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corymbs, its subglobose to oblong, tubercled, woody fruit about 1' long. [Theo- 

 broma Guasuma L.] 



Melochia odorata L. f., FRAGRANT MELOCHJA, of Tanna Island, recorded 

 by Hemsley as found by Lefroy in Pembroke Marsh, is a tree with thin broadly 

 ovate, petioled serrate subcordate leaves 3' 1' long, its small flowers in axillary 

 peduncled corymbs. 



Firmiana platanifolia (L.) Schott & Endl., CHINESE PARASOL TREE, of 

 eastern Asia, occasionally planted, isa trie becoming 40 high, with sub- 

 orbicular cordate 5-lobed leaves often 1 broad or more, loosely pubescent 

 beneath, the lobes acute or acuminate, the sinuses rounded or obtuse, the rather 

 small greenish apetalous flowers in large terminal panicles, the calyx-lobes 

 narrow. [Stercitlia platanifolia L.] 



Order 22. HYPERICALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, the flowers mostly complete, perfect and regular 

 (irregular in Violaceae). Sepals distinct, or more or less united, imbricated 

 or convolute. Petals almost always present and distinct. Stamens usually 

 numerous. Ovary compound, superior; placentae mostly parietal. 



Styles none: trees or shrubs with small imbricated leaves. Fam. 1. TAMARICACEAE. 

 Styles present, separate or united. 

 Styles separate or partly united. 



Stigmas not brush-like : endosperm little or none. 



Trees or shrubs with alternate leaves. Fam. 2. THEACEAE. 



Leaves opposite or verticillate. 



Herbs or low shrubs, rarely trees ; flowers 



perfect. Fam. 3. HYPERICACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs with dioecious or polyg- 

 amous flowers. Fam. 4. CLUSIACEAE. 

 Stigmas brush-like ; endosperm copious. Fam. 5. TURNERACEAE. 

 Styles completely united ; endosperm fleshy. 

 Corolla regular. 



Petals mostly 4 or 5 ; anthers opening by 



pores or valves. Fam. 6. BIXACEAE. 



Petals mostly wanting: anthers longitudinally 



dehiscent. Fam. 7. FLACOCRTIACEAE. 



Corolla irregular. Fam. 8. VIOLACEAE. 



Family 1. TAMARICACEAE Lincll. 

 TAMARIX FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, without stipules, relatively small or 

 scale-like, entire, often imbricated. Flowers mainly perfect, regular, usu- 

 ally in spikes or racemes. Calyx of 5, or rarely 4 or 6, imbricated sepals. 

 Corolla of 5, or rarely 4 or 6, distinct imbricated petals. Disk 10-lobed or 

 obsolete. Stamens 5 to many; filaments distinct, free; anthers opening 

 lengthwise. Ovary 1-celled, superior, with 3-5 basal placentae. Stigmas 

 3-5, distinct. Ovules 2-many on each placenta. Fruit a capsule. Seeds 

 erect, each terminating in a coma. Four genera and about 100 species, 

 natives of the Old World. 



1. TAMARIX L. 



Shrubs or trees, with irregularly and widely branching stems, the wood firm. 

 Leaves small, scale-like, clasping or sheathing. Flowers in dense spikes, 

 racemes or panicles. Sepals 4-5, or rarely 6, distinct. Petals small, white or 

 pink, inserted under the lobed disk, distinct. Stamens 5-10; filaments not 

 adnate to the corolla. Ovary with basal placentae. Stigmas 2-5, short. Fruit 



