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^" Tbibe III. Sonerilece. Seeds straight, oblong or cuneate, often angular, 



raplie sometimes excurrent. Ovarj/ flattened or depressed at the vertex. 

 Fruit capsular, 



Petalfi 3. Inflorescence scorpioid . .• .- . . • . ... 10. Soneriia. 



Petals 4. Flowers nearly sessile 11. Sarcopyramis. 



Petals 4. Flowers in a long-peduncled head. . . . , . .12. Phyllagathis. 



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^ Tribe TV. Medinillese. Seeds straight, cuneate or ohovate, often angu- 

 lar.- Connective oiten appendaged near the base. Frutt baccate. - "■ 



^y ^Longer stamens having two long hi^istles attached to the base of the connec- 

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■Cymes lateral , 13, Marumia. 



Panicles terminal ' , 14. Dissoch^eta. 



Longer stamens having t/ie can^iective at base varimisly a^endaged but twt 

 fctth two long h-istles in front. 



Four vertical plates on the ovary . . . ... . . . . 15. Anplectrum. 



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Connective at base without bristles behind . 16. Mkdiniixa. 



Connective at base with bristles behind 17. Pogonanthera. 



Suborder II, Astronleee. Ovarg 4-5-celled; oviiles very many on 

 I»rietal nearly basal placentas. &ieefe very many. Anthers short opening by 

 «hts. JVwtY baccate. 



Calyx-tube smooth. Panicles terminal . , 18. Astronia. 



J^alyx-tube verrucose. Cymes small . . . . . . . . . 19. Pternandra. 



Calyx-tube with scales. Flowers solitary or clustered ... 20. Kibessia. 



^ Suborder III. SXemecyleae. Ovarg 1-celled ; ovules about 9 on a basal 

 short free central placenta. Stamens equal ; anthers short, opening by pores 

 <>r short slits. Bei*ry 1-seeded. — Leaves usually pinnate-nerved. 



Aniens 8 ................... 21. Memecylon. 



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Herbs or shrubs, mostly erect and setose ; branches commonly tetragonous. 

 •^ves opposite or sometimes ternate, entire, subcoriaceous, 3-7-nerved. Flowers 

 terminal, solitary capitate or pauicled, purple mauve or white, often bracteate. 

 ^^yx-tube ovoid, carrying stellate hairs or pectinate scales ; limb 5- or 4-fid, 

 ,^^ly stellately hairy (in O. asjyera and O. Meedii ^vith simple hairs), retals 

 ^' Stamens 10 or 8, equal or subeqiial ; anthers oblong, truncate attenuate or 

 r^^ ; connective not produced at the base, slightly swollen or Mth two 

 JJoercles. Ovary inferior, 4-5-celled, more or less adherent to the calyx, setose 

 ^the apex; style long, simple; ovules very numerous on placentae radiating 

 ^^ the axis. Ca^ysule opening by 4- 5 pores in its free vertex. Seeds y^ry 

 ^Qy, curved through half a ciicle, covered with minute elevated points.— Dis- 

 W' A^ eminently Indian genus ; 29 out of the 32 species being found in 

 ^^iH, two in Malaya, one in Australia ; and one Indian species extending also to 



^Tuna and North Australia. 



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