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^ XXXIX. OLACINE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 573 



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elsewliere. Griffith, Miers, and following them Baillon, Engler, and others, consider 

 the Icacinc(t to form a separate Order, an arrangement probably more natural than 

 ^at which is here followed on the ground of expediency, though Oliver's genus 

 Ptdeocarpa is to tome extent intermediate. , - . . 



Tribe L Olaceae. Stamens anisomerous, or equal and opposite to the 

 petals. Ovary 2-3-5-celled at the base^ 1-celled at the apex, or completely 

 1-celled ; ovules pendulous. 



Fertile stamens anisomerotts or twice or thrice the nivmher of the petals. 



I-eaves alternate. Fertile stamens 10 . ,, 1. Xmrnnx. 



leaves alternate. Fertile stamens 3-5 . . T \ ' . '\ . . '^ 2. Olax. /Z 



es alternate. Fertile stamens 12-15 . , . . .. . . S. Ochanostachys. ' 



^icaves opposite. Fertile stamens 10 . . . . . * '. . \ i CTEisoLpmo^i,/ 



Fertile stamens isomerons vrith and opposite to the petals. > 



^alyx adherent to the frtiit. Staminodes 5. "Ovary l-celled , 8t. Erythropalvm. 



J;a yx adherent to the fruit. Staminodcs 0. Ovary 3-5-celIed . 6. SxRHMnosiA, 



^alvx not adherent to the fruit. Staminodes 5. Ovary 1-celled 7. Axacolosa, 



,Vr7i adherent to the fruit. Staminodes 0. Ovary 3-celled . 8. Schcepfia. 



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Tribe II. Opilieee^ Stamens isomerous^ opposite to the petals or lobea 

 of the perianth. Ovanj 1-celIed, l-ovuled. , 



• ^^^^^^'Ts m,onoc1damydeous. 



^'■acts small. Staminodes 5. Ovule erect 9. Cansjera.^ . 



^»*acts conspicuous, hop-like. Staminodes 0. Ovule pendulous 10. Lepionukus. • 



Flowers dichlamydeom. , \ 



^mlnodes 5 . . . . . IL Opilia. 



iBiBE III. XcaclnecB. Stamens isomerous, alternate with the petals. 

 ^^ 1-2-celled, with 1-2 ovules pendulous from the top of the cell ; 

 'arely perfectly 2-3-celled with 1-2 ovules in each cell, 



_ Calyx cup-shaped, denticulate, valvate. . , ' 



I'etajs glabrous within. 



filaments bearded, Iiairs curving over tlie anther; anthers 



adnata. Style Bubulate . • . 12. Lasianthera. 



. 'i'^^ents glabrous or with short hairs only; anthers pendu- 



-J"'^s- Stigma discoid • • • • 13. Gomphandra. 



'laments glabrous; anthers innate, sagittate at the base. 



p Ovary oblique 14. Apodttes. 



^«al8 villous within. Ovary ovoid 15. Mappia. 



. Calyx deeply 5-parted, lobes imbricate. 



J^^^rs unisexual. Ovary 1-celled . . . • "• • • • . 16. Phi.kbocaltmxa. 

 "owcrs hermaphrodite.. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit dry, winged . 17. Pteleocabpa. 



.Tribe IV. Phytocreneffi. i^fow^m (except in Jorf^s) and fruit as in 

 ^ww. Unibr^o more developed, cotyledons broad fleshy or foliaceous. 



'^as ahernate with the petals: , , ,^^i^ ; -:::::. ^-' - - ' / 

 "2^er9 capitate. ^^ ...rf/ li- -^*-- , , I '' ,„ V 



. i^'""Pe echinate or bryrv. Albumen deeply lobed . . ,48. Phttocrene. 

 ^rupe smooth. Alliumen slightly lobed . . • ;. • r l^- Miquelia. ,,. 



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