle of the valves. f 
Bentham (5. Fl. ii, 445) expands the description as follows : 
Calyx-tube very short, adnate to the broad base of the ovary; segments 1-, valvatc, deciduous. 
Petals none. 
Stamens indefinite, usually 10 to 15, hypogynous, filaments long, anthers ovate. 
Ovary oblong-conical, 2-celled, with several ascending ovules in each cell; styles filiform united 
at the base. 
Capsule narrow, coriaceous, 2-celled, opening septicidally. 
Seeds oblong, flat, imbricate, produced upwards into a short wing; embryo in the axis of a fleshy 
albumen. 
Trees. 
Leaves opposite, digitately compound; leaflets 3 or 5, pctiolulate, .coriaceous, entire or with 
distant serratures. 
Flowers purple or red, usually larger than in Weinmannia, in simple lateral racemes. 
The above description needs only two slight alterations : 
Bentham writes, " Segments 4," it should read " Segments 4 or 5." 
Bentham writes, "Stamens indefinite, usually 10 to 15"; it should read 
" Stamens indefinite, usually 10 to 25." 
* Semina proptcr imbrioata hoc singulare genus sic denomlnavi. Notondu fjumlem analogia quocdam cum Uhi/o- 
bolcls a qnibus tamen fructu prseesertim sat differt ut, botanica specicbus detegcndis aucta, sit in pistcrumoccasi.jnovmu 
ordincm Ehizobolcu proximum constituendi. 
1 1 have so named thU singular genus on account of the imbricate seeds. A certain analogy of it with Jihi:i>i:ilus 
is to be noted, from which, however, it differs sufficiently in the fruit especially that on botanical autliori'y fur 
determining its species there may in the future be occasion to constitute a new Order near lihizobolus 
