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CXVI. Laurinea. Perianth-lobes 6 or 8, 2-seriate, imbricate. Stamens 
typically in 4 whorls, one whorl often reduced to staminodes; anthers debiscing by 
valves from below upwards. Ovary superior, 1-celled, sometimes enclosed in the 
receptacle; ovule solitary, pendulous. Radicle superior. Trees or shrubs, very 
rarely (Cassytha) twining parasitic herbs. Leaves alternate, in Cassytha reduced to 
small scales. 
CXVIA. HERNANDIACER. Perianth-lobes 4-10, 2-seriate, valvate or imbricate. 
Stamens 3-7; anthers dehiscing by valves; staminodes usually present. Ovary 
inferior, l-celled; ovule solitary, pendulous. Radicle superior. Trees or shrubs, 
sometimes climbing. Leaves alternate. 
CXVII. Prorgeace®. Perianth-lobes 4, 1-seriate, valvate. Stamens as many 
as the perianth-lobes and opposite them; anthers dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 
superior, l-celled; ovule solitary and laterally attached in the Tropical African 
genera. Radicle lateral. Shrubs or trees, rarely perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, 
rarely opposite or verticillate. 
CXVIIL. TwyMEen@Acem. Perianth-lobes 4—5, 2-seriate, imbricate. Stamens 
perigynous, as many or twice as many «as the perianth-lobes; anthers dehiscing 
longitudinally. Ovary superior, 1—-4-celled; ovule solitary in each cell, pendulous. 
Radicle superior. Trees or shrubs, rarely slender annual herbs, with tough fibrous 
bark, often heath-like. Leaves opposite or alternate. 
Series VI._-Achlamydosporee. Ovary usually inferior, l-celled ; ovules 
1-3, usually not evident before flowering. Seeds without a testa, sometimes adhering 
to the pericarp. Perianth sometimes coloured. 
CXIX. LoranrHace®. Green shrubs, more rarely herbs, parasitic. Ovule 
solitary, erect. 
CXX. Sanratacez. Herbs, shrubs or trees, often parasitic. Ovules 2-4, 
pendulous from a free-central placenta. 
CXXI. Batanopuorsex. Fleshy herbs parasitic on roots, without chlorophyll 
but usually brightly coloured. Leaves reduced to scales. 
Series WiI.—Unisexuales. Flowers unisexual. Ovary syncarpous or 
monocarpous ; styles as many as the carpels, often bipartite ; ovules solitary or 2 
collateral. Seed albuminous or exalbuminous. Herbs, shrubs or trees. Perianth 
calycine, small or none ; petals present in some Euphorbiacee. 
CXXIJ. Evenorsiacem. Inflorescence, perianth and stamens very, variable. 
Ovary 2-3- (rarely many-) celled, rarely of 1 carpe]. Fruit usually breaking into 
2-valved cocci (winged in Hymenocardia), sometimes drupaceous or nut-like. 
Albumen usually copious and fleshy, sometimes thin or none; radicle superior. Herbs 
shrubs or trees, often with milky juice, sometimes cactus-like. 
