glandular, shorter than the petiole. Racemes terminal, 
3-5-flowered. Pedicels pilose. Calyx of 3 or 4 reflexed 
sepals, which are broadly ovate. Petals none. Stamens 
rather erect, yellow, a little shorter than style. Style 
subulate. Stigma simple. * 3 
™ C I ? nst ' tute a sma11 family of plants, first pro¬ 
posed by M. Kunth, in 1822, and subsequently adopted by 
ftl C rv° 6 ’ r' th SOm f exceptions. It is distinguished 
lrom TiiiaceEt by its unilocular ovarium with parietal pla¬ 
centa; and by the imbricate aestivation of the calyx. From 
Homahnea; it differs in having indefinite hypogynous sta- 
mina and ovarium superum. The genera referred to 
f'i p b y Ku “ th are Bixa, Linn., Banara, Aubl., Ltetia, 
of the P pi 0Ckl B Ludla ' Comm -’ Patrisia, Rich., and Abatia 
tt L Fl0 ?n Peru J v,ana - De Candolle excludes the two 
RhdJrd^ ° rder ’ and P laces them at the head of 
Azara^f^he Flor^Peruv'iana^ ^ the 0rderwith 
J. L. 
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