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- times 5.aclelphou3, filaments filiform ; anthers 2-celled. ^ Ovary free, 

 2-10-celled ; styles columnar, or divided into as many divisions as tnere 

 are cells to the ovary, stigmas usually distinct rarely confluent or sessile. 

 Ovules attached to the inner angle of the cells of the ovary, if lew in 

 number often pendulous from the apex or ascending from the Dase? ii 

 more numerous disposed in 2 or more ranks, anatropous ; raphe ventnu 

 or lateral Fruit fleshy or dry, dehiscent or indehiscent, 2-10 or oy 

 abortion 1-celled (cells sometimes divided by false partitions), carpeis 

 separable or always united. Seeds 1 or many, ascending, pendulous o 

 transverse, with no arillus, testa leathery or crustaceous or pilose, ^^p"!| 

 fleshy abundant or scanty rarely wanting ; embryo straight ^^.i^^^v^^ 

 curved, cotyledons leafy rarely fleshy, radicle next the hilum.— i'lsXEiis. 

 About 350 species some of which occur in all the great divisions ot ine 

 world except the arctic and antarctic, but most abundantly m the tropi 

 of either hemisphere. Some of the genera and many of the species ar 

 strictly Indian. %. 



Series A. Kolopetalse. PeteZs glabrous or rarely ^?^^y» rt^'^^^'/S 

 unguiculate, entire or nearly so, imbricate or twisted in the bud. Atm^ 

 globose or oblong, opening by slits. ' V^^ 



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Tribe I. Brownlowieae. Sepals combined below into a cup. AntMrs 

 globose, cells ultimately confluent at the top. ' . 



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• * Staminodes 5. ! -/^ 



Carpels distinct, 2-valvea 1- BRO^mowri. 



Carpels combined, indehiscent, winged .....•.•• ^* ^^^^**^l*iiB. 

 Capsule 5-valved 3. PitTRAN 



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Stamens on a raised torus 4. Chartac 



Stamens on a contracted torus . . * * 5. BebryA. 



Tribe II. Grewieee. Sepals distinct. P^fa/5 ^ glandular atttietj^ 

 Stamens springing from the apex of a raised torus. ■'^^^- -^^typ::: 



* Fruit destitute of pricHes. ■' ^'^^"'■•^^'a 



Fruit drupaceous .... .... 6- GkewU. , h ^ 



Fruit of 3-5 winged cocci ..'.'.]'.'.'.'.,... 7. ColumbU. ; r 



** Fruit prickly. ' 



Fruit large, 3-ai,gular, indoliiscent «• S"T/eS1'' " 



Fruit small, globose, indehiscent, or 3-5-COCCOU3 9. iw^"' 



Tribe m. Tllleae. /S'e7>a^s distinct. Peters not glandular 

 spnnging from a contracted torus. 



Leaves alternate .... 10- Cobchobc^ 



Leaves opposite '.'.'.'.'.'.... • H- P^^'°^ 



Seehs B. Beteropetalae. Petals sepaloid, incised or .0, indap 

 ; or imbricate, not twisted. Anthers linear, opening by a terminal pv 



V, Stamens on ft depressed torus. Fruit capsular <,:V »#/<'' J^- ^^IcabpC- 

 f Stamens on a ra^ed torus. Fruit drupadebns ^ ^ ;"■ i ' /^ . • '• ^^' ^"^^^ ■ 



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