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IV. O E N O C A R P U S.
CHARACTER ESSENTIALIS.
M O N O I C A ill eodem spaclicc. Spatlia duplex, lignosa. Flores
sessiles. MASC. Calyx moiiopliyllus, li-ipavtitus. Corolla Iripetala. Stam
i n a sex. FOEM. Calyx triphyllus, corol lam tripelalam globoso - iiivolvcns.
O v a r i u m irilocularc. S t igma t a tria, cxcentrica. liacca monosperma,
a l b u m i n e solido ruminato yd radiato, cmbryone basilari.
CHARACTER NATURALIS.
¡ M O N O I C A in codera spadice, lloribus compagis mcmLranaceae vel subcoriaceac, sessil
i l n i s , foeminnis solitariis in iiifei-iorc part e spadicis iuLer geminos másenlos positis, supcrioribus
omi.ibiis fere masculis. Spalha duplex, lig.iosa; ext e r ior lanceolata, anlice oblique aperta et
bifida, indorso concava, in ventre convexa, augnlis lalcralibus irregulaviler dcnlatis ; iiiLcrior
p r i m i i i n cyliiidiica, clausa, dein ventre aperta, rostrata. Z\I.\SC. Calyx parvulus, inonophyllus,
iriiìdus vcl tripartiliis, lacini i s lanccolalis vel subovatis carinatis. Corolla tripetala, petalis
phuiiuscuìis ovalis vel oLlongis longitiuìinaliter striatìs. Stamina sex, e centro lloris carnoso
oriunda ibique subconiluontia. Filamenta subiilata. Antherae filamcnlis longiores. dorso
aiHxae, ereclae, lineares, subsagittatae, bìlocukrcs. Pollen globoso-elliplicuni, rima notatura.
R i i d i m e n l u m pistilli mimitissimuin, trigonmn, acutmn, vcl nullum. FOE:\r. Calyx
t r i p h y l l u s , IblLolis orbicidaribus imbricato-convoluLis, omnino involvens c o r o l l a m tripclalam,
p e t a l i s calycina folíola forma ci coiivolutione reFcrentibus, scd paulo minoribiis tenerlovibusquc.
Ovarium minutum, turbinatum, triloculare, localis duobus jam in infante obsoletis,
tcrtio fertili monospern\o. Stylus vix ullus. Stigmata tria, triquetra, acuta, conniventia,
in fructu pcrsistentia ct plus minus lateralia. Bacca subglobosa vel ovata, monosperma.
C a r o grumosa, sicca. Nucleus baccae conformis, lectus fibris rigidis complanatis e vertice
a d basin decurrentibus, uno latere r a p h e umbi l ical i insculptus,
A l b u m e n solidum, vel
r u m i n a t um vcl subaequabile radiatumque. Embryo basila
erectus, clavatus, longitudina-
liter siibsulcatus.
. HABITUS . Oenocarpi caudices erigimi in iriginta ad ocioginia pedum altitudincm
rectos, cyliiidricos vel medio intcrdum vcntricosos, aniuilis parum conspicais nolatos, epidermide
obscura, ligno fusco - r u b ell o versus pcripheriam solido inUis molli pracditos, nudos vel
r a r i u s opere rcticulato c basi petioloruni oriundo circumtcxtos, in vertice coma crebra phaleratos.
F r o n d e s pinnatae, pulcbre cxpansac, pctiolis basi lata subovata vaginantibus. Spadices
inter inferiores frondes emissi, hi- ad quadripcdales, basi crassa semilunari in caudice sessiles,
e manubrio subtrianguhiri vel teretiusculo siinpliciter ramosi. Rami numerosi, fastigiati, basi
et apiceni versus ilexuosi, ceteruni strict!, patentes vel nutantes, scrobiculati, ubique fere
practer basin iloribus obsessi, superJicie pulvcre subgraimloso quasi vcrnicosi, fusci. llores
sessiles in scrobiculis ramornm absque bracteis, coriacei, pallide fuscescentes, Fructns
sicciusculi, coeruleo-purpurascentes vel gríseo-violacei, carne rubenic, nuclco cxtus fusco.