SEQUEx\CE OF OKDEUS CO:s^TAlNET) IX 

 VOL. V. SECT. 2, WITH BRIEb^ CK.VUACTERS 



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Continufition of Series V. Daphxali^s. Ord. CXVIII-CXIX 



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TiLYMELJEACETR (pa-o 1).. Calyx-lohes 4-5, 

 imbricate. Tetats 4, 5, 8 or 12, sometimes 0, membrauuus or iliick. 

 Stamens 4-5 at the tliroat of the calyx and oppo.site its lobes, 

 sometimes witlt 4-5 others in the tube and alternate M'ith tlie lubes. 

 Ovary superior 1-2-ceIled ; ovule solitary, pendulous. Fruit drv or 

 ih^shy, indehiseeut. Seeds albuminous or not. 



CXIX. PEN^ACE^ (page 81). Perlanfh-lohes 4, valvate or 

 rcdup)Iicafe valvate. ^S/ay/y*?;;^- 4, alternate with the perianth-lobes; 

 anthers basifixed, rarely versatile ; connective conspicuous. Se^fh 

 exalbuniiuous ; cotyledons very minute. 



CXIX A. GEISSOLOMACE^ (page 98). Perianth-lobes 4, 

 ind)rieate. Stamens 8 ; anthers versatile ; connective scarcely 

 maTiifest. Seeds albuminous ; cotyledons long. 



Skhiks vi. 



AciILAMYDOSPORE^. 



Ovanj usually inferior, 

 1-ceIIed ; ovules 1-3, usually not evident before flowering. Set^ds 

 without a testa, sometimes adhering to the pericarp. Perirmfh 

 Sometimes coloured. ■ 



CXIX P>. LORANTHACE^ (page 100). Green shrubs, 

 more rarely herbs, parasitic. Ovule solitary, erect. 



CXX. SANTALACE^ (page 135). Herbs, shrubs or trees, 

 often parasitic. Ovules 2-4, pendulous f]-om a free-central placenta. 



CXX A. BALAXOPlIOrtACE^ (page 212). Fleshy herbs 



parasitic on roots, witliout chlorophyll, but usually briirhth 

 coloured. Leaves reduced to scales. 



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Skiuks vii. Uniskxualks, Fluicers unisexual. Ovary syncarpous 

 nioiiocarpous ; styles as many as the carpels, often bipartite; 

 ovules solitary or 2 collateral. Seed albuminous or exalbuminous. 

 Periuiilh calycine, small or none ; petal present in some Eupliorhlacrrp. 

 [Ucrhs, sJiruls or trees.) 



CXXr. EUPHORBIACE^ (page 216). Inflnrescenee, perianth 

 and stan:iens very \ariable. Ovary 2-3-(rarely many-) celled rarely 

 of 1 carpel. Fruit usually bi'eaking into 2-valved cocci (winged in 

 Hymenocardia), sometimes drupaceous or nutlike. Albumen usually 

 copious and fleshy, sometimes thin or none ; radicle superior. 

 {Jlerhs^ shrnhs or treeSj often icith milky juicey sometimes eactusdile.) 



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