Volume 1
Genera plantarum : ad exemplaria imprimis in Herbaris Kewensibus senata definita / G. Bentham et J.D. Hooker.
- Date:
- 1867-1883
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Credit: Genera plantarum : ad exemplaria imprimis in Herbaris Kewensibus senata definita / G. Bentham et J.D. Hooker. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![2. DaviUa, VaiuL ex DC. S^st Veff. i. 404 (Hieronia, Vc4l. Fl. Flum. v. t. 116). Sepala 5, valde iuaequalia, 2 interiora maxima, valde concava, accrescentia, demum coriacea, fruc- tum involventia et capsulam globosam siraulantia. Petala 1-6. Staminum filamenta apice incrassata. Antherffi breves, loculis divergentibus. Carpella 1-3, ovulis geminis erectis, maturitate indeliiscentia v. irrogulariter disrupta. Semina ariUo fere completo in- voluta—Frutices scepius sarmentosi v. volubiles. Eolia parallele pennivenia. Paniculse terrainales v. in axillis superioribus s£Epius pauciflorse, nunc ad florem unicum reductae. Elores lutei. Speoies ad 14, in America tropica crescentes. DC, Prod. i. 69. Walp. Rep. i. 66 ; ii. 746 ; v. 13 : Ann. i. 15 ; ii. 17; iv. 36. Deless. lo. Sel. i. t. 69, 71; St. Eil. Pl. Us. t. 22, 23. Seem. Bot. Her. t. 13. 3. Curatella, Linn. Gen. n. 679.—Sepala 4-5, patentia. Petala totidem. Staminum filaraenta apice parum dilatata. Antherie oblonga;, locuhs subparallelis. Carpella 2, intus cohserentia, ovulis gcminis erectis, maturitate globosa, dorso dehiscentia v. carnosa et indehiscentia. Semina arillo membranaceo fere completo involuta.—Arbores parvse v. frutices scandentes, scabro-pubescentes v. glabrati. Folia parallele pennivenia. Paniculfp breves, floribundae, ad ramos annotinos v. vetustiores laterales sessiles. Flores albi. Sjjecies 2, altera per Americam tropieam late diffusa, carpellis dorso dehiscentibus, altera Brasiha; borealis, glabrior, carpellis non v. vix dehiscentibus, sentientibus Mart. et Zuccar. in Flora, 1832, ii. Beibl. 77, genus propriiun Pinzonam constituit. DC. Prod. i. 70. Walp. Rep. i. 65. St. Sil. Pl. Us. t. 24. 4. Doliocarpus, Roland ex DC. S7/st. Veg. i. 405 (OthHs, Schott in. Spreng. Syst. Cur. Posf.4i07}. Sepala 5, patentia. Petala 3-4 (v. 5?). Staminum filaraenta apice incrassata. Antherse breves, loculis subparallelis v. leviter divergentibus. Carpellum 1, globosum, ovulis geminis erectis, maturitate baccatum et indehiscens v. coriaceum et bivalve. Semina arillo membrauaceo v. carnoso fere completo involuta.—Frutices Sfepius scandentes, glabri V. pubescentes, rarius scabri. Folia parallele penninervia. Paniculse pauciflorse, v. flores solitarii, ad ramos annotinos v. vetustiores laterales, rarius axillares. Flores albi v. lutei. Baccae v. capsulse rubrse. Species ad 18, in America tropica crescentes. DC. Prod. i. 69. Walp. Rep. i. 65 ; ii. 746 ; v. 13 : Ann. i. 15 ; ii. 17. Soeamia, AuM. Pl. Gui. t. 219. Calinea, Aubl. l. c. t. 221. EiCAUETEA, Triana in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4. ix. 46, species 2 includit Columbianas cum tertia Brasiliana inedita, a cseteris nonnisi fructu minus carnosa bivalvatim deliiscente distinctas. Cha- racter velut in Curatella minimi valoris. 5. Delima, Linji. Gcn. n. 672 (Leontoglossum, Hance in TVatp. Ann. ii. 18.)—Sepala 5, parum patentia. Petala 2-5. Stamiuum filamenta superne dilatata. Antherse parvse, loculis valde divergentibus. Carpellum 1, acuminatum, ovulis 2-3 ascendentibus, maturitate cori- aceum, intus folliculatim dehiseens. Semen arillo cupuleeformi denticulato cinctum.— Frutes scandens asperrimus. Folia ])arallele peuninervia. Paniculse terminales v. in axillis summis laxce. Flores albi. Species 1, Asite tropicee. Walp. Ann. iv. 36. Deless. Ic. Sel. i. t. 72. Genus vix a Teiracera ovulis paucis distinctum. Delimm Amerieanse in operibus descriptse ad Doliocarpum pertinent. Teachytella, DC. Syst. Veg. i. 410, species 2 Loiireirianas complectitm* quarum altera est Delima sarmentosa, altera aliena videtiu*, sed ob descriptionem mancam valde dubia est. 6. Tetracera, Linn. Gen. n. 683 (Euryandra, Forst.; Jnss. Gen. 280; Wahlbomia, Thunb.; Lam. III. t. 285).—Sepala 4-6, patentia. Petala totidem, v. rarius pauciora. Sta- minum filamenta superne dilatata. Antherse parva;, loculis discretis plus minus divergenti- bus. Carpella 3-5 (rarius 1-2 ?) acuminata, ovulis co, biseriatis, maturitate coriacea, nitida, folliculatim v. bivalvatim dehiscentia. Semina 1-5, arillo lacero cincta.—Frutices scan- dentes rarius arbores, glabri v. scabro-pubescentes. Folia parallele pennivenia. Pani- culse terminales v. in axillis summis laxse, rarius pauciflorse. Species ad 24, per regiones tropicas utriusque orbis dispersee, una in Austro-Caledonia vigente. DC. Prod. i. 67 {excl. sp.). Walp. Rep. i. 67 ; v. 14: Ann. i. 15 ; ii. 17; iv. 37. Deless. Ic. Sel. i.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21903220_0001_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
