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Tetah as many, hypogynous or slightly perigynous, usually fugacious, often 

 contorted. Stamem 4-5 with as many interposed staminodes, ^^^^^ J^' 

 rarely more, filaments united at the base into a hypogynous or slightly 

 perigynous ring, filiform ; anthers versatile, 2-celled. Glands 5, entire or 

 2-lobed, usually adnate to the staminal ring, or obsolete. Ovary entire, 

 3-5-celled ; styles 3-5, free or more or less connate, stigmas terminal , 

 ovules 1 or 2, inserted in the inner angle of the cells, anatropoas, pendulous. 

 Ft-iiU usually splitting into 3-5 cocci, rarely a drupe. Seeds 1-2 m eaca 

 cell, testa sometimes winged, albumen fleshy or 0; embryo nearly as^ long 

 as the seed, straight, rarely incurved, cotyledons broad, radicle superior. 

 DiSTKiB. All regions ; genera 14, species about 135. 



Tribe L Eulineee. Petals contorted, fugacious. Perfect stamens as 

 many as the petals. Capsule septicidal. — Herbs rarely shrubs. ^ 



Calyx glabrous or pubescent. Styles 5^ Capsule 5-celled . - .1- Li^'UM. 



Calyx glabrous. Styles 3-4. Capsule 3-4- celled 2. Reinwardtia. 



Calyx setose. Styles 3. Capsule 1 -celled, 1 -seeded . ... . 3. Anisadenia. - 



Tribe II Hugoniero, Petals contorted, fugacious. Perfect stamms 

 2-3 times as many as the petals. Frtdt a drupe.— Usually scandent snruu^ 

 with hooked woody tendrils formed of arrested branchlets. 



Sepals subacute, tomentose, ebracteolate ......... 4. Hugonia. 



Sepals obtuse, bracteolate 5- Roucheuia. ^ 



Tribe III. Erythroxylero. P^^oZs imbricate, rarely contorted, with a 



scale on the inner face, at length deciduous. Perfect stanwis twice as m^^j 

 as the petals. J^rwzf a drupe.— Shrubs or trees. 



Pedicels axillary. Petals with a double scale .....>• 6. ERVXHKOXti.os.^ 



^ Tribe IV. Zzonantheaa. Petals contorted, persistent.' Stamens 2- 

 times as many as the petals. Capsule septicidal. 



Stamens perigynous . . ' 7. Ixonanthes. 



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1. X.INTT»I, Linn. 



Herbs, rarely strubby below. Leaves narrow, quite entire : s^tipues^ 

 or replaced by glands. Sepals 5, quite entire. Petals 5, contorted, lugi* ^j^^ 

 Stamem 5, often alternating with minute staminodes. Glands OPP,^;'' |gd; 

 petals, adnate to the staminal ring. Ovary 5-celled, cells 2-loceilate, ^"^ y^ 

 styles usually free, stigmas various ; ovules 10, 1 in each locellus. t/ F^ 

 5-celled, septicidally splitting into 5 simple 2-seeded or 1 1 - seeoea ^^ 

 Seeds compressed, albumen sparing; embryo straight.— Species auu 

 most of tliem Mediterranean. . , 



1. I., usitatlsslmum, Linn- annual, stem cy^indric ' erect •siniPj 

 below, leaves narrow sub-3-nerved, petals blue, styles quite tree, ^^^^ 

 linear-clavate. cansnlfi ssmrnAKr oirnoorHnrr tliP n,arrowlv wnite-u''i.D . 



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Cultivated chiefly for oil throughout India, up to 6000 ft., in the Himalaya. ^ .^^ 

 Westwards to the Atlantic. - ,. ror'la^^^*" 



-^ Stems 2-4 ft., often solitary, corymLosely tranched above. Leaves ^^"^r^ i, ot«te, 

 late, 'withoot stipular glands. Flowers 1 in. diam., in broa* cymes. ^F 'j^^^ jhe 

 acuminate, 3-nerved, eglandular^ margins ciliate or not.— The Indian pi<*» 



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