340 ICACINACEAE 



Fr. t-loc. , i -seeded, usu. a drupe, sometimes a samara. Endosp. 

 usu. present; embryo straight or curved. Chief genera: Lasianthera, 

 Phytocrene. 



Icacorea Aubl. = Ardisia Sw. p.p. (Myrsin.). 



Icaque (W.I.), Chrysobalamis Icaco L. 



Ice-plant, Mesembryanthemum. 



Ichnanthus Beauv. Gramineae (5). 20 trop. Am., W.I. 



Ichnocarpus R. Br. Apocynaceae (n. i). 6 Indomal. 



Ichthyothere Mart, in Buchn. Compositae (5). 12 trop. S. Am. 



Icianthus Greene (Streptanthus p.p.). Cruciferae (i). 3 W. U.S. 



Icica Aubl. = Protium Burni. f. (Burs.). 



Icma Phil. (Baccharis p.p. EP.). Compositae (12). i Chili. 



Icomum Hua (Aeolanthus p.p. EP.}. Labiatae (vn). 5 trop. Afr. 



Icosandra Phil. Lauraceae (n). i Chili. 



Idahoa A. Nelson et Macbride. Cruciferae (2). i W. U.S. 



Idaneum O. Ktze. et Post = Adenium Roem. et Schult. (Apocyn.). 



Idesia Maxim. Flacourtiaceae (4). i China, Japan. 



Ifloga Cass. Compositae (4). 8 S. Afr., Medit. 



Iguanura Blume. Palmaceae (iv. i). 10 Malaya. 



Ilang-ilang, Cananga odorata Hook. f. 



Ildefonsia Gardn. Scrophulariaceae (n. 6). i trop. Brazil. 



Ilex (Tourn.) L. Aquifoliaceae. 180 Cent, and S. Am., As., Afr., 

 Austr., Eur. /. Aquifolium L., the holly, in Brit. Fls. dioecious, 

 but in the ? the sterile sta. are so large that the fl. appears 5 . Truly 

 5 fls. sometimes occur. I.paraguensis A. St Hil. is the Mate or Para- 

 guay tea, largely used in S. Am. The 1. contain caffeine; they are 

 dried, broken up and used like tea. 



Ilianma Greene (Alatva p.p.). Malvaceae (2). 4 W. U.S. 



Ilicineae ( BH. ) = Aquifoliaceae. 



Illecetaraceae (BH. ; Caryophyllaceae \>.\>. EP.). Dicots. (Monochlam. 

 Curvembryae). A fam. unnaturally divorced from its true relation- 

 ships. Herbs, rarely shrubby, with 1. usu. opp. entire, slip. Infl. 

 usu. cymose, fl. usu. , inconspic. P herbaceous or leathery, persistent 

 (4 5)> A. 4 5, rarely more or less, opp. P; G i-loc. style i, rarely 

 2 3. Ovule i, rarely 2, amphitr. or anatr. Endosp. Includes the 

 last four groups of I of Caryophyllaceae. 



Illecebrum Rupp. ex L. Caryophyllaceae (i. 4). i W. Eur. (incl. 

 Devon and Cornwall), Medit., W. Afr. ' 



Illegitimate fertilisation, Ly thru in, Primula. 



Illicium L. Magnoliaceae. 10 Atl. N. Am., As. I. verum Hook. fil. 

 (star-anise ; China) is used for flavouring. There is a gradual 

 transition in the spiral P from sepaloid to petaloid structure (cf. 

 Nymphaea). The fr. is an aggregate of follicles. 



Illigera Blume. Hernandiaceae (Combret. BH.). 10 palaeotrop. 



Illipe Koenig, F. Muell. (Bassia p.p. BH.). Sapotaceae (i). 35 In- 

 domal. 

 Ilyphilos Small (Elatine p.p.). Elatinaceae. i W. U.S. Wild 



rice. 



Ilysanthes Rafin. Scrophulariaceae (n. 6). 25 trop. and subtrop. 

 Imantina Hook. f. (Morindd p.p. EP.). Rubiaceae (n. 9). i New 

 Caled. 



