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4yt>H1ST0IIIE DES PLANTES.petiolo brevi cum costa subtus prominula continuo; glomerulis adfolia v. saepius ad nodos defoliatos axillaribus, saepe crebrifloris.(Nova Calédonien.)46? Gambeya PIERRE 2 , — Flores fere Chrysophylli; nunc polygami;sepalis 5, imbricatis. Corollae tubus lobis 5 ciliolatis subaequalisv. longior. Stamina 5; filamentis ad basin v. ad médium tubi affixis,apice leviter recurvis; antheris ovatis extrorsis v. nunc introrsis. Staminodiapauca v. 1, sub sinubus affixa, v. multo saepius 0. Fructusplerumque globosus; seminibus 1-5; hilo ventrali; embryonis cotylèdonibusfoliaceis ; albumine crassiusculo, tenui v. tenuissimo membranaceo.— Arbores v frutices; foliis alternis petiolatis, saepiuselongatis penninerviis; floribus axillaribus cymosis v glomerulatis 3(Africa trop., Madag as caria ^.)47? Martîsiseiia PIERRE 5 , —Flores fere Gambeyœ. sepalis 4, 5,imbricatis. Corollae lobi 5, 6, tubo subaequales, extus pubentes. Staminodiain sinubus 1-3, brevia obtusa, nunc vix conspicua v. saepius 0.Stamina 5, 6, imae corollae affixa; filamentis reflexis v sinuatis;antheris ovatis primum extrorsis, demum saepe reversis. Germen5-loculare; ovulis ad médium ventrifixis; micropyle extrorsum infera;styli brevissimi costis 5, crassiusculis obliquis. Bacca ovoidea v.ellipsoidea, 1-5-sperma. Semina compressiuscula; hilo lineari ventrali;albumine crasso; embryonis subaequalis cotylèdonibus planis;radicula infera brevi obliqua. — Arbor ; foliis amplis oblongolanceolatisgrosse spinuloso-serratis, subtus stellato-tomentosis;petiolo brevi; floribus 0 in ligno sparsis axillaribus umbelliformicymosis.(Brasilia 1 )1. Spec. 3, 4, D. BN, in Bull. Soc. Linn.Par., 898 (Chrysophyllum). — PIERRE, in BullSoc. Linn. Par., 903 (Chrysophyllum).2. Not. bol, 61.3. Genus valde dubium, ad cl. PIERRE obliganduma nobis servatum. Suut plant te fortecongencr. cl. aucloris Vincentella et Pachyslela;staminodiis numéro minoribus v. 0. Seclioncsvidentur Boivinella PIERRE mss. (Chrysophyllumnatalense SOND.); corollœ tubo subcylindraceo;albumine membranaceo, et ZeyherellaPIERRE mss. (Chrysophyllum magalismontanumSOND., in Linnœa, XXIII, 72); staminibus epipelalisad staminodia plana acuta reductis.4. Spec. 6, 7. CERTN., Frucl, t. 101 (Sapota).— AFZEL., Rapp.. 238, ex SAB. et DON(Cainilo). — G. DON, Gen. Syst., IV, 32 (Chrysophyllum).— A. DC. Prodr., VIII, 162,163 (Chrysophyllum n. 35, 39). — BAK., Fl.trop. Afr., III, 498 (Chrysophyllum).5. Not. bol, 61.6. Viridulis, parvulis.7. Spec. I. .1/. imperialis PIERRE. — Chrysophyllumimpériale BENTH. — HOOK. F., BolMag., t. 6823. — Theophrasta imperialis ANDRÉ,in 111 horl, t. 184, — BEG., Gartenfl, t. 453. —Curatella imperialis hort. — C. speciosa DCNE(ex HOOK. F.).