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^rtecursores ad Florcm Indicam. . By J. D. Hookee, Esq., M.D., 

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iJEsiDEs the many well-known points of close affillitj between 

 ^oprifoliacecB and Buhiacew, an examination of the Indian plants 

 ?| former Order enables us to add pn^ which has generally 

 oeen supposed to present a good distinguishing character between 

 *hem, namely the large stipules present in two genuine species of 

 •^onicera itself. In Sambucus the leaves are sometimes described 

 stipulate, an appearance due in the Indian species to a pair of 

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structure of the ovules in this Order is similar m many 

 aspects to that of Gornecd, and is the same as in many RuUaceae. 



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f^ute mamillary curved nucleus encircled with an annulus, which 

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 "P®3:.5|The fully. deveIoj)ed ovule hence has no apparent inte- 

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